Sleep
Subtitle: the mysteries, the problems, and the solutions
By: Carlos H. Schenck.
Publisher: Avery
Published: 2007
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 294
ISBN-13: 9781583332702
Subjects: Sleep disorders
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [273-285]) and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction: when good sleep goes bad; title: Chapter 1: a tour of sleep; title: Chapter 2: insomnia: bleary-eyed nights; title: Chapter 3: obstructive sleep apnea: suffocating repeatedly in your sleep; title: Chapter 4: restless legs syndrome: the agony of jittery dowsiness; title: Chapter 5: hypersomnias: excessive sleepiness, daytime dysfunction; title: Chapter 6: circadian-rhythm disorders: timing is everything; title: Chapter 7: confusional arousals and the crush of severe morning sleep inertia; title: Chapter 8: sleepwalking: the twilight state; title: Chapter 9: abnormal sleepsex: unknowing cruel intimacy; title: Chapter 10: sleep terrors: the night the ghost got scared; title: Chapter 11: sleep paralysis: dreaded visits from the old hag; title: Chapter 12: sleep-related binge eating: relentless loss of control; title: Chapter 13: REM sleep behavior disorder: bizarre and violent dream enactment; title: Chapter 14: nocturnal dissociative disorders: the lost children as adults; title: Chapter 15: sleep-talking: disruptive chatter, obscene shouting, and desdemona scenarios; title: Chapter 16: parasomnia shadows of obstructive sleep apnea; title: Chapter 17: parasomnia potpourri: nocturnal groaning, exploding head syndrome, sleep-laughing; title: and pets with parasomnias; title: Chapter 18: bed partnerʾs insomnia: sleeping with a snorer, leg-jerker, loud sleep-talker, or parasomniac; title: Glossary; title: Endnotes; title: General references on sleep disorders and parasomnias.