RT Book, Section
A1 Claman, David
A1 Singer, Karli
A1 Singer, Clifford M.
A2 Feldman, Mitchell D.
A2 Christensen, John F.
A2 Satterfield, Jason M.
SR Print(0)
ID 1102938942
T1 Sleep Disorders
T2 Behavioral Medicine: A Guide for Clinical Practice, 4e
YR 2014
FD 2014
PB McGraw-Hill Education
PP New York, NY
SN 9780071767705
LK accessmedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1102938942
RD 2024/04/23
AB Thirty-five  percent  of  adults  experience  sleep-related  symptoms  over  the  course  of  a  year,  making  them  among  the  most  common  symptoms  seen  in  medical  practice.  Ten  to  fifteen  percent  of  adults  suffer  chronic  insomnia  and  account  for  the  largest  proportion  of  patients  seeing  health  care  providers  for  sleep-related  problems.  Insomnia  increases  risk  for  other  chronic  diseases,  including  hypertension,  diabetes,  depression,  and  dementia.  Daytime  sleepiness  impairs  work  performance  and  increases  the  risk  of  industrial  and  motor  vehicle  accidents.  Sleep  loss  due  to  sleep-related  breathing  problems  leads  to  profound  sleepiness  and  life-threatening  cardiovascular  and  pulmonary  diseases.  Sleep  deprivation  is  known  to  increase  risk  for  depression  and  dementia.  Sleep  medications  themselves  carry  morbidity  such  as  falls,  daytime  anxiety,  and  worsened  sleep  apnea.  In  this  chapter,  we  review  normal  sleep,  disorders  of  both  sleep  and  wakefulness,  and  a  logical  clinical  approach  to  these  disorders.