Kenneth Aitken

Sleep Difficulties and Autism Spectrum Disorders (eBook, ePUB)

A Guide for Parents and Professionals

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Problems with sleeping are common and make life difficult for the individual who is affected and for those around them. Sleep difficulties are particularly prevalent amongst people with Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) and often cause or worsen other difficulties.

This comprehensive guide to the management of sleep problems, introduces all the proven remedies and focuses on the problems commonly found in ASDs and related conditions. The author discusses sleep in depth, including how we currently define and understand it. The full spectrum of sleep disorders is explained alongside the range of possible treatment approaches. The book also examines why some sleep problems are more common among people with an ASD than others, how sleep problems evolve over time, what can be done to treat them and the likely benefits from different treatments.

This book is a complete resource for professionals, families and carers working with those suffering from sleep problems of any kind. It will be of great interest to anyone wanting to gain a thorough understanding of sleep in relation to ASDs.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Jessica Kingsley Publishers
• Seitenzahl: 320
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. Januar 2012
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780857005502
• Artikelnr.: 38230299

Autorenporträt

Kenneth J. Aitken is a practising clinical psychologist based in Edinburgh, Scotland. He is active among many charitable organisations and research initiatives dedicated to building a better understanding of autism spectrum disorders and related conditions, and has published numerous academic and popular articles on ASDs.

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgements. Introduction. Section A: Sleep and What We Know About It.
Chronobiology. What are Biological Clocks? What is Sleep? Why Do We Sleep?
Dreaming. What Changes Occur during Sleep that don't Occur at Other Times?
Do Circadian Patterns Emerge as we Develop? The Brain at Rest. Is our Sleep
Affected by What We Eat? Alcohol Consumption. Diet, Genetics and Brain
Development. Social Interaction and Sleep. Infant Self-Soothing. Other
factors that can affect sleep. How much sleep is normal? Do we need to
sleep at all? What do we know about the normal range of sleep in childhood?
What do we know about normal patterns of sleep? Section B: Sleep Problems
in General. How sleep problems are classified. How common are sleep
problems? Is it important that sleep problems are addressed? The Importance
of Adequate Sleep for Brain Development. Section C: Sleep Problems in ASD.
How common are sleep problems in ASD? Is it important to address sleep
problems in ASD? Are there reasons why sleep problems should be more likely
in ASD? Section D: Reasons Sleep Problems May Happen or Can be Made Worse.
Maternal mood state and biology. The Neurobiology of Sleep. Diet, sleep and
ASD. Metabolic and physiological factors that can be related to disordered
sleep. Other factors that can influence sleep. Effects of sleep deprivation
on brain growth and structure. CNS trauma. Attention-deficit hyperactivity
disorder. Craniofacial Dysmorphogenesis. Obesity. Genetic Factors. Other
genetic factors. Section E What Can You Do? Interventions - assessing the
evidence. Treatment and management. Assessing the issues and doing a basic
sleep clean up. General approaches to sorting out sleep. Specific types of
sleep problem - what they are and what can work to sort them out.
Conclusion. Resources. Useful web material. Associations and web resources.
Test and treatment materials. Appendix 1 Medications Used in Sleep
Disorders. What Are These Medications and How do they Work? Further General
Sources of Information on Medication. Appendix 2 Complementary and
Alternative Treatment Approaches. Acupuncture. Aromatherapy. Chiropractics.
Dietary intervention. Exercise. Homeopathy. Hypnosis. Massage therapy.
Meditation. Psychotherapy. Relaxation. Light therapy. Biofeedback.
Behavioural and cognitive-behavioural treatments. Yoga. Appendix 3 Herbal
Treatments. Western herbal treatments. Chinese herbal treatments. Japanese
Kampo herbal treatments. Other herbal treatments. Appendix 4 Assessment
Tools for Sleep Problems. Glossary. Further reading. Basic books on sleep
and sleep disorders. Textbooks on sleep and related issues. References.
Index.