Sleep and Psychosomatic Medicine

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S. R. Pandi-Perumal, Rocco R Ruoti, Milton Kramer
CRC Press, Mar 2, 2007 - Medical - 318 pages
Psychosomatic illness can generally be considered as physical illnesses that are believed to be psychologically based; hence they are often referred to as "psychophysiological" disorders. Focusing on the emerging challenges in the fields of both sleep and psychosomatic medicine, Sleep and Psychosomatic Medicine interphases between psychiatry, sleep
 

Contents

Chapter 1 Sleep and gastrointestinal functioning
1
Chapter 2 Sleep and respiratory disorders
13
Chapter 3 Sleep and coronary artery disease
23
Chapter 4 Sleep and genitourinary systems
35
A functional neuroimaging perspective
51
Chapter 6 Sleep alterations in schizophrenia
67
Chapter 7 Sleep and neurologic disorders
75
Chapter 8 Behavioral intervention for sleep disorders
93
Chapter 13 Sleep and infection
177
Psychosocial socioeconomic and public health considerations
191
Chapter 15 Stress and sleep
207
Chapter 16 Sleep and attachment disorders in children
219
Chapter 17 Animal models of insomnia
231
Chapter 18 Sleep deprivation as an antidepressant
241
Chapter 19 Fibromyalgia and the neurobiology of sleep
249
Index
261

Chapter 9 Medication effects on sleep
109
Chapter 10 Sleep and personality disorders
125
An update
137
Chapter 12 Sleep and headache disorders
157
Color Plates
xxiii
Back cover
xxxi
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