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Current Clinical Neurology<br />

CLINICAL HANDBOOK OF INSOMNIA<br />

ISBN: 1-58829-272-X E-ISBN: 1-59259-662-2<br />

humanapress.com<br />

CURRENT CLINICAL NEUROLOGY<br />

Series Editor: DANIEL TARSY, MD<br />

Clinical Handbook of <strong>Insomnia</strong><br />

Edited by<br />

Hrayr P. Attarian, MD<br />

Sleep Program in Neurology and Sleep Laboratory of the Clinical Neurophysiology Laboratories,<br />

University of Vermont College of Medicine, Burlington, VT<br />

Foreword by<br />

Mark W. Mahowald, MD<br />

Minnesota Regional Sleep Disorder Center, Hennepin County Medical Center<br />

and University of Minnesota Medical School, Minneapolis, MN<br />

Although insomnia is the second most common complaint, after pain, in the primary care setting,<br />

medical texts and reference books often fail to give full treatment to the subject. In Clinical Handbook of<br />

<strong>Insomnia</strong>, expert clinicians and researchers provide practicing primary health care providers the first clinically<br />

oriented, comprehensive textbook devoted to the evaluation and treatment of insomnia. Summarizing the<br />

latest findings published in a wide variety of medical journals, these experts concisely review the primary<br />

insomnias (those in children and adults, psychophysiological and idiopathic insomnia, and sleep state misperception),<br />

as well as those caused by medical, neurological, and psychiatric problems. They then fully discuss<br />

the latest pharmacological and nonpharmacological treatments for insomnia, illustrating each topic with<br />

detailed case studies, algorithms, charts, and graphs to better demonstrate the points presented. Also<br />

included is a simple algorithm for the differential diagnosis of insomnia.<br />

Comprehensive, easy to read, and up-to-date, Clinical Handbook of <strong>Insomnia</strong> considers the disorder<br />

in all its multiple forms, helping the practicing health care provider to identify the problem early<br />

on, to recognize its underlying cause, and to prescribe the most efficacious treatment.<br />

� Comprehensive review of insomnia in all<br />

its multiple forms and its treatment<br />

� Discussion of both pharmacological<br />

and nonpharmacological therapies<br />

� Detailed differential diagnosis of insomnia<br />

in adults and children<br />

Features<br />

Contents<br />

� An easily readable format designed to rapidly<br />

help the practicing health care provider<br />

� Numerous case studies, algorithms, charts,<br />

and graphs<br />

Part I: Overview. Defining <strong>Insomnia</strong>. Epidemiology of <strong>Insomnia</strong>. Physiological Basis of <strong>Insomnia</strong>. Differential<br />

Diagnosis of <strong>Insomnia</strong>. Part II: The Primary <strong>Insomnia</strong>s. <strong>Insomnia</strong> in Children and Adolescents. Psychophysiological<br />

<strong>Insomnia</strong>. Idiopathic <strong>Insomnia</strong>. Sleep State Misperception. Sleep Hygiene. Part III: The Secondary<br />

<strong>Insomnia</strong>s. <strong>Insomnia</strong> Caused by Medical and Neurological Disorders. <strong>Insomnia</strong> in Psychiatric Disorders.<br />

<strong>Insomnia</strong> in Primary Sleep Disorders. Part IV: Treatment of <strong>Insomnia</strong>. Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy for<br />

<strong>Insomnia</strong>. Pharmacological Treatment of <strong>Insomnia</strong>. Index.<br />

9 781588 292728<br />

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