| Abstract: | Reviews the book, Treatment of late-life insomnia by Kenneth L. Lichstein and Charles M. Morin (see record 2000-03635-000). Lichstein and Morin have assembled an array of researchers and clinicians addressing problems of insomnia in late life. The book is organized into three parts. Part I provides an excellent overview of assessment strategies, and tackles the problems in defining the crucial constructs involved in this book, namely, insomnia and old age. Part II entails clear and authoritative articles presenting the main cognitive-behavioural and pharmacological treatment approaches. Part III presents topics that would be of interest to anyone dealing with insomnia: discontinuation of sleep medications, secondary insomnia, and insomnia in dementia and in residential care. The authors are to be commended for assembling such a wealth of information on both practical and theoretical issues related to insomnia in late life. The book will undoubtedly prove to be indispensable to both clinicians and researchers in the area. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved) |
