June/1998
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101 QUESTIONS ABOUT SLEEP AND DREAMS Elizabeth A. Mitler and Merrill M. Mitler (Del Mar CA: Wakefulness-Sleep Education and Research Foundation, 1995, 70 pages, paperback, $5.00)
Reviewed by Lynne Lamberg
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Covering a broad range of common concerns, this small book
provides both solid information and authoritative advice. The
knowledgeable authors (she is a nurse; he is a specialist in sleep
physiology and pathology) divide their handbook into 7 sections:
normal sleep, dreams, sex, children, sleep and things you put into
your body, poor sleep (too little or too much), and things that go
wrong in the night.
Their writing is clear and concise, and the authors avoid facile
assertions. To the question of whether room temperature and
sleeping position affect sleep, they reply: "people sleep best when
they are comfortable, physically and mentally. There is no universal
formula for physical and mental comfort." On the issue of whether
men sleep better than women, they explore possible reasons for the
higher prevalence of insomnia in women after age 40. They describe
the impact on sleep--beneficial and negative--of both legal and
illegal drugs.
The book includes suggestions for further reading and an
index. It is a good, quick introduction to sleep for someone with
general curiosity about this mysterious, daily event.
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