"A Parthenon book."

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Preface -- Foreword / Michel Billard -- Acknowledgements -- Section 1. Psychobiology of sleep through the life span. 1. Basic neurophysiological changes in sleep and wakefulness / Alexander Z. Golbin, Neil S. Freedman and Howard M. Kravitz -- 2. Development of sleep-wake structure in human ontogenesis / Alexander N. Shepovalnikov and Alexander Z. Golbin -- 3. The psychophysiology of REM sleep in relation to mechanisms of psychiatric disorders / Vadim S. Rotenberg -- 4. Gender and sleep / Howard M. Kravitz, Louis G. Keith, Emma Robinson-Rossi and Alexander Z. Golbin -- Section 2. The effect of sleep disorders on health and mental function. 5. Insomnia : perspectives from sleep medicine and psychiatry -- 6. The sleep apnea-hypopnea syndrome and sleep-related consequences of other chronic respiratory disorders : associations with neurocognitive dysfunction, mood and quality of life / Neil S. Freedman -- 7. Shift work and circadian rhythm disorders / Jamie K. Lilie -- 8. Normal and abnormal dreams / Alexander Z. Golbin and Vadim S. Rotenberg -- 9. Narcolepsy and daytime sleepiness : the impact on daily life / Sharon L. Merritt -- Section 3. Developmental parasomnias : nocturnal behavior and physiological disorders. 10. Periodic and rhythmic parasomnias / Alexander Z. Golbin -- 11. Developmental episodic and paroxysmal sleep events / Alexander Z. Golbin and Leonid Kayumov -- 12. Nocturnal enuresis : a disorder of sleep / Alexander Z. Golbin -- 13. Nocturnal sleep-related eating (drinking) disorders / Alexander Z. Golbin and Leonid Kayumov -- 14. Static phenomena in sleep / Alexander Z. Golbin -- 15. Adaptive theory of parasomnias / Alexander Z. Golbin -- Section 4. Neuropsychiatric disorders and sleep aberrations. 16. General concepts of sleep in relation to psychiatry / Eric Vermetten, Elbert Geuze and Joost Mertens -- 17. Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder and sleep disorders in children / Peter Dodzik -- 18. Pervasive developmental disorders and sleep / Victor Kagan, Peter Dodzik and Alexander Z. Golbin -- 19. Sleep in seasonal affective disorder / Jianhua Shen, Leonid Kayumov and Colin M. Shapiro -- 20. Disordered sleep in post-traumatic stress disorder : clinical presentation, research findings and implications for treatment / Elbert Geuze and Eric Vermetten -- 21. Sleep and general neurology / Steven L. Meyers -- 22. Fibromyalgia syndrome, chronic fatigue syndrome and sleep / Bill McCarberg -- 23. Pain management and the effects of pain on sleep / Robert L. Barkin -- 24. Dementia and sleep disorders / Peter Dodzik -- Section 5. Forensic sleep psychiatry. 25. Dangerous and destructive sleep / Alexander Z. Golbin and Leonid Kayumov -- 26. Forensic aspects of sleep / Julian Gojer, Leonid Kayumov, Roberta Murphy, Rick Peticca and Colin M. Shapiro -- Section 6. Treatment methods in sleep psychiatry. 27. Pharmacology of sleep / Henry W. Lahmeyer -- 28. Alternative therapies in sleep medicine / Leonid Kayumov, Raed Hawa, Colin M. Shapiro, Howard D. Kurland, Marc Oster, Joel Bornstein and Alexander Z. Golbin -- Conclusion / Alexander Z. Golbin, Howard M. Kravitz and Louis G. Keith -- Index.