Sleep Disorders and Psychiatry (Review of Psychiatry) - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 158562229X ISBN 13: 9781585622290

Publisher: American Psychiatric Association Publishing, 2005

Synopsis

Sleep and wakefulness are fundamental behavioral and neurobiological states that characterize all higher animals, including human beings.

Concise yet comprehensive, Sleep Disorders and Psychiatry, the latest volume in American Psychiatric Publishing's popular Review of Psychiatry Series, presents the cumulative experience of 12 experts who talk about what sleep is and why sleep is essential to maintaining good health, summarizing the major categories of sleep disorders and detailing how virtually every psychiatric disorder and a wide variety of medical illnesses adversely affect sleep.

Sleep Disorders and Psychiatry is the ideal companion to busy psychiatric clinicians because it is ? Comprehensive, covering all information of particular relevance to psychiatric clinicians. ? Enhanced by numerous tables and illustrations that make it easy to understand and reference while "on the go" during everyday practice.? Clearly structured and easy to understand, with chapters organized according to the major categories of sleep disorders most likely to be encountered in psychiatric clinical practice.

The fascinating introduction discusses the functions of sleep and the consequences of sleep deprivation, including the complex neurobiology of circadian rhythms, sleep and wakefulness, the clinical assessment and management of sleep and circadian rhythm disorders, and the pros and cons of tools for taking an accurate history. Each of the six subsequent chapters in Sleep Disorders and Psychiatry follows the same format by detailing the definitions and clinical description, epidemiology, etiology and pathogenesis, and treatment for a major category of sleep disorder: insomnia, sleep apnea, narcolepsy and syndromes of central nervous system-mediated sleepiness, restless legs syndrome, parasomnias, and circadian rhythm sleep disorders.

Further, Sleep Disorders and Psychiatry provides psychiatrists with the tools necessary to embark upon exciting collaborations with specialists from other areas of clinical medicine (psychologists, pulmonologists, neurologists and surgeons). Given the importance of behavioral and psychopharmacologic interventions in managing sleep disorders, psychiatrists can often make valuable contributions to the care of medically ill patients with these conditions.

Abundantly referenced and illustrated, Sleep Disorders and Psychiatry is the ultimate practical resource for busy clinicians interested in the broad and growing field of sleep disorders.

About this title

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Concise yet comprehensive, Sleep Disorders and Psychiatry describes the major categories of sleep disorders, detailing how virtually every psychiatric disorder and a wide variety of medical illnesses adversely affect sleep. Twelve experts in sleep disorders present current knowledge about these conditions and their treatment, emphasizing the disorders most likely to be encountered in psychiatric clinical practice.

Following an in-depth introduction, six chapters cover the major categories -- insomnia, sleep apnea, narcolepsy and syndromes of central nervous system--mediated sleepiness, restless legs syndrome, parasomnias, and circadian rhythm sleep disorders. For ready comprehension, each chapter follows the same format, presenting definitions, clinical description, epidemiology, etiology, pathogenesis, and treatment recommendations. More than 50 tables and illustrations enhance the text.

Deeply informative yet structured for easy reference while "on the go" during everyday practice, Sleep Disorders and Psychiatry is the ultimate practical resource for busy clinicians.

About the Author:

Daniel J. Buysse, M.D., is Professor of Psychiatry at the Clinical Neuroscience Research Center in the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

About this edition

• Publisher: American Psychiatric Association Publishing
• Publication date: 2005
• ISBN 10: 158562229X
• ISBN 13: 9781585622290
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 256
• Editor: Buysse MD Dr Daniel J, Oldham MD MS Professor And Interim Chairbarbara And Corbin Robertson Jr Endowed Chair For Personality Disorders John M, Riba MD MS Michelle B