Reset your inner clock
Subtitle: the drug-free way to your best-ever sleep, mood, and energy
By: Michael Terman, Ph. D., Director, Center for Light Treatment and Biological Rhythms, Columbia University Medical Center, Ian McMahan, Ph. D., City University of New York
Contributors: McMahan, Ian, author
Edition: First trade paperback edition.
Published: 2013
Language: eng
Number of pages: 312
ISBN-13: 9781583335345
Subjects: Circadian rhythms; Life Sciences; Human Anatomy & Physiology; HEALTH & FITNESS; Sleep deprivation; SCIENCE; Mood Disorders; Sleep; SELF-HELP; Therapeutic use; Sleep & Sleep Disorders; Physiological aspects
Work titles: Chronotherapy
Description: "An enlightened approach to insomnia, depressed mood, fatigue, and other sleep-related problems of everyday life, harnessing the power of light therapy to reset the natural clock. Sleep problems and depressed mood often go hand in hand, forming a frustrating cycle. Michael Terman, Ph. D., has devoted his career to studying the brain functions that feed these disorders. In Reset Your Inner Clock, Terman and Ian McMahan, Ph. D., reveal the heart of his findings, a powerful program that recalibrates our internal clocks-our exquisitely designed, natural sensitivity to the timing and brightness of light exposure. These delicate mechanisms are often decimated by the modern demands of a 24/7 lifestyle. Beginning with a questionnaire that pinpoints the problem areas, Terman helps readers decipher when their natural internal night begins and ends. The treatment process can then start, incorporating the power of natural light and, when necessary, supplemental light therapy. His approach has brought relief to thousands of sleep sufferers, as well as those burdened by bipolar disorder, seasonal affective disorder, depression, sleep disorders due to around-the-clock work schedules, and other impediments to vibrant health. For the first time, his findings are now available for a general audience, sharing the essential elements of chronobiology in clear, authoritative, scientifically grounded chapters that are easy to apply to a variety of situations"--

"Reset Your Inner Clock reveals a powerful program that recalibrates our internal clocks that can be decimated by the modern demands of a 24/7 lifestyle"--
Notes: Revison of author's Chronotherapy. 2012.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 303-304) and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction: In a new light; title: External time vs. internal time; title: The pressure to sleep; title: Owls, larks, and hummingbirds; title: Getting light into the brain; title: Getting light wrong; title: Geography and time; title: Healing light; title: Nighttime meds and melatonin; title: Hospitalized with depression; title: Beyond light : the charge in the air; title: The promise of pregnancy; title: Strategies for babies and children; title: The challenges of adolescence; title: In later years; title: Coping with shift work; title: Racing the clock, racing the sun; title: Chronobiology in the home and workplace; title: Dawn of a circadian science.