Ninety-seven international academics, researchers, and practitioners contribute 53 chapters to the first text providing an evidence-based introduction to the interface between sleep and a wide range of medical disorders. The text opens with several chapters defining what is meant by "quality of life" (QOL), guides to help practitioners and researchers evaluate QOL instruments and by whom they should be completed, and general discussion about sleep and sleep disorders and their effects on QOL, followed by chapters reviewing what is known about QOL in a wide range of medical and psychiatric disorders, including Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease, multiple sclerosis, autism, chronic fatigue syndrome, ADHD, eating disorders, obesity, pregnancy, schizophrenia, cardiovascular disease, renal disease, diabetes, and cancer, pregnancy, and HIV and AIDS. Suitable as a reference for physicians and other health care providers, students, and researchers. Annotation ©2008 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)