One of the first such volumes in this field, Sleep Disorders: Diagnosis and Therapeutics explores sleep pharmacology and therapeutics. Leading researchers in the area of experimental and clinical and psychopharmacology critically assess the progress in their specialist fields. The book is suitable as an introduction for clinicians and researchers w

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Publisher

CRC Press

Year

2008

eBook ISBN

9780203091715

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Topic

Medicine

Subtopic

Internal Medicine & Diagnosis

Front Cover
Title Page
Table Of Contents
Contributors
Preface
1. Classification of sleep disorders
2. Sleep loss and sleepiness
3. Approach to the patient with a sleep complaint
4. Manifestations of hypersomnia
5. Neuropsychology of sleep disorders
6. Receptor mechanisms in sleep and wakefulness
7. Transient insomnia: a behavioral sleep
8. Chronic insomnia
9. Rebound with hypnotic medication
10. Benzodiazepines: an overview
11. Benzodiazepines: effects on memory functioning
12. Behavioral therapy, sleep hygiene, and psychotherapy
13. Sleep factors
14. CYP enzyme system and its relevance to the pharmacology of sleep
15. Pharmacokinetics: basic concepts for dosage regimen considerations
16. Chronopharmacology: principles and applications in sleep medicine
17. Sleep and geriatric psychopharmacology
18. Antihistamines and sleep
19. First-generation hypnotics and sedatives
20. GABA –benzodiazepine receptors as targets for new hypnotics
21. Benzodiazepines: effects on sleep
22. Indiplon
23. Serotonergic drugs as sleep medications
24. Prostaglandins and sleep–wake regulation
25. Function of endocannabinoids and related compounds in sleep
26. Sleep medications: when to prescribe and rationale for use
27. Stimulants: mechanisms and therapeutic prospects
28. Zolpidem: its use in the treatment of sleep disorders
29. Eszopiclone: efficacy and safety
30. Zaleplon
31. Z-drugs: comparative tolerability
32. Rationale for the development of the Z–drugs
33. Melatonin
34. Ramelteon: a melatonin receptor agonist
35. The rationale for the development of melatonin receptor ligands
36. Schizophrenia, sleep, and antipsychotic drugs
37. Interrelationships between sleep, depression, and antidepressant drugs
38. Antiepileptic drugs: effects on sleep and wakefulness
39. Hormones and sleep
40. Time-zone travel, jet lag, and sleep disturbances
41. Alcohol, sleep, sleep disorders, and consequent daytime impairment
42. Sleep medication and traffic safety
43. Effects of hypnotic drugs on body balance and standing steadiness
44. Neuropharmacology of opioids
45. Sleep and breathing disorders in adults
46. Continuous positive airway pressure therapy
47. Pharmacological treatment of obstructive sleep apnea
48. Surgical options in snoring and obstructive sleep apnea
49. Restless legs syndrome: treatment options
50. Restless legs syndrome: effects on cognitive functioning, memory, and psychomotor
51. Pharmacological treatment of narcolepsy
52. Modafinil and neuropharmacology of narcolepsy
53. Narcolepsy: effects on cognitive functioning, memory, and psychomotor performance
54. Dreams: physiology, pharmacology, and psychology
55. Sleep and dreaming – medication effects and side-effects
Appendix I: The subjective measurement of excessive daytime sleepiness
Appendix II: The Multiple Sleep Latency Test and Maintenance of Wakefulness Test: use
Appendix III: The OSLER test
Appendix IV: The Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index
Appendix V: Scoring rules and general guidelines for the Pittsburgh Insomnia
Appendix VI: The Athens Insomnia Scale
Appendix VII: The Leeds Sleep Evaluation Questionnaire for psychopharmacology research
Appendix VIII: Sleep Hygiene Practice Scale
Appendix IX: Cyclic Alternating Pattern
Appendix X: Body mass index
Index
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