Clinical Handbook of Insomnia

Overview.- Defining Insomnia.- Epidemiology of Insomnia.- Physiological Basis of Insomnia.- Differential Diagnosis of Insomnia.- Insomnia in Primary Care Practice with a Special Focus for the Midlevel Practitioner.- Insomnia in special populations.- Puberty Is Starting Earlier in the 21st Century.- Behavioral Insomnias of Childhood: Assessment and Treatment.- Insomnia in Teens.- Insomnia During Pregnancy.- Menopausal Insomnia.- Sleep and Aging: Insomnia in the Geriatric Population.- The Primary Insomnias.- Premature Thelarche.- Gynecomastia.- Psychophysiological Insomnia.- Idiopathic Insomnia.- Paradoxical Insomnia.- Sleep Hygiene.- The Secondary Insomnias.- Premature Adrenarche.- Pubertal Consequences of Being Born Small for Gestational Age.- Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia.- Polycystic Ovary Syndrome in the Peripubertal Period.- Psychological and Social Problems in Children with Premature Adrenarche and Precocious Puberty.- Insomnia Caused by Medical Disorders.- Insomnia in Neurological Diseases and Disorders.- Insomnia in Psychiatric Disorders.- Circadian Rhythms and Insomnia.- Insomnia Secondary to Sleep-Related Breathing Disorders.- Insomnia as a Presenting Symptom of Sleep-Related Movement Disorders, Hypersomnias and Parasomnias.- Insomnia and Pain Disorders.- Treatments.- Etiology of Gonadotropin-Dependent Precocious Puberty.- Treatment of Gonadotropin-Dependent Precocious Puberty.- Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy for Insomnia.- Pharmacological Treatment of Insomnia.- McCune–Albright Syndrome.- Familial Male-Limited Precocious Puberty.- Gonadal and Adrenal Tumors.- Contents/Directory.- Environmental Effects on Puberty.- The Role of Endocrine Disruptors in Pubertal Development.- Precocious Puberty in Internationally Adopted Girls.

From the reviews of the second edition:“This second edition of a splendid textbook focused on insomnia contains significant revisions and added chapters to further explain this ‘condition’ that disturbs so many patients during their life spans. … The book reviews how to diagnose and treat insomnia in an individualized manner for specific settings and for specific patients. … All in all, the book provides a thorough review of literature for management of insomnia … .” (Indermohan S. Thethi, William H. Wehrmacher and Harry Messmore, Comprehensive Therapy, Fall, 2010)“This update of a book in the Current Clinical Neurology series presents new information on insomnia. … This book is designed primarily as a clinically-oriented, readable handbook on the evaluation and treatment of insomnia patients for general practitioners in the primary care setting. … This is a significant contribution to the field of sleep medicine in general, and the topic of insomnia in particular. Given new developments in the field of insomnia, this book is a timely addition to the sleep literature.” (M. Isabel L. Crisostomo, Doody’s Review Service, September, 2010)