BookMatt T. Bianchi, editor.
Summary: The cognitive and behavioral implications of sleep deprivation have been noted in the medical literature for many years. In addition, emerging research continues to demonstrate the contribution of sleep deprivation to some of the most common and costly health conditions today. Sleep Deprivation and Disease provides clinically relevant scientific information to help clinicians, public health professionals, and researchers recognize the ramifications of sleep deprivation across a broad spectrum of health topics. This timely reference covers sleep physiology, experimental approaches to sleep deprivation and measurement of its consequences, as well as health and operational consequences of sleep deprivation. Clinical challenges and areas of uncertainty are also presented in order to encourage future advancements in sleep medicine and help patients avoid the outcomes associated with the myriad causes of sleep deprivation.
Contents:
Part I Introduction
Sleep deprivation: practical and philosophical considerations
Part II Sleep Physiology, measurement, and experimental deprivation
The functional impact of sleep deprivation, sleep restriction, and sleep fragmentation
Methods for human sleep deprivation experiments
Imaging sleep and sleep deprivation
Part III Sleep and the brain
Sleep deprivation and neurological diseases
Sleep deprivation and psychiatric disorders
Sleep deprivation as a therapy for psychiatry
Part IV Sleep and medical topics
Sleep deprivation and human development
Sleep deprivation and pregnancy
Sleep deprivation and metabolism
Sleep deprivation and the cardiovascular system
Sleep deprivation and rheumatologic disease --Sleep deprivation and pain
Sleep loss in older adults: effects on waking performance and sleep-dependent memory consolidation with healthy aging and insomnia
Part V Performance, economics, and operational topics
Noise-induced sleep deprivation: toward sleeping soundly on noisy nights
Sleep deprivation and cognitive performance
Caffeine and naps a countermeasures for sleep loss
Fatigue in the workplace
Sleep deprivation and economic burden.