Sleep, Mind and Homoeopathy An Academic and Clinical Study of Sleep Disorders

Sleep is a critical aspect of human biology. Sleep disorders can affect cognition, mood and behavior in various aspects of an individual's life. Any book discussing sleep disorders should include more than just the different types of sleep disorders. It should provide a structure to understand how sleep disorders relate to the individual in question. Sleep, Mind and Homoeopathy has been planned with this wider perspective. The book starts with an overview of sleep itself, the nature of the circadian rhythm, the different types of sleep disorders and how to assess them. The disease-oriented chapters cover insomnia, excessive sleepiness, circadian disorders, parasomnias, nightmares and various other sleep-related conditions. There are also chapters on individualisation, case-taking, repertorial analysis, materia medica, previous research in the field, assessing outcomes and future research priorities. A major strength of the dissertation is its effort to differentiate between the terminology used in the modern diagnostics versus the classical Homoeopathic terminology for those same symptoms. Also, the dissertation also encourages the use of sleep outcomes that have been validated and ensures that the results are reported appropriately in relation to other sleep treatment outcomes. This book will be helpful for those interested in sleep complaints from both a contemporary as well as a Homoeopathic perspective. In addition, the book also discusses those sleep complaints that require specialist investigations to determine the appropriate treatment.