Relationship disturbances and parent-child therapy - Sleep problems

Sleep disturbances in infancy have been used as an example to demonstrate a spectrum of relationship pathology. A recently proposed classification sch eme that focuses on the child's age and nighttime interactions was presente d. Two relationship disturbances, sleep-onset protodysomnia and night-wakin g protodysomnia, have been defined, and a case that uses the nosology for d iagnosis and treatment within the framework of parent-infant intervention i s presented. Evaluation of the individual child's behavior in an objective manner and assessment of the parent-child relationship build the foundation for successful intervention with relationship disturbances using parent-ch ild therapies.