Summary: "Provides basic consumer health information about the diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of sleep disorders in children and adults, along with facts about diseases that affect sleep and the health consequences of sleep deprivation. Includes index, glossary of related terms, and other resources"--
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Omnigraphics 2019
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 616.8 SLEWalker, Matthew P.
Summary: "The first sleep book by a leading scientific expert--Professor Matthew Walker, Director of UC Berkeley's Sleep and Neuroimaging Lab--reveals his groundbreaking exploration of sleep, explaining how we can harness its transformative power to change our lives for the better. Sleep is one of the most important but least understood aspects of our life, wellness, and longevity. Until very recently,...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Scribner, an imprint of Simon & Schuster, Inc. 2017
Copies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Adult, Call number: 612.82 WALCopies Available at Woodmere
3 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 612.82 WALCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Health WalkerSummary: Some people wander, get dressed, even eat in their sleep. Others lash out in violent ways. Is it possible that people can commit complex crimes-even murder-while walking in their sleep? With only a dead victim and a seemingly disoriented suspect at the scene of the crime, it's hard to know for sure. This program explores the question, following extensive sleep tests performed on accused...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2010
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Summary: This collection of 34 video clips (1 minute to 2 minutes 30 seconds each) takes a close look at mental health and the human mind. Aspects of chronic stress, sleep disorders, seasonal affective disorder, depression, panic attacks, post-traumatic stress disorder, and schizophrenia are covered, along with insights into brain architecture and the psychological benefits of exercising, meditating,...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2008
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Summary: Over 40 million American adults suffer each year from a variety of chronic sleep problems, prompting extensive research into sleep patterns and potential obstacles to healthy sleep. This program explores sleep disorders, how they are diagnosed, and how they can be easily managed or treated. Viewers will learn how various disorders are usually classified into three major categories: lack of...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2007
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Kryger, Meir H.
Contents: Pt. I: A good night's sleep: what is normal? what is abnormal? -- What is sleep? -- Sleep through the stages of life -- How the menstrual cycle affects sleep -- How pregnancy affects sleep -- How menopause affects sleep -- Pt. II: Do I have a sleep problem? -- How to tell if you have a sleep problem -- My family's sleep problems are keeping me awake -- My body clock is different -- Sleeping in...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: McGraw-Hill 2004