Preface to the third edition -- Preface to the second edition -- Preface to the first edition -- Acknowledgments -- Important note and disclaimer -- History of sleep and man -- The sociology of sleep -- Psychology and sleep: the interdependence of sleep and waking states -- Entries A to Z -- Appendix I: Sources of information -- Appendix II: Research organizations -- Appendix III: Selected sleep centers
Summary
According to the National Center on Sleep Disorders Research of the National Institutes of Health, 70 million American adults suffer from some kind of sleep disorder. This title examines the key terms, conditions, remedies, long-term health consequences, and advances that have been made in sleep health, and sleep disorder diagnosis and treatment
Notes
Thorpy's name appears first on the earlier edition
