ABC of Sleep Medicine ABC Series

ABC of
Sleep Medicine

About the ABC of Sleep Medicine

Patients presenting with sleep-related symptoms are common in primary care, but assessing and managing these conditions can be difficult. ABC of Sleep Medicine is a practical illustrated guide to sleep disorders which will give health professionals confidence in this complex area of diagnosis and management.

It explains the differences between normal and abnormal sleep, and looks in depth at individual disorders such as sleep apnoea, insomnia, narcolepsy, restless legs syndrome and the parasomnias, as well as sleep disorders as a comorbidity of neurodegenerative and psychiatric disease. Common sleep disorders in children are addressed in detail before concluding with an overview of pharmacological treatments and how commonly used drugs might affect sleep.

This brand new addition to the ABC series will be a valuable resource for general practitioners, practice and specialist nurses, psychiatrists, and medical trainees in both primary care and neurology.

About the ABC series

The new ABC series has been thoroughly updated, offering a fresh look, layout and features throughout, helping you to access information and deliver the best patient care. The newly designed books remain an essential reference tool for GPs, GP registrars, junior doctors and those in primary care, designed to address the concerns of general practitioners and provide effective study aids for doctors in training.

Now offering over 70 titles, this extensive series provides you with a quick and dependable reference on a range of topics in all the major specialities. Each book in the new series now offers links to further information and articles, and a new dedicated website provides you with even more support.

The ABC series is the essential and dependable source of up-to-date information for all practitioners and students in general practice. To receive automatic updates on books and journals in your specialty, join our email list. Sign up today at www.wiley.com/email

Preface vii

1 Normal versus Abnormal Sleep 1

2 Diagnosing Sleep Disorders 6

3 Excessive Daytime Sleepiness 12

4 Sleep Apnoea Syndromes 18

5 Insomnia 24

6 Secondary (co-morbid) Insomnia 29

7 The Parasomnias 33

8 Sleep Disorders in Children 38

9 Sleep in Neurodegenerative Disease 43

10 Sleep in Psychiatric Disease 47

11 Drugs Used in Sleep Medicine 51

Index 57

Paul Reading, Consultant Neurologist, Department of Sleep Medicine, James Cook University Hospital, Middlesbrough, UK