Synopses & Reviews
When first published in 2003, this indispensable handbook fulfilled a critical need for information about the various causes of insomnia. Updated and expanded, this new edition of the Clinical Handbook of Insomnia offers healthcare providers the latest diagnostic and treatment strategies, as well as research developments, in the field of insomnia. With contributions from an expanded team of leading researchers from 5 different countries, this important resource includes new chapters on insomnia in special populations such as children, in adolescents, in the geriatric population, in menopausal women, and during pregnancy. The first edition chapter on insomnia in other sleep disorders has been divided and expanded into three comprehensive chapters addressing insomnia in sleep-related breathing disorders, in circadian rhythm disorders, and in sleep-related movement disorders and other parasomnias. The chapter on insomnia in neurological and medical disorders has also been split into two; an expanded one on neurological illness and another on medical disorders. There is also a new chapter on the association between insomnia and pain disorders, and, crucially, a practical 'how-to' chapter aimed at mid-level clinicians. The Clinical Handbook of Insomnia 2nd edition also includes state-of-the-art discussion of important developments made in recent years. Along with an overview of significant advances in the treatment of insomnia, including four new medications granted FDA approval and a number of others in the pipeline, the text offers a wealth of of new data regarding the pathophysiology of insomnia. Complete with a host of case studies, charts, and graphs to illustrate the material, the Clinical Handbook of Insomnia 2nd edition continues to fill an important niche in the literature by addressing the issue in its multiple forms and by presenting the information to clinicians in an easily accessible format.
Review
From the reviews of the second edition: "This second edition of a splendid textbook focused on insomnia contains significant revisions and added chapters to further explain this 'condition' that disturbs so many patients during their life spans. ... The book reviews how to diagnose and treat insomnia in an individualized manner for specific settings and for specific patients. ... All in all, the book provides a thorough review of literature for management of insomnia ... ." (Indermohan S. Thethi, William H. Wehrmacher and Harry Messmore, Comprehensive Therapy, Fall, 2010) "This update of a book in the Current Clinical Neurology series presents new information on insomnia. ... This book is designed primarily as a clinically-oriented, readable handbook on the evaluation and treatment of insomnia patients for general practitioners in the primary care setting. ... This is a significant contribution to the field of sleep medicine in general, and the topic of insomnia in particular. Given new developments in the field of insomnia, this book is a timely addition to the sleep literature." (M. Isabel L. Crisostomo, Doody's Review Service, September, 2010)
Review
From the reviews of the second edition:
"This second edition of a splendid textbook focused on insomnia contains significant revisions and added chapters to further explain this 'condition' that disturbs so many patients during their life spans. ... The book reviews how to diagnose and treat insomnia in an individualized manner for specific settings and for specific patients. ... All in all, the book provides a thorough review of literature for management of insomnia ... ." (Indermohan S. Thethi, William H. Wehrmacher and Harry Messmore, Comprehensive Therapy, Fall, 2010)
"This update of a book in the Current Clinical Neurology series presents new information on insomnia. ... This book is designed primarily as a clinically-oriented, readable handbook on the evaluation and treatment of insomnia patients for general practitioners in the primary care setting. ... This is a significant contribution to the field of sleep medicine in general, and the topic of insomnia in particular. Given new developments in the field of insomnia, this book is a timely addition to the sleep literature." (M. Isabel L. Crisostomo, Doody's Review Service, September, 2010)
Synopsis
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Synopsis
It has been 5 years since publication of the first edition of Dr. Attarian s Clinical Handbook of Insomnia which at the time was the first significant cl- ical textbook dedicated to insomnia, an often overlooked but important me- cal problem. The book was very well received. There has now been sufficient new information on the subject to warrant a second expanded edition of this very useful volume. Then, as now, the approach is to emphasize the frequent biological causes of insomnia rather than to attribute it primarily to underlying psychological and emotional factors. This new edition is an impressive major effort, having been expanded from 14 to 23 chapters including an extensive revision and updating of previous chapters with new references and the ad- tion of many new authors. An entirely new section of the book deals with insomnia in special populations including teenagers, pregnancy, menopause, and the geriatric population. Other new topics include insomnia as enco- tered in primary care practice, the role of circadian rhythms, the contribution of sleep related movement disorders to insomnia, insomnia in pain disorders, and the interesting entity of paradoxical insomnia, in which there is a large d- crepancy between the objective and subjective estimation of quantity of sleep. This collection within a single volume of practical information concerning a common but often neglected disorder remains a very useful addition to the armamentarium of the general or specialty physician who wishes to properly address insomnia in an informed and responsible manner."
Synopsis
The goal of the second edition of the Clinical Handbook of Insomnia is to update and expand on the previous edition by presenting the latest developments in the field of insomnia and by involving more thought leaders from around the world. Over the past 4 years there has been an increasing amount of data regarding the pathophysiology of insomnia and there have been significant advancements in its treatment with FDA approval of 4 new medications for it and the development of several others that are going to be available in the next 5 years.
Synopsis
Newly updated and expanded, the Clinical Handbook of Insomnia, 2nd edition, offers healthcare providers the latest diagnostic and treatment strategies, as well as research developments, in the field of insomnia. With contributions from an expanded team of leading researchers from 5 different countries, this important resource includes new chapters on insomnia in special populations such as children, in adolescents, in the geriatric population, in menopausal women, and during pregnancy.
Table of Contents
Part 1: Overview
- Defining Insomnia Attarian and Perlis
- Epidemiology of Insomnia Doghramji and Grewal,
- Physiologic Basis of Insomnia Bonnet and Arand
- Differential Diagnosis of Insomnia Saletu and Saletu
- Insomnia in primary care practice with a special focus for the midlevel practitioner Resi
Part 2: Insomnia in special populations
- Behavioral Insomnias of Childhood: Assessment and Treatment Lewin and Huntley
- Insomnia in Teens Garcia
- Insomnia in Pregnancy Ward
- Menopausal Insomnia Saaresranta, Polo-Kantoli and Polo
- Sleep and Aging: Insomnia in the Geriatric Population Singer
Part 3: The Primary Insomnias
- Psychophysiological Insomnia O'Malley and O'Mallley
- Idiopathic Insomnia Applebee
- Paradoxical Insomnia Attarian
- Sleep Hygiene Attarian
Part 4: The Secondary Insomnias
- Insomnia in Medical Disorders Plotkin
- Insomnia in Neurological Diseases and Disorders Provini, Lombardi and Lugaresi
- Insomnia in Psychiatric Disorders Karaz
- Circadian Rhythms and Insomnia Lack and Wright
- Insomnia Secondary to Sleep Related Breathing Disorders Judd
- Insomnia as a Presenting Symptom of Sleep Related Movement Disorders, Hypersomnias and Parasomnias Nagle
- Insomnia in Pain disorders Schuman and Clark
Part 5: Treatments
- CBT for Insomnia Schuman and Perlis
- Pharmacological Treatment of Insomnia Schweitzer, Curry, Eisenstein and Walsh
Part 6: Appendix