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XII; 313 S.; 21,5 cm. Originalleinen mit illustr. Schutzumschlag.

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Gutes Ex. - Englisch. - Millions of people take sleeping pills thinking that they will cure insomnia. This book demonstrates that such an assumption simply isn't true. Sleeping pills do not produce normal sleep. Instead they depress the central nervous system, causing definite sleep distortions. Dangerous in excess, many of them could be as easily called anesthetics or poisons as "sleeping pills." Based on the author's extensive research into sleep and the related problems of insomnia, The Sleeping Pill traces the history of sleep medication from the Greeks to the present day. Insomnia is a symptom of a disturbance, which may be medical, psychiatric, or environmental in nature. It is not a disease which can be cured by sleeping pills. Life style and eating habits can affect it, and people may have the false impression of wakefulness, even while they are asleep. There are many ways to combat simple insomnia without sleeping pills. Nevertheless, many millions of sleeping pills are prescribed and taken each year. ... (Verlagstext) / INHALT : Figures Tables ---- Acknowledgments ---- 1 Introduction ---- 2 Sleeping Pills, Past and Present ---- 3 Who Uses How Much of What? ---- 4 Sleep ---- 5 The Effect of Sleeping Pills on Sleep ---- 6 Insomnia ---- 7 The Psychodynamics of the Sleeping Pill ---- 8 The Benefits and Risks of Sleeping Pills ---- 9 Toward a Safe and Rational Sleeping Pill: Three Approaches ---- 10 L-tryptophan ---- 11 The Sleeping Pill: Conclusions ---- Appendix A The Effects of Drugs on Sleep: Laboratory Studies ---- Appendix B The Effects of Drugs on Sleep: ---- A Clinical Study of Sleeping Medication ---- Index. ISBN 0300022484