#Sleepdisturbances

A new review has shed light on why people living with obsessive-compulsive spectrum disorders (OCSDs), chronic tic disorders (CTDs), and attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) often experience pronounced sleep disturbances—as well as how these intertwined problems could one day be better managed. The research, recently published in the Harvard Review of Psychiatry and summarised by several neuroscience outlets, finds that disruptions in a crucial brain circuit, the cortico-striatal-thalamo-cortical (CSTC) pathway, underpin both the psychiatric symptoms and the insomnia, delayed sleep onset, and other sleep issues reported in these populationsNeuroscience News.

A new review explains why people with obsessive-compulsive spectrum disorders (OCSDs), chronic tic disorders (CTDs), and ADHD often suffer from sleep disturbances, and how these issues might be better managed in the future. The study, highlighted by neuroscience outlets and summarized in academic journals, points to disruptions in a brain network called the cortico-striatal-thalamo-cortical (CSTC) circuit as the underlying mechanism for both psychiatric symptoms and insomnia, delayed sleep onset, and related sleep problems.