Table of Contents
Chapter 1: Normal versus Abnormal Sleep
When is daytime sleepiness abnormal?
Normal nocturnal motor phenomena during sleep
Chapter 2: Diagnosing Sleep Disorders
Tests for sleep-related breathing disorders
Objective tests of sleepiness and wakefulness
Chapter 3: Excessive Daytime Sleepiness
Chapter 4: Sleep Apnoea Syndromes
Diagnosing obstructive sleep apnoea
Treating obstructive sleep apnoea
Chapter 6: Secondary (co-morbid) Insomnia
Rare causes of severe insomnia
Parasomnias at the wake–sleep transition
Parasomnias from deep non-REM (slow wave) sleep
Chapter 8: Sleep Disorders in Children
What is the problem and whose is it?
Chapter 9: Sleep in Neurodegenerative Disease
Complex parkinsonian disorders
Chapter 10: Sleep in Psychiatric Disease
Chapter 11: Drugs Used in Sleep Medicine
Agents to induce or improve nocturnal sleep