Clinical Handbook of Insomnia (2^nd Ed., Softcover reprint of the original 2nd ed. 2010)
Current Clinical Neurology Series

It has been 5 years since publication of the first edition of Dr. Attarian?s Clinical Handbook of Insomnia which at the time was the first significant cl- ical textbook dedicated to insomnia, an often overlooked but important me- cal problem. The book was very well received. There has now been sufficient new information on the subject to warrant a second expanded edition of this very useful volume. Then, as now, the approach is to emphasize the frequent biological causes of insomnia rather than to attribute it primarily to underlying psychological and emotional factors. This new edition is an impressive major effort, having been expanded from 14 to 23 chapters including an extensive revision and updating of previous chapters with new references and the ad- tion of many new authors. An entirely new section of the book deals with insomnia in special populations including teenagers, pregnancy, menopause, and the geriatric population. Other new topics include insomnia as enco- tered in primary care practice, the role of circadian rhythms, the contribution of sleep related movement disorders to insomnia, insomnia in pain disorders, and the interesting entity of paradoxical insomnia, in which there is a large d- crepancy between the objective and subjective estimation of quantity of sleep. This collection within a single volume of practical information concerning a common but often neglected disorder remains a very useful addition to the armamentarium of the general or specialty physician who wishes to properly address insomnia in an informed and responsible manner.

Part 1: Overview Defining Insomnia Attarian and Perlis Epidemiology of Insomnia Doghramji and Grewal, Physiologic Basis of Insomnia Bonnet and Arand Differential Diagnosis of Insomnia Saletu and Saletu Insomnia in primary care practice with a special focus for the midlevel practitioner Resi Part 2: Insomnia in special populations Behavioral Insomnias of Childhood: Assessment and Treatment Lewin and Huntley Insomnia in Teens Garcia Insomnia in Pregnancy Ward Menopausal Insomnia Saaresranta, Polo-Kantoli and Polo Sleep and Aging: Insomnia in the Geriatric Population Singer Part 3: The Primary Insomnias Psychophysiological Insomnia O’Malley and O’Mallley Idiopathic Insomnia Applebee Paradoxical Insomnia Attarian Sleep Hygiene Attarian Part 4: The Secondary Insomnias Insomnia in Medical Disorders Plotkin Insomnia in Neurological Diseases and Disorders Provini, Lombardi and Lugaresi Insomnia in Psychiatric Disorders Karaz Circadian Rhythms and Insomnia Lack and Wright Insomnia Secondary to Sleep Related Breathing Disorders Judd Insomnia as a Presenting Symptom of Sleep Related Movement Disorders, Hypersomnias and Parasomnias Nagle Insomnia in Pain disorders Schuman and Clark Part 5: Treatments CBT for Insomnia Schuman and Perlis Pharmacological Treatment of Insomnia Schweitzer, Curry, Eisenstein and Walsh Part 6: Appendix