Clinical Pharmacology of Sleep

• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Άλλοι συγγραφείς: Pandi-Perumal, S. R. (Επιμελητής έκδοσης), Monti, Jaime M. (Επιμελητής έκδοσης)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Basel : Birkhäuser Basel, 2006.
• Θέματα: Medicine.; Pharmacology.; Psychiatry.; Biomedicine.; Pharmacology/Toxicology.; Medicine/Public Health, general.

The field of sleep medicine is growing rapidly, and the clinical pharmacology of sleep is gaining much attention from sleep physicians. Many new drugs are in the process of being developed and tested for their possible usefulness in the treatment of sleep disorders. The opportunity for further advan...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• Primary and secondary insomnia
• Primary insomnia: diagnosis and treatment
• Neuropharmacology of obstructive sleep apnea and central apnea
• Narcolepsy syndrome: a new view at the beginning of the second millennium
• Sleep disturbances in restless legs syndrome (RLS) and periodic limb movements (PLM)
• Sleep disturbances in anxiety disorders
• Sleep disturbances in affective disorders
• Sleep disturbance in schizophrenia
• Clinical pharmacology of sleep disturbances in children and adolescents
• Assessment and treatment of sleep disturbances in aged population
• Sleep disturbances in Alzheimer’s disease
• Sleep disturbance during menopause
• Chronopharmacology and its implications to the pharmacology of sleep
• Overview of currently available benzodiazepine and nonbenzodiazepine hypnotics
• Rebound and withdrawal with benzodiazepine and non-benzodiazepine hypnotic medication.