April 27-28, 2017 ● Washington, DC

Rafael Pelayo, MD

Debunking Sleep Myths and Educating Communities

Kids falls asleep because they are bored: WRONG

Monotony does not cause sleepiness

Monotony does unmask sleepiness

They can catch up during the weekend: WRONG

Sleeping-in does not make biological sense

You cannot make up 5 days of sleep deprivation in 2 days!

Insufficient Sleep and Suicidality in Adolescents Sleep 2012• 8,530 Korean teens, completed Beck Scale for Suicidal Ideation (SSI),

Beck Depression Inventory (BDI), ESS, and sleep questionnaire

• 19% with BIISS (weekdays ≤ 7 hr; weekend oversleep ≥ 2 hr; ESS ≥ 9; no insomnia)

• BISS teens had ↑ SSI scores even after controlling for age, sex, and BDI score

• Longer weekend oversleep and shorter weekday sleep duration predicted a higher SSI score

• Korean teen suicide rate 10.7 per 100,000 (US 7.3)

Teens on average my need at least 8 hours of sleep but our children are not average: WRONG

On June 29, 2007 the first Iphone released

Take the electronics away and they will fall asleep: SCAPEGOAT

How do you feel when you are away and your cell phone is only half charged?

We should shift start time for elementary school: No Point

Younger students better able to move their bedtime forward to compensate for the earlier wake times needed to get to school compared to adolescents.

Stanford Sleep Ambassadors/ M-A Teen Sleep program

• Exchange program for the past 10 years between Stanford Sleep & Dreams and high school that did change start times

• M-A High School in 2009 received Golden Bell Award for its comprehensive sleep education campaign by the California School Boards Association

Sleep and Fully Recharge Your Brain!