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The Use and Misuse of Sleeping Pills

A Clinical Guide

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  • © 1980

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  1. Wallace B. Mendelson

    1. National Institute of Mental Health, Bethesda, USA

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Table of contents (12 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xi
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  2. Basic Concepts about Sleep and Insomnia

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    Pages 1-23

  3. The Prevalence of Sleep Disturbance and Hypnotic Use

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    Pages 25-37

  4. Pharmacology of Prescription Hypnotics

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    Pages 39-61

  5. The Efficacy of Hypnotics

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    Pages 63-84

  6. Suicide and Hypnotics

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    Pages 85-99

  7. Residual Daytime Effects of Hypnotics

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    Pages 101-114

  8. Interactions with Ethanol

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    Pages 115-125

  9. Hypnotic Dependence

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    Pages 127-139

  10. Hypnotics and the Elderly

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    Pages 141-152

  11. Other Pharmacologic Approaches

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    Pages 153-161

  12. Nonpharmacologic Treatment of Insomnia

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    Pages 163-175

  13. Conclusion: Implications for Medical Practice

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    Pages 177-185

  14. Back Matter

    Pages 187-220
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About this book

Hypnos (the Greek god of sleep) and Thanatos (death) were the twin sons of Nyx, the goddess of night (Fox, 1964). Hypnos lived in a dusky valley in the land of the Cimerians, watered by Lethe, the river of forgetfulness. He brought sleep to both men and gods, and sometimes sent his sons Morpheus, Icelus, and Phantasus to appear in dreams. At the door of his abode grew poppies and other herbs which induce sleep (Hamilton, 1961). This book deals with these herbs and their subsequent imitations. Before launching into an examination of hypnotics, it might be well to comment briefly on the manner in which this was written, and to acknowledge the help of a number of individuals. My intention was that this be useful not only for the physician or scientist, but also for the student. Thus each chapter contains an introductory section which pro­ vides background material. Chapter 3, for instance, describes the general principles of drug absorption, distribution, and metabolism before dis­ cussing the pharmacologic properties of each hypnotic. In addition, each chapter concludes with a section which summarizes the main issues.

Authors and Affiliations

  • National Institute of Mental Health, Bethesda, USA

    Wallace B. Mendelson

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: The Use and Misuse of Sleeping Pills

  • Book Subtitle: A Clinical Guide

  • Authors: Wallace B. Mendelson

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4684-3647-1

  • Publisher: Springer New York, NY

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Plenum Publishing Corporation 1980

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4684-3649-5Published: 25 February 2012

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-4684-3647-1Published: 06 December 2012

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XII, 220

  • Topics: Psychiatry

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