Foundations of Sleep: Brain and Body provides a current overview of sleep health with an emphasis on the interplay between several levels of determinants and adjacent factors that influence sleep health and its interconnections with biological factors of the body and brain. The text provides researchers with a more in-depth discussion on the theory, research, and practice of sleep health, while also detailing mechanisms, hypotheses, and determinants of sleep. Sleep disorder has become an increasing problem plaguing more than 40 million Americans. Sleep impacts numerous biological functions and plays a critical role in brain development, including learning and memory consolidation, cognitive functioning and emotion regulation. Discusses the current state of research, applications, reviews and case studies in sleep healthContains a detailed glossary of sleep health terms to aid in the understanding of key conceptsExplores, in detail, the multi-determinants of sleepIncludes access to videos and forms created by the National Sleep Foundation INDICE: 1. What is Sleep Health?2. Components of Healthy Sleep3. The Role of Biological Factors, Health Status, and Genetics in Sleep Health4. Psychosocial Aspects of Sleep Health5. Environment and Sleep Health: Inside the Bedroom6. Exercise, Diet, and Nutrition: Important Players in Sleep Health7. The Family Unit and Its Role in Sleep Health8. The Effect of Friends and Other Social Networks on Sleep9. The Influence of Built Environment10. How Work Can Affect Sleep Health, and Vice Versa11. The Role of Sleep in Early Childhood Development12. Beyond the Sleep Doctor: The Role of Primary Care Physicians in Sleep Health13. Sleep in Societal Health Planning and Services14. The Socioeconomic Determinants of Sleep Health15. Societal Security, Global Instability, and the Impact on Sleep Health
- ISBN: 978-0-12-815501-1
- Editorial: Academic Press
- Encuadernacion: Rústica
- Páginas: 400
- Fecha Publicación: 01/06/2020
- Nº Volúmenes: 1
- Idioma: Inglés