Abstract

Twenty experts offer scientifically based solutions to your sleep problems!

Can't fall asleep, wake up in the middle of the night, feel tired in the morning, or cut down on your sleep to get by. If any of these apply to you, be careful!

This is a book that anyone with sleep problems should pick up. Open the door to good sleep with this book.

"Even if you can get rid of sleepiness by taking a nap or catching up on sleep, the health risks of sleep debt do not disappear" (Mishima Kazuo, professor, Department of Psychiatry, Akita University Graduate School of Medicine)

"The mechanism of sleepiness can be likened to the 'shishiodoshi' (lion-shaped water splash) found in Japanese gardens" (Yanagisawa Masashi, professor and director of the International Institute for Integrative Sleep Medicine, University of Tsukuba)

"Dreams are also deeply connected to creativity" (Tsunematsu Tomomi, lecturer, Graduate School of Science, Hokkaido University)

"It is possible that the brain is more active when asleep than when awake" (Ueda Yasumi, professor, Department of Systems Pharmacology, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo)

"People with severe sleep apnea syndrome have a three to four times higher normal risk of developing high blood pressure, diabetes, stroke, myocardial infarction, and other conditions" (Nishida Masanori, professor, Faculty of Sport Sciences, Waseda University)

In this book, 20 experts, including doctors and researchers involved in sleep medicine, will share scientifically based methods for improving your sleep.

Supervised by Kazuo Mishima, Professor, Department of Psychiatry, Graduate School of Medicine, Akita University.

Graduated from Akita University School of Medicine in 1987. Served as lecturer and assistant professor in the Department of Psychiatry at the same university, visiting associate professor at the Sleep Research Center, Stanford University School of Medicine, and director of the Sleep and Wake Disorders Research Department at the National Center of Neurology and Psychiatry, before assuming his current position in 2018. Director of the Japanese Society of Sleep Research. Author of numerous books, including "Why Morning-Oriented Work is Bad" (Nikkei National Geographic) and "Sharper Than Ever! The Most Powerful Habits for Sleep and Wakefulness" (Seishun Publishing).

Author’s Information

Freelance writer. Born in 1967. Graduated from the Faculty of Law at Niigata University. After working at an editorial production company, he went independent in 1993. He writes for Nikkei Gooday, Nikkei Plus 1, Kosho Kojitsu, and other publications, focusing on the fields of medicine, health, manga, and literature. His books include "Men Should Anti-Aging" (Nikkei BP), "If You Want to Relieve Your Fatigue, Stop Sleeping on the Train Home" (co-authored with Nikkei BP), and "How Has Weekly Shonen Magazine Built the History of Manga? 1959-2009" (Seikaisha Shinsho).