The findings of this study highlight the significance of enabling factors, notably living arrangement, geographic region, and posthospital services, for children and adolescents in the child welfare system. Prevention of readmission among these children must focus on community-based services.

Chronic insomnia is a problem among individuals with serious mental illnesses. In an effort to expand treatment options, we examined whether well-established cognitive-behavioral treatments for insomnia developed for individuals in the general population generalize to those for people with serious mental illnesses. Individuals participated in comprehensive sleep evaluations and cognitive-behavioral therapy. Results suggest that sleep problems often began during periods of distress and/or exacerbation of illness but were maintained by environmental, behavioral, and cognitive factors. With the treatment, participants reported improvement in many sleep parameters. Initial indication is that cognitive-behavioral therapy does generalize. More rigorous research seems warranted.

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