Sleep disorders

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• Concise Guide to Evaluation and Management of Sleep Disorders
  

  Reite, M., Ruddy, J. & Nagel, K. Concise Guide to Evaluation and Management of Sleep Disorders. APA Press 2002, 293 pages, ISBN 1585620459.
  Useful book, particularly in every day psychiatric practice. Because it is not available via the APA site, this link is to Amazon.com.

• ICSD - International classification of sleep disorders
  

  Diagnostic Classification Steering Committee, Thorpy, M.J. (Chairman). ICSD - International classification of sleep disorders: Diagnostic and coding manual. American Sleep Disorders Association, Rochester, Minnesota 1990.
  Comprehensive description of the internationally used sleep disorder classification system. Appropriate for professional libraries and specialised practices.  The DSM-IV classification is an abbreviated version of this system.

• Principles and Practice of Sleep Medicine
  

  Kryger, M.H., Roth, T. & Dement, W.C. Principles and Practice of Sleep Medicine. Saunders / Elsevier Science, Philadelphia 2000, 1376 pages, ISBN 0721676707.
  Comprehensive textbook for sleep specialists and professional libraries.

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• American Academy of Sleep Medicine (AASM)
  

  The Calendar of Events provides an overview of the meetings currently scheduled by this international scientific association for the study of sleep, biological rhythms. and sleep disorders.

• European Sleep Research Society (ESRS)
  

  Click on the meetings button for an overview of the meetings currently scheduled by this international scientific association for the study of sleep, biological rhythms, and sleep disorders.

• World Federation of Sleep Research Societies
  

  Click on the meetings button for an overview of the meetings currently scheduled by this international scientific Association for the study of sleep, biological rhythms, and sleep disorders.

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• New Abstracts and Papers in Sleep (NAPS)
  

  Offers a free 'Current Alerting Service' by which you receive weekly e-mail reports with abstracts of recent publications in journals and books. The site includes the NAPS Archives and a search engine on author, category, or key word.

• Sleep Home Pages
  

  Excellent site of the World Federation of Sleep Research Societies, with many relevant links, including access to the sites of other scientific associations in the field of sleep and chronobiology, treatment protocols for sleep disorders, and a complete syllabus on sleep regulation and sleep disorders (Sleep Syllabus) and various expert panels.

• The Sleep Medicine Home Page
  

  Interesting site managed by the sleep researcher M.J. Thorpy: "This home page lists resources regarding all aspects of sleep including, the physiology of sleep, clinical sleep medicine, sleep research, federal and state information, patient information, and business-related groups. If you have any additional sleep-related information appropriate for this listing send me information by e-mail".

• Sleepnet.com
  

  Good site for the layperson, with many links, including patient associations. "Everything you wanted to know about sleep but were too tired to ask."

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• Journal of Biological Rhythms
  

  Pre-eminent journal which publishes mainly basic research articles about biological rhythms, including sleep-wake rhythms.

• Journal of Sleep Research (JSR)
  

  An important scientific journal for both fundamental and clinical research, sponsored by the European sleep research Society (ESRS -see also under Associations).

• Sleep
  

  Gives the table of contents of this premier journal from the American Academy of Sleep Medicine (AASM - see under Associations) and the Sleep Research Society.

• Sleep Medicine
  

  Publishers primarily clinical research since the year 2000.

• Sleep Medicine Reviews
  

  Publishes good review articles on clinical subjects.  Some issues available online in their entirety.

• Sleep Research Online (SRO)
  

  An internet scientific journal.

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