TITLE: Melatonin in Children and Adolescents with Insomnia: A Retrospective Study Ivanenko, A, Crabtree, V.M., Tauman, R., Gozal, D. PURPOSE: A similar study done by Smits showed that doses of melatonin demonstrated its effectiveness on wise healthy children with chronic insomnia. Therefore Ivanenko conducted a retrospective study to examine the potential benefits of melatonin in adolescents and children with chronic sleep onset and maintenance insomnia. HYPOTHESIS: Ivanenko et al. predicted there would be positive …showed first 75 words of 488 total…

…showed last 75 words of 488 total…of melatonin is beneficial for treating chronic sleeping disorders of children. PERSONAL OPINION: The topic of this article is related to the book according to chapter four under "The study of sleep" (p.141-156). I think this article was very interesting in uncovering another side of sleep disorders and the use of melatonin to suppress them. This article was clear with the exception of a few words that were too big for me to understand.