Living with Insomnia

Phyllis L. Brodsky has been a nurse, hospital clinical educator, and university instructor, and has authored articles and chapters in journals and manuals. She lives in Berlin, Maryland. Allen Brodsky is an adjunct professor at Georgetown University in Washington, D.C. He lives in Berlin, Maryland. Elaine A. Moore has worked in hospital laboratories for more than 30 years, primarily in immunohematology and toxicology. She is a freelance medical writer and laboratory consultant. For more information, visit her website at www.elaine-moore.com. She lives in Sedalia, Colorado.

• Table of ContentsAcknowledgments     Foreword by David N. Neubauer, M.D.      Preface      Introduction      1. What Is Insomnia?      2. Normal Sleep      3. The Authors’ Stories      4. Sleep Patterns Throughout the Life Cycle      5. Sleep Disorders and Underlying Pathologies      6. Selected Stories from Surveys and Interviews      7. Parasomnias      8. The Consequences of Insomnia      9. Management of Insomnia      10. Composite Analyses of Symptoms, Causes, Effects, and Remedies for Insomnia      11. Conclusions and Recommendations      Appendix: Questionnaire Package      Chapter Notes      Selected Bibliography      About the Authors      Index

“this well-written guide is a timely and valuable resource”—ARBA; “use[s] a conversational writing style and a sense of humor to overview causes, effects, and treatments of insomnia...highlighting the diversity of sleep patterns and sleep disorders in the general population”—Reference & Research Book News.