SLEEP: The Mysteries, the Problems, and the Solutions - Softcover

Carlos Schenck

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1583333010 ISBN 13: 9781583333013

Publisher: J P TARCHER/PENGUIN PUTNAM, 2008

Synopsis

Title: Sleep( A Groundbreaking Guide to the Mysteries the Problems and the Solutions) <>Binding: Paperback <>Author: CarlosH.Schenck <>Publisher: AveryPublishingGroup

About this title

Synopsis:

We spend more than 200,000 hours sleeping in a lifetime, the equivilant of more than 8,000 days, yet research has only just begun to decode the mysteries behind what can go wrong. Here, Dr. Schenck, one of the most prominent sleep doctors and researchers around today, takes us on an incredible journey into the mechanisms of sleep and the spectrum of disorders that can occur when these mechanisms go bizarrely awry. Dr. Schenck discusses the causes and treatments for common problems - insomnia, restless leg syndrome, sleep apnoea and more. But what sets this book apart is the rare glimpse it offers into the cutting edge science that he and others have pioneered in identifying, understanding and explaining the realm of 'parasomnias' - the mysterious, more extreme sleep disorders, such as dream enactment, sleep-related eating disorder, sexsomnia, sleepwalking, sleep terrors, sleep paralysis and even sleep violence - all of which affect millions of people worldwide.Comprehensive, engrossing and backed by the latest medical research, "Sleep" is a groundbreaking work about what continues to be one of our most mysterious puzzles - making it an indispensible guide for sufferers of all sleep disorders and their families.

About the Author:

Carlos H. Schenck M.D. is a senior staff psychiatrist at the Hennepin County Medical Center and Minnesota Regional Sleep Disorders Center, a renowned interdisciplinary sleep clinic and laboratory, and is an associate professor at the University of Minnesota Medical School in Minneapolis. A recognized expert, he has identified and named numerous parasomnias with his colleagues, and is often quoted in the press, including the New York Times, and the New York Times Magazine. He has also appeared on The Oprah Winfrey Show and on CNN. He lives in Minneapolis.

About this edition

• Publisher: J P TARCHER/PENGUIN PUTNAM
• Publication date: 2008
• ISBN 10: 1583333010
• ISBN 13: 9781583333013
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 320