Figures and tables --Foreword / -- Preface -- Section 1 : Understanding sleep medicine -- Signs of poor sleep -- Sleep loss effects -- Sleep medicine facts -- How sleep is measured -- Treatments for sleep disturbances -- Change your mind about your sleep -- Alternative treatments for sleep -- Follow-up care -- Section 2 : Common sleep battles -- Common battles -- What you can do to ensure healthy sleep habits -- Menopause and poor sleep -- Emotions and poor sleep -- Dreaming problems and other such matters -- Your health and your sleep -- Sleepy athletes -- Work and sleep -- Healthy practices and your sleep -- Should you try melatonin pills from the health food store? -- Should your pet sleep with you? -- Food and sleep -- Cultural influences on sleep -- Appendix -- Index. Signs of poor sleep -- Sleep loss effects -- Sleep medicine facts -- How sleep is measured -- Treatments for sleep disturbances -- Change your mind about your sleep -- Alternative treatments for sleep -- Follow-up care -- Common battles -- What you can do to ensure healthy sleep habits -- Menopause and poor sleep -- Emotions and poor sleep -- Dreaming problems and other such matters -- Your health and your sleep -- Sleepy athletes -- Work and sleep -- Healthy practices and your sleep -- Should you try melatonin pills from the health food store? -- Should your pet sleep with you? -- Food and sleep -- Cultural influences on sleep.