Sleep: Multi-professional Perspectives

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Jessica Kingsley Publishers, 2012 - 328 páginas

This book brings together an unprecedented number and range of contributions from different disciplines relating to sleep in one comprehensive volume.

The contributors explore the science of sleep - what it is, what makes it happen and why we do it - as well as the measurement of sleep, its importance for daytime performance and its sociological and cultural aspects. Sleep disorders, sleep quality and the importance of sleep for daytime performance are also explored, as are the ways in which sleep can be affected by medication and medical and psychiatric conditions.

This groundbreaking and insightful book will be of great interest to students, academics and professionals in a wide range of disciplines, and anyone else who wishes to discover more about this fascinating topic.

 

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Conteúdo

Foreword
9
Preface
11
The University of Sleep
13
What is it What Makes it Happen and Why Do We Do it?
18
Biological Rhythms that Influence Sleep
41
4 Cultures of Sleep
68
The Mismatch Between Western Lifestyles and Sleep Physiology
86
The Sociological Aspects of Sleep
104
10 Sleep and Psychiatry
190
11 Medication and Sleep
209
12 Too Tired to Sleep
226
13 Ambivalent Attitudes Towards Sleep in World Religions
247
Sleep and Sleeplessness in Western Literature
268
15 Sleeping on It
291
Glossary
314
The Contributors
316

The Relationship Between Daily Occupation and Sleep
121
8 Recording and Quantifying Sleep
149
Sleep Disorders
167
Subject Index
320
Author Index
325
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Sleep: Multi-Professional Perspectives
Alex Westcombe,Andrew Green
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Sobre o autor (2012)

Andrew Green is a Specialist Occupational Therapist at The Burden Centre for Neuropsychiatry in Bristol, UK. He has an MSc from the University of Exeter and an MPhil from the University of Southampton. Since 1999, he has been involved in running an innovative group for the cognitive behavioural management of insomnia, and has become increasingly interested in sleep and the behavioural management of sleep disorders. Alex Westcombe is a Clinical Psychologist working for North Bristol NHS Trust. He has worked in a range of physical health settings, including in fatigue, pain and burns services. Ved Varma is a retired Psychologist based in London, UK.

Informações bibliográficas

TítuloSleep: Multi-professional Perspectives
AutoresAndrew Green, Alex Westcombe, Ved P. Varma
Ediçãoilustrada
EditoraJessica Kingsley Publishers, 2012
ISBN1849050627, 9781849050623
Num. págs.328 páginas
  
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