Expanding on the critical contributions of previous editions, this
updated and comprehensive resource covers the latest diagnostic criteria
of insomnia. The book is thematically divided into two parts. The first
section consists of chapters on nomenclature, epidemiology,
pathophysiology, diagnosis and differential diagnosis, complications and
prognosis and treatment both pharmacological and behavioral. The second
features chapters on insomnia in special populations, including ones on
children and adolescents, cancer sufferers and survivors, in pregnancy,
in menopausal women and in patients with neurological disorders and
those with psychiatric illnesses. This third edition fills an important
niche in the medical literature by addressing insomnia in its multiple
forms, summarizes the findings published in different medical journals,
and presents these to the practicing health care provider in an easily
accessible format.