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| Introduction |
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Section A Sleep and What We Know about It |
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What are biological clocks? |
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18 | (2) |
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20 | (2) |
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22 | (3) |
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25 | (6) |
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What changes occur during sleep that don't occur at other times? |
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31 | (8) |
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Do circadian patterns emerge as we develop? |
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39 | (2) |
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41 | (2) |
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Is our sleep affected by what we eat? |
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43 | (3) |
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46 | (1) |
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Diet, genetics and brain development |
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46 | (1) |
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Social interaction and sleep |
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47 | (3) |
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50 | (1) |
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Other factors that can affect sleep |
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51 | (1) |
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How much sleep is normal? |
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52 | (1) |
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Do we need to sleep at all? |
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52 | (1) |
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What do we know about the normal range of sleep in childhood? |
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53 | (3) |
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What do we know about normal patterns of sleep? |
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56 | (1) |
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Section B Sleep Problems in General |
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57 | (4) |
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How sleep problems are classified |
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57 | (1) |
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How common are sleep problems? |
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58 | (1) |
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Is it important that sleep problems are addressed? |
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59 | (1) |
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The importance of adequate sleep for brain development |
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60 | (1) |
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Section C Sleep Problems in ASD |
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61 | (9) |
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How common are sleep problems in ASD? |
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61 | (6) |
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Is it important to address sleep problems in ASD? |
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67 | (1) |
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Are there reasons why sleep problems should be more likely in ASD? |
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68 | (2) |
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Section D Reasons Sleep Patterns May Happen or Can Be Made Worse |
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Maternal mood state and biology |
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70 | (1) |
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The neurobiology of sleep |
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70 | (6) |
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76 | (3) |
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Metabolic and physiological factors that can be related to disordered sleep |
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79 | (3) |
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Other factors that can influence sleep |
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82 | (1) |
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Effects of sleep deprivation on brain growth and structure |
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83 | (1) |
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84 | (1) |
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Attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder |
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84 | (1) |
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Craniofacial dysmorphogenesis |
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85 | (1) |
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86 | (1) |
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87 | (1) |
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88 | (3) |
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Section E What Can You Do? |
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Interventions --- assessing the evidence |
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91 | (7) |
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98 | (2) |
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Assessing the issues and doing a basic sleep clean-up |
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100 | (6) |
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General approaches to sorting out sleep problems |
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106 | (9) |
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Specific types of sleep problem: what they are and what can work to sort them out |
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115 | (59) |
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Difficulty settling to sleep and frequent night waking |
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118 | (7) |
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125 | (3) |
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Short night-time sleep (hyposomnia) |
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128 | (2) |
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Excessive night-time sleep (hypersomnia) |
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130 | (2) |
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Excessive daytime sleepiness/tiredness |
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132 | (4) |
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136 | (4) |
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140 | (2) |
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Night-time eating disorders |
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142 | (2) |
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144 | (4) |
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Sleep-related rhythmic movement disorder |
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148 | (3) |
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Sleep bruxism (tooth grinding while asleep) |
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151 | (3) |
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Obstructive sleep apnoea (OSA) |
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154 | (3) |
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157 | (3) |
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Nocturnal enuresis (bedwetting) |
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160 | (8) |
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REM sleep behaviour disorder (RSBD) |
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168 | (3) |
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Restless legs syndrome and periodic limb movements in sleep |
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171 | (3) |
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174 | (1) |
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175 | (6) |
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175 | (1) |
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Associations and web resources |
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175 | (2) |
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Test and treatment materials |
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177 | (4) |
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Appendix 1 Medications Used in Sleep Disorders |
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What are these medications and how do they work? |
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188 | (9) |
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Further general sources of information on medication |
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197 | (1) |
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Appendix 2 Complementary and Alternative Treatment Approaches |
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198 | (20) |
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198 | (1) |
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199 | (1) |
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200 | (1) |
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201 | (1) |
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202 | (1) |
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203 | (1) |
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204 | (2) |
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206 | (1) |
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207 | (1) |
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208 | (1) |
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209 | (1) |
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209 | (1) |
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210 | (1) |
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Behavioural and cognitive-behavioural treatments |
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211 | (5) |
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216 | (2) |
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Appendix 3 Herbal Treatments |
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218 | (22) |
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`Western' herbal treatments |
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219 | (9) |
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Chinese herbal treatments |
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228 | (3) |
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Specific Chinese medicinal herbs used for sleep problems |
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231 | (6) |
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Japanese Kampo herbal treatments |
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237 | (2) |
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239 | (1) |
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Appendix 4 Assessment Tools for Sleep Problems |
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240 | (9) |
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242 | (5) |
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247 | (1) |
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Basic books on sleep and sleep disorders |
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247 | (1) |
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Textbooks on sleep and related issues |
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248 | (1) |
| Glossary |
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249 | (11) |
| References |
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260 | (56) |
| Index |
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