SleepPsych

In December 2007, The Children's Lung, Asthma & Sleep Specialists announced the expansion of its sleep medicine services with the addition of Dr. Kimberly Kirkpatrick Justice, a licensed child psychologist, in the position of Pediatric Sleep Psychologist.

Given an increased emphasis on the interactions between sleep disordered breathing and neurocognitive functioning in children, the addition of the sleep psychologist will allow for better identification of patients at risk from a neurobehavioral perspective. Also, neuropsychological assessment questions will be included with all evaluations to enhance the service currently provided.

The addition of Dr. Justice will allow us to provide a full range of sleep medicine services with an additional focus in pediatric sleep psychology. The addition of a full-time sleep psychologist will allow the practice to increase expertise and level of service in the following areas:

Management of all forms of insomnia including:
o Behavioral insomnia of childhood
o Adjustment Sleep Disorders
o Idiopathic Insomnia
o Psychological and Physiological Insomnias

Management of hypersomnias including:
o Narcolepsy
o Idiopathic Hypersomnia, including the management of the affective associations seen with
narcolepsy and hypersomnia.

Evaluation of sleep-disordered breathing diagnoses including:
o Obstructive sleep apnea syndrome.
o Primary snoring.