In a world of 24 hour media saturation, sleep has become an increasingly fraught enterprise. The 4-volume Encyclopedia of Sleep is the largest reference, either online or in print, on the subject of sleep. Written to be useful for the novice and the established researcher and clinician, Topic areas will include sleep across the life cycle and in other species, sleep and women, sleep and the elderly, pediatric sleep, sleep deprivation and loss, sleep mechanisms, sleep physiology and pathophysiology, sleep disorders, neurobiology, chronobiology, pharmacology, and impact of other disorders on sleep. Recognizing the many fields that are connected to sleep science, the editorial team has been carefully chosen to do justice to this highly interdisciplinary field of study. The steady growth of researchers and clinicians in the sleep field attests to the continued interest in the scientific study of sleep and the management of patients with sleep disorders, and anyone involved in this exciting field should find this work to be an invaluable reference. Table of Contents: Volume 1 BASIC SLEEP CONCEPTS, SCIENCE, DEPRIVATION, AND MECHANISMS Background Healthy Sleep Dreaming Sleep Deprivation/Fragmentation Paradigms Extrinsic Factors Affecting Sleep Loss/Deprivation Intrinsic Factors Affecting Sleep Loss/Deprivation Psychiatric Associations of Sleep Loss/Deprivation Sleep Loss in Disease States Special Populations Affected by Sleep Loss/Deprivation Consequences of Sleep Loss Short-Term Countermeasures for Sleep Loss Effects Critical Theoretical and Practical Issues ANATOMY, PHYSIOLOGY, AND PHARMACOLOGY OF SLEEP Background Chronobiology of Sleep Sleep and the Nervous System Sleep and the Respiratory System Sleep and Other Systems Pharmacology of Sleep Volume 2 ASSESSMENT, METHODOLOGY, TRAINING, AND POLICIES OF SLEEP Assessment Instrumentation and Methodology Training and Research Policies and Procedures INSOMNIA AND HYPERSOMNIAS Features, Factors, and Characteristics of Insomnia Descriptions of Insomnia Associations and Consequences of Insomnia Diagnosis of Insomnia Special Conditions, Disorders, and Clinical Issues for Insomnia Features, Factors, and Characteristics of Hypersomnias Descriptions of Hypersomnias Associations and Consequences of Hypersomnias Diagnosis of Hypersomnias Special Conditions, Disorders, and Clinical Issues for Hypersomnias SLEEP IN SPECIAL POPULATIONS Pediatric Sleep Sleep in Other Age Groups Sleep In Women Sleep and Ethnicity Sleep in Other Conditions Volume 3 CIRCADIAN RHYTHM SLEEP DISORDERS (CRSD) Features, Factors, and Characteristics of CRSD Descriptions of CRSD Associations and Consequences of CRSD Diagnosis of CRSD Special Conditions, Disorders, and Clinical Issues for CRSD SLEEP RELATED BREATHING DISORDERS (SRBD) Features, Factors, and Characteristics of SRBD Descriptions of SRBD Associations and Consequences of SRBD Diagnosis of SRBD Treatment of SRBD Special Conditions, Disorders, and Clinical Issues of SRBD Volume 4 SLEEP RELATED MOVEMENT DISORDERS (SRMD) AND PARASOMNIAS Features, Factors, and Characteristics of SRMD Descriptions of SRMD Associations and Consequences of SRMD Diagnosis of SRMD Treatment of SRMD Special Conditions, Disorders, and Clinical Issues of SRMD Features, Factors, and Characteristics of Parasomnias Descriptions of Parasomnias Associations and Consequences of Parasomnias Diagnosis of Parasomnias Treatment of Parasomnias Special Conditions, Disorders, and Clinical Issues of Parasomnias SLEEP AND OTHER CONDITIONS OR DISORDERS Neurologic Disorders Psychiatric Disorders Other Medical Conditions or Disorders
