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Sleep A Groundbreaking Guide to the Mysteries, the Problems, and the Solutions

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ISBN-10: 1583333010

ISBN-13: 9781583333013

Edition: N/A

Authors: Carlos H. Schenck

List price: $17.00
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We spend more than 200,000 hours sleeping in a lifetime, the equivalent of more than 8,000 days. Yet research has only just begun to decode the mysteries behind what can go wrong. Here, Dr. Carlos H. Schenck, one of the most prominent sleep doctors and researchers in the country, 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 legs syndrome, sleep apnea, 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,…    
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Book details

List price: $17.00
Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group
Publication date: 3/27/2008
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 320
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.25" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 0.836
Language: English

Carlos H. Schenck, M.D. is a senior staff psychiatrist at the Hennepin County Medical Center and the Minnesota Regional Sleep Disorders Center, a renowned interdisciplinary sleep clinic and laboratory, and is an associate professor at the University of Minnesota Medical School in Minneapolis. A recognized expert, he has identified and named numerous parasomnias with his colleagues, and is often quoted in the press, including The New York Times. He has appeared on Good Morning America, Today, and on CNN.

Preface
Introduction: When Good Sleep Goes Bad
A Tour of Sleep
Insomnia: Bleary-eyed Nights
Obstructive Sleep Apnea: Suffocating Repeatedly in Your Sleep
Restless Legs Syndrome: The Agony of Jittery Drowsiness
Hypersomnias: Excessive Sleepiness, Daytime Dysfunction
Circadian-Rhythm Disorders: Timing Is Everything
Confusional Arousals and the Crush of Severe Morning Sleep Inertia
Sleepwalking: The Twilight State
Abnormal Sleepsex: Unknowing Cruel Intimacy
Sleep Terrors: The Night the Ghost Got Scared
Sleep Paralysis: Dreaded Visits from the Old Hag
Sleep-related Binge Eating: Relentless Loss of Control
REM Sleep Behavior Disorder: Bizarre and Violent Dream Enactment
Nocturnal Dissociative Disorders: The Lost Children as Adults
Sleep-talking: Disruptive Chatter, Obscene Shouting, and Desdemona Scenarios
Parasomnia: Shadows of Obstructive Sleep Apnea
Parasomnia Potpourri: Nocturnal Groaning, Exploding Head Syndrome, Sleep-laughing ...and Pets with Parasomnias
Bed Partner's Insomnia: Sleeping with a Snorer, Leg-jerker, Loud Sleep-talker, or Parasomniac
Glossary
Notes
General References on Sleep Disorders and Parasomnias
Index