Concise Guide to Evaluation and Management of Sleep Disorders, Third Edition (Concise Guides)
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| Rating | : | 4.23 (983 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1585620459 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 293 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 0000-00-00 |
| Language | : | English |
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It contains all the average physician needs to know about sleep disorders -- British Journal of PsychiatryThis is a concise and well-written review that captures the state-of-the-art in sleep medicine -- Milton Erman, M.D., Clinical Professor of Psychiatry, School of Medicine, University of California San Diego, Adjunct Member, Department of Neuropharmacology, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, California. It is highly recommended to physicians, medical students, and other professionals with an interest in sleep and its disorders -- Doody's Health Sciences Book Review JournalThe authors of this guidehave produced a well-organized, s
Practical Clinical Compendium of Sleep Medicine Written by a group of Psychiatrist with an active sleep disorders practice. Concise but very comprehensive of the field, and small enough to fit your pocket. The drug effects part is very useful. Organized around diseases as a clinician would see them and not like the ICSD manual which is more academic and research oriented. A good introduction and overview for the student but a good review for the young sleep specialist, also. Needs to be updated yearly because of new medications and treatment.
Despite being one of the most common complaints among psychiatric patients (170 sleep disorders are now identified), sleep disorders are still not included in most medical or health careArelated curricula. -Chapter 8 concludes with thought-provoking discussions of sleep problems in children from infancy through adolescence, the elderly, and women (in pregnancy, premenstrual syndrome, and menopause). Topics include virtually every aspect of -Sleep physiology and pathology, e.g., sleep architecture, sleep and immune function, circadian rhythms, dreams and nightmares, and sleep deprivation -Insomnia (occasional insomnia alone occurs in about 27%, and chronic insomnia in about 9%, of the U.S. In just eight easy-to-read chapters, the authors present the latest research and practice on sleep disorders. Designed to provide the clinician with a practical approach to the differential diagnosis and effective treatment of sleep complaints and disorders and an up-to-date summary of sleep disorders medicine, this compact volume from American Psychiatric Publishing's Concise Guides series shows clinicians how to use a conceptual framework and decision trees to facilitate diagnosis. population) related to substance ab
Kim Nagel, M.D., is Assistant Clinical Professor in the Department of Medicine at the University of Colorado Health Sciences Center in Denver, Colorado; Diplomat with the American Board of Internal Medicine in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; and a Fellow of the American Academy of Sleep Medicine in Rochester, Minnesota . Martin Reite, M.D., is Director of the University Insomnia and Sleep Disorders Clinic