Sleep: The Mysteries, the Problems, and the Solutions

Carlos Schenck

Penguin, 2007 - Health & Fitness - 294 pages

The average adult will spend more than 200,000 hours sleeping in a lifetime, the equivalent of more than 8,000 days. Yet research has only just begun to decode the mysteries behind what really happens when we sleep. Now Dr. Carlos Schenck, one of the most prominent sleep doctors and researchers in the country, takes us on an extraordinary journey into the mechanisms of sleep and what can go wrong.

Dr. Schenck explains and then offers solutions for the most common sleep disorders-insomnia, restless legs syndrome, sleep apnea, and more. But what sets this book apart is the fascinating new insights Schenck offers from the cutting-edge science that he and other researchers have pioneered in identifying, understanding, and explaining the realm of "parasomnias"- mysterious, more extreme sleep disorders such as sleep terrors, sleepwalking, dream-enactment, sleep violence, sleep-related eating disorder, sexsomnia, sleep paralysis, which affect at least 10 percent of Americans. Sleep offers fascinating-and often shocking-real-life stories drawn from Carlos Schenck's more than twenty years of clinical practice and research to illustrate the sometimes terrifying, debilitating, and even life-threatening experiences that those with parasomnias can suffer from, along with their loved ones. Backed by the latest medical research, Sleep is a groundbreaking book about what continues to be one of most mysterious and compelling medical puzzles.

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Review: Sleep: A Groundbreaking Guide to the Mysteries, the Problems, and the Solutions

User Review  - Carol - Goodreads

Very well written book. I'd recommend this to anyone who's had even a single bad night of sleep.

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User Review  - Andrew - Goodreads

This book is very interesting!

Contents

• INSOMNIA BLEARYEYED NlGHTS: 13
• OBSTRUCTIVE SLEEP APNEA: 30
• Restless Legs Syndrome: 47
• Circadianrhythm Disorders: 75
• CONFUSIONAL AROUSALS AND: 85
• Sleepwalking The Twilight State: 100
• ABNORMAL SLEEPSEX: 129
• Sleep Terrors The Night: 143
• Si eep Paralysis Dreaded Visits: 160
• SLEEPRELATED BlNGE EATING: 178
• REM Sleep Behavior Disorder: 197
• NOCTURNAL DISSOCIATIVE DISORDERS: 219
• Parasomma Shadows of Obstructive: 241
• Bed Partners Insomnia Sleeping with: 265
• General References on Sleep Disorders and Parasomnias: 285

Popular passages

Page 275 - Standards of practice committee of the American Academy of Sleep Medicine Practice parameters for the use of auto-titrating continuous positive airway pressure devices for titrating pressures and treating adult patients with obstructive sleep apnea syndrome.‎

Page 275 - Nieto FJ, Young TB, Lind BK, et al: Association of sleep-disordered breathing, sleep apnea, and hypertension in a large community-based study. Sleep Heart Health Study.‎

Page 281 - Schenck CH, Bundlie SR, Mahowald MW. Delayed emergence of a parkinsonian disorder in 38% of 29 older men initially diagnosed with idiopathic rapid eye movement sleep behavior disorder.‎

About the author

Carlos H. Schenck, M.D. , is a senior staff psychiatrist at the Minnesota Regional Sleep Disorders Center, a renowned interdisciplinary sleep clinic and laboratory, and is an associate professor at the University of Minnesota Medical School in Minneapolis. A recognized expert, he has identified and named numerous parasomnias with his colleagues, and is often quoted in the press, including The New York Times and The New York Times Magazine. He has also appeared on The Oprah Winfrey Show and on CNN.

Bibliographic information

• Title: Sleep: The Mysteries, the Problems, and the Solutions
• Author: Carlos Schenck
• Publisher: Penguin, 2007
• ISBN: 1583332707, 9781583332702
• Length: 294 pages
• Subjects: Health & Fitness / Sleep & Sleep Disorders