Evaluating the treatment of patients with sleep problems, this book concentrates on the management of disorders. Firstly, as a prerequisite for understanding such an area, aspects of normal sleep are explained. The second section examines the clinical methods of dealing with any abnormalities.

This book offers a concise, methodological approach to the evaluation and treatment of patients with sleep disorders. The management of sleep disorders requires an understanding of sleep itself, thus the book initially discusses aspects of normal sleep. The remainder of the book provides a formula for critical assessment, in which the symptoms and signs and the psychological and medical background of the patient, in conjunction with an understanding of the neurobiological and psychological basis of sleep disorders, are considered. Polysomnographic studies and other laboratory tests supplement and redefine clinical information and assist physicians in their treatment options.