Sleepiness and Human Impact Assessment

• Health Impact Assessment HIA.- Part I Regulation of Sleep and Circadian rhythms: Circadian and Light Effects on Human Sleepiness-alertness.- Neurophysiology of Sleep and Wakefulness.- Circadian and Homeostatic Regulation of Sleepiness, Cognition and Their Neuronal Underpinnings.- Part II Sleep, arousal and performance: Using mathematical models to predict sleepiness.- Part III Sleepiness and HuIA.- Health-related Quality of Life and Sleep Disorders among Special.- Errors and accidents.- Part IV Sleepiness and 24 h society: Life style and habits.- Stress and sleepiness in the 24-h Society.- Effects of CNS-drugs and alcohol on driving ability.- Endocrine brain: gender differences.- Shift and night work.- Industrial activities.- Transport and communications.- Police and Military.- Health care work.- Part V Sleepiness and pathology: Insomnia: Pathophysiology, clinical phenotypes and treatment options.- Parasomnias.- Brain and Breathing.- Sleep Apnea and Sleepiness.- Restless legs syndrome/Willis-Ekbom disease.- Jet lag syndrome and Circadian disorders of the sleep-wake.- Neurologic disorders.- Cardiovascular disorders.- Psychiatric Disorders.- Pain, Cancer, Fibromyalgia, Gastrointestinal Disorders.- Part VI Sleep hygiene, Driving Licence and Economic Impact: Sleep Hygiene.- Driving License.- Economic impact: social welfare.- Sleepiness Assessment.

From the book reviews: "This is a comprehensive analysis of sleepiness in a 24-hour society from the perspective of a new WHO concept of Human Impact Assessment. ... The audience includes physicians, occupational health professionals, researchers, and policy makers. ... This is a timely contribution to the field of sleep medicine. It examines sleepiness from the perspective of Human Impact Assessment and will help guide therapeutic decisions for practitioners and formulation of social and public health policies by decision makers." (M. Isabel L. Crisostomo, Doody's Book Reviews, September, 2014)