Sleep Medicine [electronic resource] : A Comprehensive Guide to Its Development, Clinical Milestones, and Advances in Treatment /
Chokroverty, Sudhansu.editor.
Billiard, Michel.editor.
This comprehensive volume provides a balanced and easily readable account of the rise of modern sleep medicine, its history and developmental milestones. Authored by an international group of experts, the remarkable progress and fascinating evolution from rudimentary concepts of the ancient prehistoric and early classical periods to our contemporary knowledge are covered in detail.  These examples and their relationship to modern therapies offer neurologists, psychiatrists, respiratory specialists, clinicians, researchers and those interested in sleep medicine an important perspective to the origins of current practice.
Description based upon print version of record.
Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.
Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- I. Evolution of Sleep Medicine by Historical Periods -- Sleep in Ancient Egypt -- Sleep Medicine in the Arab Islamic Civilization -- Sleep Medicine in Ancient and Traditional India -- Sleep Medicine in Ancient and Traditional China -- Sleep in the Biblical Period -- Sleep in the New Testament -- The Greco-Roman Period -- The Aztec, Maya, and Inca Civilizations -- II. Sleep Medicine from the Medieval Period to the 19th Century -- Sleep Medicine in the Middle Ages and the Renaissance -- Sleep in the 17th and 18th Centuries -- III. The Early Evolution of Modern Sleep Medicine -- The Evolution of Sleep Medicine in the 19th and the Early 20th Century -- The History of Polysomnography: Tool of Scientific Discovery -- IV. Sleep Medicine Societies, Professional Societies, and Journals -- A History Behind the Development of Sleep Medicine and Sleep Societies -- Development of Sleep Medicine in Europe -- Evolution of Sleep Medicine in Japan -- History of Japanese Clinical Sleep Medicine -- Sleep Medicine around the World (Beyond North American and European Continents) -- V. Sleep Disorders in Historic Diseases -- Cholera -- Encephalities Lethargica -- African Sleeping Sickness -- Sleep and HIV Disease -- VI. Historical Milestones of Individual Sleep Disorders -- Evolution of the Classification of Sleep Disorders -- History of Epidemiological Research in Sleep Medicine -- The Insomnias: Historical Evolution -- VII. Neurological Sleep Disorders -- Narcolepsy - Cataplexy Syndrome and Symptomatic Hypersomnia -- Idiopathic Hypersomnia -- Kleine-Levin Syndrome -- Movement Disorders in Sleep -- History of Restless Legs Syndrome, Recently Named Willis-Ekbom Disease -- Sleep and Stroke -- Sleep in Neurodegenerative Diseases -- Sleep, Cognitive Dysfunction, and Dementia -- Fatal Familial Insomnia and Agrypnia Excitata: Insights into Human Prion Disease Genetics and the Anatomo-Physiology of Wake and Sleep Behaviours -- Epilepsy and Sleep -- Sleep Disorders after Traumatic Brain Injury: Milestones in Perspective -- Headache Syndromes and Sleep -- VIII. Psychiatric and Psychological Sleep Disorders -- Depression -- Schizophrenia and Psychosis -- Bipolar Disorder -- IX. Respiratory Diseases -- A Short History of Obstructive Sleep Apnea Syndrome -- Upper Airway Resistance Syndrome: A Short History -- Restrictive and Obstructive Lung Diseases and Sleep Disorders -- NREM Arousal Parasomnias -- REM Sleep Behavior Disorder -- Chronobiology and Sleep -- X. Medical Disorders and Sleep -- Cardiovascular Disease and Sleep Dysfunction -- Nonrestorative Sleep, Musculoskeletal Pain, Fatigue in Rheumatic Disorders and Allied Syndromes: A Historical Perspective -- Sleep and Pain: Milestones and Advances from Research -- Endocrine-Metabolic Disorders and Sleep Medicine -- The Gut and Sleep -- Impotence and Erectile Problems in Sleep Medicine -- Women's Health and Sleep Disorders -- XI. Miscellaneous Important Aspects -- The Emergence of Pediatric Sleep Medicine -- Sleep Disorders, Cognition, Accidents, and Performance -- Sleep Deprivation: Societal Impact and Long Term Consequences -- Sleep Models -- XII. Evolution of Treatment and Investigative Approaches in Sleep Medicine -- A History of Non-Pharmacological Treatments for Insomnia -- The Pharmacological Treatment of Sleep Disorders -- Psychological Treatment of Insomnia: The Evolution of Behavior Therapy and Cognitive Behavior Therapy -- Modafinil: Development and Use of the Compound -- Phylogeny in Sleep Medicine -- Gamma-Hyroxybutyrate (Sodium Oxybate): From the Initial Synthesis to the Treatment of Narcolepsy Cataplexy and Beyond -- Development and Impact of Brain Imaging Techniques.
This comprehensive volume provides a balanced and easily readable account of the rise of modern sleep medicine, its history and developmental milestones. Authored by an international group of experts, the remarkable progress and fascinating evolution from rudimentary concepts of the ancient prehistoric and early classical periods to our contemporary knowledge are covered in detail.  These examples and their relationship to modern therapies offer neurologists, psychiatrists, respiratory specialists, clinicians, researchers and those interested in sleep medicine an important perspective to the origins of current practice.
Neurology .
Psychiatry.
General practice (Medicine).
Respiratory organs-Diseases.
Medicine-History.
Neurology.
Psychiatry.
General Practice / Family Medicine.
Pneumology/Respiratory System.
History of Medicine.