Sleep: The science of sleep, and how to get more

Essential keys if you have sleep problems, or know someone struggling with sleep issues. Also a practical resource for medical professionals and counsellors.

Sleep: Are You Getting Enough? covers all aspects of sleep, including what we know scientifically about sleep. It looks at the things to avoid when preparing for or trying to sleep-and what can be done to promote a healthful sleep.

- The effects of sleep deprivation

- Why is sleep important

- The nature of insomnia

- Depression and sleep

- Strategies for sleep

- Snoring

- Sleep apnea and other disorders

GEORGE A.F. SEBER is an Emeritus Professor of Statistics and held the foundation Chair in Statistics at Auckland University for several decades. He has a PhD in statistics and was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society NZ in 1997. In 1999 he was awarded the society's Hector Medal in Information Science. In his later years he trained as a counsellor at Laidlaw College to obtain a Diploma in Counselling from Laidlaw College and has been counselling for 17 years. He is also qualified as a supervisor of counselors and a member of the Christian Counsellors Association (NZCA). George is the author or co-author of 17 mathematical statistics books (mainly published with Wiley and Springer) with one translated into Chinese and Russian, and another into Portuguese. He also has an extensive 638 page counseling book entitled "Counseling Issues: A handbook for Counselors and Psychotherapists (self-published), a Christian apologetics book entitled "Can We Believe It?: Evidence for Christianity", and a short booklet entitled "Coping with Dying: Death of a Loved One". He has been a member and musician at Windsor Park Baptist Church for many years, and he and his wife ran a divorce recovery programme called New Start there for several years. Currently he is involved there as a regular speaker with an apologetics programme called Reasons for Faith. www.george-af-seber.com