Overview
The diagnosis of mental illness is frequently accompanied by sleep problems; conversely, people experiencing sleep problems may subsequently develop mental illness. Sleep and Mental Illness looks at this close correlation and considers the implications of research findings that have emerged in the last few years. Additionally, it surveys the essential concepts and practical tools required to deal with sleep and co-morbid psychiatric problems. The volume is divided into three main sections: basic science, neuroendocrinology, and clinical science. Included are over 30 chapters on topics such as neuropharmacology, insomnia, depression, dementia, autism, and schizophrenia. Relevant questionnaires for the assessment of sleep disorders, including quality-of-life measurement tools, are provided. There is also a summary table of drugs for treating sleep disorders. This interdisciplinary text will be of interest to clinicians working in psychiatry, behavioral sleep medicine, neurology, pulmonary and critical care medicine.
Editorials
From The Critics
Reviewer: Steve Paschos, MD(Rush University Medical Center)Description: This book, edited by S. R. Pandi-Perumal and Milton Kramer with major contributions from internationally recognized authorities in the field of sleep medicine, builds on the authors' previous work, Sleep and Psychosomatic Medicine (informa Healthcare, 2007).
Purpose: The purpose is to compile a comprehensive volume of literature on the growing clinical topic of sleep and mental illness.
Audience: This book is intended as a resource for practitioners who are responsible for the care of patients with mental illness and sleep disturbances and patients with sleep disturbances who develop mental illness. It is meant as a guide for psychiatrists, psychologists, sleep specialists, primary care physicians, and medical graduate students and sleep medicine subspecialists.
Features: Section 1 of the book's three sections details the basic science of sleep and mental illness, section 2 discusses the neuroendocrinology of sleep and mental illness, and section 3 examines the current clinical science of sleep medicine and mental illness. It delves into sleep disturbances within various mental illnesses. All chapters use well-positioned, clear, concise figures, tables, and diagrams to help reinforce the content.
Assessment: This book truly provides an all inclusive, comprehensive account of the up-to-date data and literature on sleep medicine and mental illness. It progresses from the basic science, to pathophysiology, to relevant clinical medicine. The figures and tables are helpful in bringing together an ever-growing field. It is printed on high quality paper, allowing notes and highlighting. This is an excellent book on a pertinent and fascinating subject that almost any healthcare professional or graduate level student can easily read.