Sleep deprivation : causes, effects and treatment / / Pedr Fulke and Sior Vaughan, editors

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910813324503321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: New York, : Nova Science Publishers, c2010
• ISBN: 1-61942-219-0
• Edizione: [1st ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (363 p.)
• Collana: Neuroscience research progress series
• Altri autori (Persone): FulkePedr; VaughanSior
• Disciplina: 616.8/4982
• Soggetti: Sleep deprivation; Insomnia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: ""SLEEP DEPRIVATIONCAUSES, EFFECTS AND TREATMENT""; ""SLEEP DEPRIVATIONCAUSES, EFFECTS AND TREATMENT""; ""CONTENTS""; ""PREFACE""; ""RESEARCH UPDATE: CLINICAL ISSUES IN THEDIAGNOSIS, ASSESSMENT AND TREATMENTOF SLEEP PROBLEMS IN CHILDREN WITHAUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDERS""; ""DIAGNOSTIC ISSUES RELATED TOPAEDIATRIC SLEEP PROBLEMS""; ""Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders Classification""; ""International Classification of Sleep Disorders Diagnostic Criteria""; ""ADDITIONAL DIAGNOSTIC CONSIDERATIONS FOR SLEEPPROBLEMS IN CHILDREN WITH ASD""; ""CLINICAL ASSESSMENT OF SLEEPPROBLEMS IN CHILDREN WITH ASD""""Objective Assessment Methods""; ""Polysomnography and Electroencephalography""; ""Actigraphy""; ""Subjective Assessment Methods""; ""Sleep Diaries""; ""Functional Assessment""; ""DEVELOPMENTAL AND FAMILIAL CONSIDERATIONSIN THE CLINICAL ASSESSMENT OF SLEEP PROBLEMSIN CHILDREN WITH ASD""; ""THE NATURE AND PREVALENCE OF SLEEP PROBLEMS IN TYPICALLYDEVELOPING CHILDREN AND CHILDREN WITHAUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDERS""; ""Sleep Problems in Typically Developing Children""; ""Anxiety and Sleep Problems""; ""Duration of Sleep Problems""; ""Sleep Problems in Children with Autism""""Aetiology of Sleep Problems in Autism""; ""Environmental Influences""; ""Impairment in Sleep-Wake ; Mechanisms""; ""Anxiety and Sleep Problems in Children with Autism""; ""Duration of Sleep Problems in Children with Autism""; ""Sleep Problems in Children with Aspergerâ€?s Disorder""; ""Anxiety and Sleep Problems in Children with AD""; ""THE IMPACT OF SLEEP PROBLEMS IN CHILDREN WITHAUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDERS""; ""TREATMENT OF SLEEP PROBLEMS IN CHILDREN WITHAUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDERS""; ""Pharmacological Treatment""; ""Benzodiazepines""; ""Clonidine""; ""Antihistamines""""Melatonin""; ""OTHER MEDICATION USED TO TREAT SLEEP PROBLEMSIN CHILDREN WITH ASD""; ""THE LIMITATIONS OF PHARMACOLOGICAL TREATMENT OF SLEEPPROBLEMS IN CHILDREN WITH ASD""; ""Herbal Medicine""; ""Herbal Medicine Use in Children""; ""Behavioural Treatment""; ""Bedtime Routines""; ""Bedtime Fading""; ""Extinction, Graduated Extinction and Modified Extinction""; ""Extinction""; ""Graduated Extinction""; ""Modified Extinction""; ""Scheduled Awakenings""; ""OTHER TREATMENTS FOR SLEEP PROBLEMS INCHILDREN WITH ASD""; ""Chronotherapy""; ""Medication Combined with Behavioural Intervention""""RECOMMENDATIONS FOR FUTURE RESEARCH AND CONCLUSIONS""; ""REFERENCES""; ""WHAT IS EXCESSIVE DAYTIME SLEEPINESS?""; ""INTRODUCTION""; ""DIFFICULTIES WITH CURRENT MODELS OF SLEEP ANDWAKEFULNESS""; ""MEASURING SLEEP PROPENSITY ON DIFFERENT TIME-SCALES""; ""METHODS FOR MEASURING SLEEPINESS""; ""MULTIPLE SLEEP LATENCY TEST (MSLT)""; ""MAINTENANCE OF WAKEFULNESS TEST (MWT)""; ""EPWORTH SLEEPINESS SCALE""; ""KAROLINSKA SLEEPINESS SCALE""; ""STANFORD SLEEPINESS SCALE""; ""VISUAL ANALOGUE SCALES""; ""SLEEP-WAKE ACTIVITY INVENTORY""; ""ADJECTIVE CHECK-LISTS ABOUT MOOD AND FEELINGS""