Sleep Disorders (Oxford Psychiatry Library) - Softcover

Wilson, Sue; Nutt, David

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0199234337 ISBN 13: 9780199234332

Publisher: OUP Oxford, 2008

Synopsis

Sleep dysfunction is one of the primary symptoms reported by patients with psychiatric disorders, and specifically those suffering from anxiety and depressive disorders. Conversely, primary insomnia and other sleep disorders produce symptoms of mood disturbance that are quite similar to those reported by patients with psychiatric disorders. Because of this overlap in the symptoms and treatments for insomnias and psychiatric disorders, it is important for clinicians to be able to accurately identify the root cause of sleep dysfunction in individual patients in order to optimize treatment.

Part of the Oxford Psychiatry Library series, this concise pocketbook provides clinicians with an overview of current understanding of sleep physiology, the pathophysiology of sleep disturbance, and the diagnosis and treatment of sleep disorders.

About this title

About the Author

David Nutt is Head of Community Based Medicine and Professor of Psychopharmacology with the Psychopharmacology Unit at the University of Bristol and Avon and Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust, UK.

Edition details

• Publisher: OUP Oxford
• Publication date: 2008
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0199234337
• ISBN 13: 9780199234332
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 144