Sleeplessness - Assessing Sleep Need in Society Today (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2016)

This book critically evaluates the popular notion that today's society is suffering from 'sleep debt', or what Horne calls 'societal insomnia' - an apparent chronic loss of sleep, which can lead to obesity and related physical and mental disorders including heart disease. It presents evidence which suggests that sleep debt has not in fact worsened to any marked extent over the last hundred or so years, by looking back at some historical writings on sleeplessness and integrating the findings with, evidence-based research that he has undertaken over the last decade. Written in a concise and understandable way, and interwoven with real-world insights, the book will be useful to academic and students of cognitive, critical and social psychology, neuroscience and sociology, as well as anyone who is interested in the social and psychological implications of sleep and sleeplessness.

General

Imprint:	Springer International Publishing AG
Country of origin:	Switzerland
Release date:	August 2016
First published:	2016
Authors:	Jim Horne
Dimensions:	210 x 148 x 18mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	212
Edition:	1st ed. 2016
ISBN-13:	978-3-319-30571-4
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Psychology > Physiological & neuro-psychology Books > Social sciences > Psychology > Philosophy & theory of psychology > General Books > Medicine > General issues > Public health & preventive medicine > General
LSN:	3-319-30571-9
Barcode:	9783319305714

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