Publisher's Synopsis
Sleep is a very precious indicator of health, and is necessary for different healing processes related to both body and mental worlds. It plays also a very powerful role in cognition as we also do know that REM sleep is important for memories. It has a key role in terms of homeostasis so. Sleep can be disturbed in almost all the diseases, being in that case a simple symptom among many others more important ones so, and the treatment of the causal agent will allow to restore it. When being the main symptom, things become more complicated, and the prognosis will depend on the possible etiology if there is one, the available treatments, and their efficiency as patients could display various answers. The purpose of this book is to expose very rare cases in sleep medicine where insomnia and hypersomnia will be the main symptoms, but also other atypical situations related to asthma, pains, dreams, nightmares, hallucinations, sexual identity confusions, neurosis, time, Sun, Moon, Benzodiazepines, psychological conflicts, psychoneurosis, major depressive disorders, superior functions, paranormal and parapsychology. We think that this original book is a must for all sleep medicine lovers. We wish you a very good reading, and all the best.
