Clinical Handbook of Insomnia (Current Clinical Neurology)

Expert clinicians and researchers provide practicing primary health care providers the first clinically oriented, comprehensive textbook devoted to the evaluation and treatment of insomnia. Summarizing the latest findings published in a wide variety of medical journals, these experts concisely review the primary insomnias and those due to medical, neurological, and psychiatric problems, and to fully discuss the latest pharmacological and nonpharmacological treatments for insomnia. A simple algorithm for the differential diagnosis of insomnia is included. Although insomnia is the second most common complaint, after pain, in the primary care setting, medical texts and reference books often fail to give full treatment to the subject. In Clinical Handbook of Insomnia, expert clinicians and researchers provide practicing primary health care providers the first clinically oriented, comprehensive textbook devoted to the evaluation and treatment of insomnia. Summarizing the latest findings published in a wide variety of medical journals, these experts concisely review the primary insomnias (those in children and adults, psychophysiological and idiopathic insomnia, and sleep state misperception), as well as those caused by medical, neurological, and psychiatric problems. They then fully discuss the latest pharmacological and nonpharmacological treatments for insomnia, illustrating each topic with detailed case studies, algorithms, charts, and graphs to better demonstrate the points presented. Also included is a simple algorithm for the differential diagnosis of insomnia. Comprehensive, easy to read, and up-to-date, Clinical Handbook of Insomnia considers the disorder in all its multiple forms, helping the practicing health care provider to identify the problem early on, to recognize its underlying cause, and to prescribe the most efficacious treatment Front Matter....Pages i-xv Front Matter....Pages 1-1 Defining Insomnia....Pages 3-10 Epidemiology of Insomnia....Pages 11-21 Physiological Basis of Insomnia....Pages 23-38 Differential Diagnosis of Insomnia....Pages 39-50 Front Matter....Pages 51-51 Insomnia in Children and Adolescents....Pages 53-65 Psychophysiological Insomnia....Pages 67-80 Idiopathic Insomnia....Pages 81-87 Sleep State Misperception....Pages 89-97 Sleep Hygiene....Pages 99-106 Front Matter....Pages 107-107 Insomnia Caused by Medical and Neurological Disorders....Pages 109-125 Insomnia in Psychiatric Disorders....Pages 127-140 Insomnia in Primary Sleep Disorders....Pages 141-152 Front Matter....Pages 153-153 Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy for Insomnia....Pages 155-171 Pharmacological Treatment of Insomnia....Pages 173-186 Back Matter....Pages 187-191 This book is dedicated to the evaluation and treatment of insomnia in the primary care setting. This timely handbook provides practitioners, and primary care providers an easily accessible handbook to reference in the evaluation treatment of this disorder. The authors have divided the subject matter into four sections. The first of which presents five chapters discussing definitions, differential diagnosis and pathophysiology. The second part consists of three chapters that discuss the primary insomnias and their affiliated complications. Progressing into the third chapter, the reader finds discussions of secondary insomnias caused by other medical problems. The last section is dedicated to the pharmacological and non-pharmacological treatments of insomnia