Sleep: The Mysteries, the Problems, and the Solutions
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We spend more than 200,000 hours sleeping in a lifetime, the equivilant of more than 8,000 days, yet research has only just begun to decode the mysteries behind what can go wrong. Here, Dr. Schenck, one of the most prominent sleep doctors and researchers around today, takes us on an incredible journey into the mechanisms of sleep and the spectrum of disorders that can occur when these mechanisms go bizarrely awry. Dr. Schenck discusses the causes and treatments for common problems - insomnia, restless leg syndrome, sleep apnoea and more. But what sets this book apart is the rare glimpse it offers into the cutting edge science that he and others have pioneered in identifying, understanding and explaining the realm of 'parasomnias' - the mysterious, more extreme sleep disorders, such as dream enactment, sleep-related eating disorder, sexsomnia, sleepwalking, sleep terrors, sleep paralysis and even sleep violence - all of which affect millions of people worldwide.Comprehensive, engrossing and backed by the latest medical research, "Sleep" is a groundbreaking work about what continues to be one of our most mysterious puzzles - making it an indispensible guide for sufferers of all sleep disorders and their families.
Author: Carlos Schenck
Format: Paperback, 320 pages, 152mm x 230mm
Published: 2008, Avery Publishing Group Inc.,U.S., United States
Genre: Family & Health: General
Interest Age: From 18 years
Description
We spend more than 200,000 hours sleeping in a lifetime, the equivilant of more than 8,000 days, yet research has only just begun to decode the mysteries behind what can go wrong. Here, Dr. Schenck, one of the most prominent sleep doctors and researchers around today, takes us on an incredible journey into the mechanisms of sleep and the spectrum of disorders that can occur when these mechanisms go bizarrely awry. Dr. Schenck discusses the causes and treatments for common problems - insomnia, restless leg syndrome, sleep apnoea and more. But what sets this book apart is the rare glimpse it offers into the cutting edge science that he and others have pioneered in identifying, understanding and explaining the realm of 'parasomnias' - the mysterious, more extreme sleep disorders, such as dream enactment, sleep-related eating disorder, sexsomnia, sleepwalking, sleep terrors, sleep paralysis and even sleep violence - all of which affect millions of people worldwide.Comprehensive, engrossing and backed by the latest medical research, "Sleep" is a groundbreaking work about what continues to be one of our most mysterious puzzles - making it an indispensible guide for sufferers of all sleep disorders and their families.
Sleep: The Mysteries, the Problems, and the Solutions