Avi Sadeh

 

 Avi Sadeh is an Associate Professor of psychology,
  Director of the  Laboratory for Children's Sleep and Arousal Disorders.
 Prof. Sadeh is also the father of 3 teenage sleepers.

Scientific Publications

  1. Sadeh, A., Alster, J., Urbach, D., and Lavie, P. (1989). Actigraphically based automatic bedtime sleep-wake scoring: validity and clinical applications. Journal of Ambulatory Monitoring, 2, (3), 209-216.
  2. Alster, J., and Sadeh, A. (1990). Artifact and pattern recognition in wrist actigraphy. Journal of Polysomnographic Technology. Spring/Summer, 27-30.
  3. Sadeh, A., Lavie, P., Scher, A., Tirosh, E., and Epstein, R. (1991). Actigraphic home-monitoring of sleep-disturbed and control infants and young children: A new method for pediatric assessment of sleep-wake patterns. Pediatrics, 87, 494-499.
  4. Klein, E., Lavie, R., Meiraz, A., Sadeh, A., & Lenox, R. H. (1992). Increased motor activity and recurrent manic episodes: Predictors of rapid relapse in remitted bipolar disorder patients after lithium discontinuation. Biological Psychiatry, 31, 279-284.
  5. Scher, A., Epstein, R., Sadeh, A., Tirosh, E., and Lavie, P. (1992). Toddlers' sleep and temperament: reporting bias or valid link?: a research note. Journal of Child Psychology and Child Psychiatry, 33 (7), 1249-1254.
  6. Sadeh, A., Rubin, S., and Berman, E. (1993) Parental and relationship representations and experiences of depression in college students. Journal of Personality Assessment, 60 (1), 192-204.
  7. Sadeh, A., Carskadon, A. M., Dahl, R., & Acebo, C. (1992). Chronic Fatigue Immune Dysfunction Syndrome: An Epidemic? Pediatrics, 89 (4), 803-804.
  8. Tirosh, E., Scher, A., Sadeh, A., Jaffe, M., Rubin, A., & Lavie, P. (1992). The effects of illness on sleep behaviour in infants. European Journal of Pediatrics, 152, 15-17.
  9. Sadeh, A. & Anders, T. F. (1993). Infant sleep problems: origins, assessment, intervention. Infant Mental Health Journal, 14 (1), 17-34.
  10. McKenna, J. J., Thoman, E. B., Anders, T. F., Sadeh, A., Schechterman, V. L., & Glotzbach, S. F. (1993). Infant-parent co-sleeping in an evolutionary perspective: implications for understanding infant sleep development and the sudden infant death syndrome. Sleep, 16 (3), 263-282.
  11. Tirosh, E., Sadeh, A., Munvez, R., Lavie, P. (1993). Effects of Methylphenidate on sleep in children with Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder. American Journal of Diseases of Childhood, 147, 1313-1315.
  12. Tirosh, E., Scher, A., Sadeh, A., Jaffe, M. & Lavie, P. (1993). Sleep characteristics of asthmatics in the first four years of life: a comparative study. Archives of Disease in Childhood, 68, 481-483.
  13. Sadeh, A. (1994). Assessment of intervention for infant night waking: parental reports and activity-based home monitoring. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 62 (1), 63-68.
  14. Sadeh, A., Hayden, R. M., McGuire, J., Sachs, H., & Civita, R. (1994). Somatic, cognitive and emotional characteristics of abused children in a psychiatric hospital. Child Psychiatry and Human Development, 24, 191-200.
  15. Sadeh, A. Sharkey, K., & Carskadon, M. A. (1994). Activity-based sleep-wake identification: An empirical study of methodological issues. Sleep, 17, 201-207.
  16. Sadeh, A., Lavie, P., & Scher A. (1994). Maternal perceptions of temperament of sleep-disturbed toddlers. Early Education & Development, 5, 311-322.
  17. Scher, A., Tirosh, E., Jaffe, M., Rubin, L., Sadeh, A., & Lavie, P. (1995). Sleep patterns of infants and young children in Israel. International Journal of Behavioral Development, 18, 701-711.
  18. Sadeh, A., Acebo, C., Seifer, R., Aytur, S., & Carskadon, M.A. (1995). Activity-based assessment of sleep-wake patterns during the first year of life. Infant Behavior and Development, 18, 329-337.
  19. Sadeh, A., Klitzke, M., Anders, T. F., & Acebo, C. (1995). Sleep and Aggressive Behavior in a Blind Retarded Adolescent: A Concomitant Schedule Disorder? Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 34, 820-824.
  20. Sadeh, A. Hauri, P., Kripke, D., & Lavie, P. (1995). The role of actigraphy in sleep medicine. Sleep, 18, 288-302.
  21. Sadeh, A., McGuire, J. P. D., Sachs, H., Seifer, R., Trembley, A., Civita, R, Hayden, R. M. (1995).    Sleep and psychological characteristics of children on a psychiatric inpatient unit. Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 34, 813-819
  22. Sadeh, A. (1996). Sleep disorders in childhood - scientific update. Pediatric Update, 15, 11-13. (Hebrew).
  23. Sadeh, A. (1996). Stress, trauma and sleep in children. Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Clinics of North America. 5, 685-700.
  24. Sadeh, A., Dark, I., & Vohr, B. R. (1996). Newborns' sleep-wake patterns: The role of maternal, delivery and infant factors. Early Human Development, 44, 113-126.
  25. Pillar, G., Sadeh, A., Peled, N., Peled, R., Lavie, P. (1996). Insomnia in infants and children - causes, significance, diagnosis and treatment. Harefua (Israel Journal of Medicine), 130, 255-259. (Hebrew).
  26. Sadeh, A. (1996). Evaluating Night-Wakings in Sleep-Disturbed Infants: A Methodological Study of Parental Reports and Actigraphy. Sleep, 19, 757-762.
  27. Middelkoop HAM., & Sadeh A. (1997) De rol en waarde van actimetrie bij de evaluatie van slaap-waak en gerelateerde stoornissen. Nederlands Tijdschrift voor Psychiatrie (Nederland Journal of Psychiatry), 39, 256-262.
  28. Sadeh, A. (1997). Melatonin and sleep in infants: a preliminary study. Sleep, 20, 185-191.
  29. Dagan, Y., Zeevi-Luria, Sever, Y., Hallis, D., Yovel, I., Sadeh, A., & Dolev, E. (1997). Sleep quality in children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder: an actigraphic study. Psychiatry and Clinical Neuroscience, 51, 383-386.
  30. Raviv, A., Sadeh, A., Raviv A., & Silverstein, O. (1998). The reaction of the youth in Israel to the assassination of Prime Minister Yizhak Rabin. Political Psychology, 19, 255-278.
  31. Sadeh, A., Horowitz, I., Volach B, & Volach-Benodis, L. (1998). Sleep and pulmonary function in well-controlled, stable asthmatic children. Sleep, 21, 379-384.
  32. Acebo, C, Sadeh, A., Seifer, R., Tzischinsky, O., Wolfson, A. R., Hafer, A., & Carskadon, M. A. (1999). Estimating sleep patterns with activity monitoring in children and adolescence: How many nights are necessary for reliable measures? Sleep, 22, 95-103.
  33. Raviv, A., Sadeh, A., Raviv A., Silberstein, O. & Diver O. (2000). Young Israelis’ reactions to national trauma: The Rabin assassination and terror attacks. Political Psychology, 21, 299-322.
  34. Gruber, R., Sadeh, A., & Raviv, A. (2000). Instability of Sleep Patterns in Children with Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder. Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 39, 495-501.
  35. Swanson J, Oosterlaan J, Murias M, Schuck S, Flodman P, Spence MA, Wasdell M, Ding Y, Chi HC, Smith M, Mann M, Carlson C, Kennedy JL, Sergeant JA, Leung P, Zhang YP, Sadeh A, Chen C, Whalen CK, Babb KA, Moyzis R, Posner MI. (2000). Attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder children with a 7-repeat allele of the dopamine receptor D4 gene have extreme behavior but normal performance on critical neuropsychological tests of attention. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the U.S.A. 25, 97, 4754-4759.
  36. Sadeh, A., Raviv, A., & Gruber, R. (2000). Sleep patterns and sleep disruptions in School-Age Children. Developmental Psychology, 36, 291-301.
  37. Tikotzky, L., & Sadeh, A. (2001). Sleep patterns and sleep disruptions in kindergarten children. Journal of Clinical Child Psychology, 30, 579-589.
  38. Sadeh, A., Gruber, R., & Raviv, A. (2002). Sleep, neurobehavioral functioning and behavior problems in School-Age Children. Child Development, 73, 405-417.
  39. Gertner, S., Greenbaum, C. W., Sadeh, A., Dolfin, Z., & Sirota, L. (2002).   Sleep-wake patterns in preterm infants and six month’s home environment: implication for early mental development. Early Human Development, 68 (2), 93-102.
  40. Sadeh, A., & Acebo, C. (2002). The role of actigraphy in sleep medicine. Sleep Medicine Reviews, 6, 113-124.
  41. Raviv, A., Silberstein, O., Raviv A., & Sadeh, A. (2002). Young Israelis' reactions to the Rabin's assassination: Two perspectives. Death Studies. 10, 815-835
  42. Leitner, Y., Mimouni-Bloch, A., Sadeh, A., Tikotzky, L., Neuderfer, O., & Harel, S. (2002). Sleep-Wake Patterns in Children with Intrauterine Growth Retardation (IUGR). Journal of Child Neurology, 17, 872-876.
  43. Keinan, G., Sadeh, A. & Rosen, S. (2003). Attitudes and reactions to media coverage of terrorist acts. Journal of Community Psychology, 31, 149-165.
  44. Sadeh, A., Gruber, R., & Raviv, A. (2003). The effects of sleep restriction/extension on school-age children: what a difference an hour makes. Child Development. , 74, 444-455.
  45. Erez, O., Gordon, C. R., Sever, J., Sadeh, A., & Mintz, M. (2004). Balance dysfunction in childhood anxiety: findings and theoretical approach. Journal of Anxiety Disorders , 18, 341-356.
  46. Gruber, R. & Sadeh, A. (2004). Sleep and neurobehavioral functioning in boys with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) and no breathing problems. Sleep , 27, 267-273.
  47. Sadeh, A. (2004). A Brief Screening Questionnaire for Infant Sleep Problems: Validation and Findings from an Internet Sample. Pediatrics , 113, e570-e577.
  48. Sadeh, A. Keinan, G., and Daon, K. (2004). The effects of stress on sleep: the moderating role of coping style. Health Psychology, 23, 542-545.
  49. Zalsman, G., Posmanik, S., Fischel, T., Horesh, N., Gothelf, D., Gal., Sadeh, A., Weizman, A., Apter, A. (2004). Psychosocial situations, quality of depression and schizophrenia in adolescents. Psychiatry Research.
  50. Sadeh, A. (2005). Cognitive-behavioral treatment for childhood sleep disorders.. Clinical Psychology Review, 25, 612-628.
  51. Acebo, C., Sadeh, A., Seifer, R., Tzischinsky, O., Hafer, A., Carskadon, MA. (2005). Sleep/wake patterns of healthy one- to five-year-old children derived from activity monitoring and maternal report. Sleep, 28, 1568-1577.
  52. Tikotzky, L., & Sadeh, A. (2005). Treating sleep problems in early childhood: a review and a multi-dimensional treatment model. Sichot (Hebrew), 20, 61-70.
  53. Bursztein, C., Steinberg, T., & Sadeh, A. (in press). Sleep, sleepiness and behavior problems in children with headache. Journal of Child Neurology.


Book Chapters

  1. Lavie, P., Tzichinsky, O., & Sadeh, A. (1990). Sleep and its disorders during the first decade. In D. Bar Tal & A. Klingman (eds.). Selected Psychological Issues in Education. Jerusalem: Ministry of Education. (Hebrew).
  2. Sadeh, A. (1990). Actigraphic home monitoring of sleep disturbed infants: Comparison to controls and assessment of intervention. In J. Horne (ed.). Sleep '90, pp. 469-470. Bochum: Pontenagel Press.
  3. Sadeh , A., & Anders, T. F. Sleep Disorders. (1993). In C.H. Zeanah (Ed.), Handbook of Infant Mental Health. New York: Guilford Press.
  4. Anders, T. F., Sadeh, A., & Appareddy, V. (1995). Normal sleep in neonate and children. In: Ferber, R., and Kryger, M. (Eds.). Principles and Practice of Sleep Medicine in the Child. Phildelphia: W.B. Saunders.
  5. Sadeh, A., & Gruber, R. (1998). Sleep Disorders. In A. Bellack & Hersen (Eds). Comprehensive Clinical Psychology. New York: Pergamon, 629-653.
  6. Anders, T., Goodlin-Jones, B., and Sadeh, A. (2000). Sleep Disorders, In C. Zeanah, (Ed.), Handbook Infant Mental Health, 2nd Ed. New York: Guilford Pub.
  7. Sadeh, A. (2000). Maturation of normal sleep patterns from childhood through adolescence. In G. M. Loughlin, J. L. Carroll & C. L. Marcus (Eds.). Sleep and Breathing in Children: A Developmental Approach. New York: Marcel Dekker.
  8. Sadeh, A. (2000). Child-focused therapy following stressful and traumatic events (Hebrew). In A. Klingman, A. Raviv., & B. Stein (eds.) Children in Crisis Situations: Characteristics and Psychological Interventions. Jerusalem: Ministry of Education.
  9. Sadeh, A. (2001). Sleep and trauma in children. In G. Stores & L. Wiggs (Eds.) Sleep disturbances in children and adolescents with disorders of development: its significance and management. London: Mac Keith Press.
  10. Sadeh, A. (2002). Sleep fragmentation and awakening during development: Insights from actigraphic studies. In P. Salzarulo and G. Ficca (Eds) Awakening and Sleep-Waking Cycle Across Development. Amsterdam: Benjamins.
  11. Sadeh, A & Gruber, R. (2002). Stress and sleep in adolescence: A clinical-developmental perspective. In M. A. Carskadon (Ed.). Adolescent Sleep Patterns: Biological, Social, and Psychological Influences, New York: Cambridge University Press.
  12. Sadeh, A. (2003). Clinical assessment of pediatric sleep disorders. In M. L. Perlis & K. L. Lichstein (Eds.). Treating Sleep Disorders: Principles and Practice of Behavioral Sleep Medicine, New Jersey: John Wiley & Sons.
  13. Sadeh, A. (2005). Actigraphy. In C. Guilleminault (Ed.) Handbook of Clinical Neurophysiology, (Vol. 6). New York: Elsevier, 67-72.

 

Books

  • Sadeh, A. (1999). Sleeping like a baby. Tel-Aviv: Yedihot Acharonot. (Hebrew).
  • Sadeh, A. (2001). Sleeping like a baby. Connecticut: Yale University Press.