Your client is a 14-year-old female who comes in for assessment related to an inability to wake up in the morning. Which of the following statements is an appropriate consideration?

1. Teens experience delayed sleep syndrome.
2. Teens have longer sleep-wake cycles.
3. Teens have shorter sleep-wake cycles.
4. Most teens need 8 to 10 hours of sleep a night.


ANS: 2

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