• Includes Key Point boxes at the start of each chapter to quickly summarise important concepts covered in the text
• Features Case Histories and Patient Perspectives which provide practical realistic examples throughout
• Includes invaluable Resource section with suggested further reading and contact information for patient self-help/support groups, plus a glossary of technical terms

Readership: Lay readers, GPs, nurses, teachers, child psychologists, health visitors, paediatricians, child and adolescent psychiatrists

Gregory Stores, Emeritus Professor of Developmental Neuropsychiatry, University of Oxford, UK

"...a very comprehensive book on the topic and very easy to read..." - Roy Raymann, Secretary, Dutch Society for Sleep-Wake Research

GENERAL ASPECTS OF SLEEP AND SLEEP DISORDERS
1: Normal sleep
2: Disturbed sleep
SLEEP PROBLEMS AND THEIR UNDERLYING CAUSES
3: Sleeplessness
4: Babies who don't sleep well
5: Sleepless toddlers and preschool children (1-4 years)
6: School-aged children who can't sleep
7: Sleeplessness (insomnia) in adolescents
8: Excessive daytime sleepiness
9: Lack of sleep as a cause of being very sleepy
10: Excessive sleepiness due to disturbed sleep
11: Sleep disorders that make you sleep too much
12: Strange behaviour or experiences at night (parasomnias)
13: Parasomnias when going to sleep or waking up
14: Parasomnias mainly early in the night when lightly asleep
15: Parasomnias when deeply asleep: 'arousal disorders'
16: Parasomnias mainly later in the night
17: Parasomnias that occur at various times of the night
18: Unusual behaviour at night associated with medical conditions
19: Psychiatric disorders that cause unusual behaviour at night
20: Children at high risk of sleep disorders
21: Misinterpretation of children's sleep disorders
22: Being vigilant
23: Getting help with your child's sleep problem
Appendix
Glossary
Index