Gallery of Patient Interview Videos
Chapter 20 Gallery of Patient Interview Videos Meir H. Kryger The video clips referred to in this chapter are interviews of patients with sleep disorders and are available at the…
Circadian System Disorders
Chapter 9 Circadian System Disorders 9.1 Circadian Rhythm Disorders Kathryn J. Reid and Phyllis C. Zee Circadian rhythm sleep disorders (CRSDs) are sleep disorders in which a misalignment between the…
Impact, Presentation, and Diagnostic Considerations
Chapter 8 Impact, Presentation, and Diagnostic Considerations Cathy Goldstein, Leslie Swanson, Todd Arnedt and Ronald D. Chervin Impact Disordered sleep is common, and its effect on health and well-being has…
Women’s Health
Chapter 16 Women’s Health 16.1 The Menstrual Cycle Kathryn A. Lee Menstrual Cycle Sleep Changes The menstrual cycle starts with menses, or 2 to 5 days of menstrual bleeding, followed…
Sleep and Psychiatric Disease
Chapter 17 Sleep and Psychiatric Disease Catherine McCall, Colin M. Shapiro and W. Vaughn McCall Overview Common sleep problems such as insomnia, circadian rhythm disorders, and nightmares reviewed elsewhere in…
Sleep Restriction
Chapter 5 Sleep Restriction Andrea M. Spaeth, Takashi Abe, Jason S. Schneiderman and David F. Dinges Sleep Restriction Excessive daytime sleepiness can result from various sleep pathologies, including sleep-disordered breathing,…
Dreaming in Normal and Disrupted Sleep
Chapter 7 Dreaming in Normal and Disrupted Sleep Erin J. Wamsley* and Robert Stickgold What is Dreaming? The supernatural explanations of dreams, which were once considered messages from the gods…
Reviewing consumer-run mental health services
Personal narratives Samson Tse I am an occupational therapist and have always enjoyed working in mental health. I value the interpersonal relationships I have with people and the creative side…
Vocational rehabilitation in the UK
Personal narrative My journey as an occupational therapist started 20 years ago, 2000 miles away from where I am writing today. Many aspects have changed while other aspects have stayed,…
Strengths and challenges to practice
Personal narrative I am an occupational therapist who practises in northeastern Ontario in Canada. It covers 1 million km2 and constitutes 90% of the surface area of Ontario, although it…
