Sleep Disorders - Elements, History, Treatments, and Research

This sourcebook presents the history of sleep disorders, from restless legs to insomnia to night terrors, alongside emerging research, illustrations of sleep disorders in society, and treatments.
Part of the Health and Psychology Sourcebooks series, this compact volume offers concise information on an issue threatening human health and well-being: sleep disorders. The authors are established psychologists and researchers specializing in the study of sleep and sleep disorders, one an editor for the Journal of Sleep Disorders and Therapy and the other a certified behavioral sleep medicine specialist.

The book begins with an introduction that underscores how prevalent sleep disorders and the condition of sleep deprivation are in this nation and why they are considered a public health concern. Chapters explain and illustrate disorders including apnea, insomnia, narcolepsy, nightmares, night terrors, and sleepwalking, with each chapter providing an empirical review followed by a case study. For each disorder, history; signs and symptoms; incidence; theory; personal, familial, societal, and economic factors; treatments and solutions; and emerging research are included.

List of contents

Series Foreword
Introduction
1 Insomnia
2 Sleep Apnea
3 Restless Legs/Periodic Limb Movement Disorder
4 Pain and Sleep
5 Parasomnias
6 Narcolepsy
7 Pediatric Sleep
8 Student Sleep
9 Oncology and Sleep
10 Dreaming as a Psychological Process
Further Resources
Index

About the author

KATHY SEXTON-RADEK is a licensed clinical psychologist in private practice in Illinois. She has initiated and coordinated several service learning projects that entail the training of undergraduate and graduate students in the implementation of Conflict Resolution issues.

Product details

• Authors: Gina Graci, Kathleen J. Sexton-Radek Ph.D., Kathleen Sexton-Radek
• Publisher: Bloomsbury
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 02.12.2021
• EAN: 9781440864452
• ISBN: 978-1-4408-6445-2
• No. of pages: 184
• Series: Health and Psychology Sourcebooks
• Subjects: Guides > Health > Miscellaneous; Medicine: general issues, PSYCHOLOGY / Personality, PSYCHOLOGY / Psychopathology / General, Sleep disorders & therapy, The self, ego, identity, personality, Abnormal psychology, Psychology: the self, ego, identity, personality, Coping with illness & specific conditions, Sleep disorders and therapy, MEDICAL / Sleep Medicine, HEALTH & FITNESS / Diseases & Conditions / General, Medicine / Healthcare: general issues / topics