Seemingly the most natural and necessary of pursuits, a good night’s sleep  eludes a remarkable number of people—up to 50 percent of the general population, according to  studies, while 10 to 15 percent suffer from severe or chronic sleep disorders. Because the causes  and nature of sleeplessness are so many and varied—and often as elusive as sleep itself—the  diagnosis and treatment require a flexible, multifaceted approach—and this is precisely what  David N. Neubauer lays out in Understanding Sleeplessness.    Building on the "four perspectives" conceptualized by McHugh and Slavney in The  Perspectives of Psychiatry, Neubauer offers a much-needed explanation of the diverse ways  of understanding what insomnia is and what should be done about it. He begins by surveying  what is currently known about the mechanisms of "normal sleep" and, in this light, describing the  problems of defining, assessing, and measuring insomnia. Drawing examples from patients  studied at the Johns Hopkins Sleep Disorders Center, Neubauer then applies each of the four  perspectives—diseases, dimensions, behaviors, life stories—to the varied kinds and degrees of  sleeplessness. Finally, calling on the full range of perspectives on insomnia, he outlines an  integrated approach to evaluation and treatment. His work will be of great interest and value to  those who study and treat sleeplessness and to those who wish to understand this widespread and  vexing problem.

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