Sleep, Benzodiazepines and Performance Experimental Methodologies an
The following papers were presented at an International Workshop on experi mental methodologies and research strategies in sleep, benzodiazepines and per formance during the VII. International Congress of Psychiatry in Vienna 1983. Authors were asked to
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Sleep, Benzodiazepines and Performance Experimental Methodologies and Research Prospects Editors: I. Hindmarch H. Ott T. Roth
With 81 Figures
Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg New York Tokyo 1984
Dr. Ian Hindmarch Human Psychopharmacology Research Unit, University of Leeds GB-Leeds, LS2 9JT
Dr. Helmut Ott Research Laboratories, Section Electrophysiology/Psychometrics, Schering AG P.O. Box 650311, D-IOOO Berlin 65
Professor Dr. Tom Roth Sleep Disorders and Research Center, Henry Ford Hospital Detroit, MI 48202, USA
Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data Main entry under title: Sleep, benzodiazepines and performance. (psychopharmacology supplementum; I) Papers presented at a workshop during the VII. International Congress of Psychiatry in Vienna, 1983. Bibliography: p. Includes index. I. Insomnia-Chemotherapy-Congresses. 2. Benzodiazepines-Congresses. 3. Insomnia-Research-Congresses. 1. Hindmarch, 1. (Ian), 1944 -. II. Ott, H. (Helmut). III. Roth, T. (Tom). IV. Series. RCS48.S53 1984 616.8'49 84-5309 ISBN-13: 978-3-642-69661-9 DOl: 10.1007/978-3-642-69659-6
e-ISBN-13: 978-3-642-69659-6
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Preface
The following papers were presented at an International Workshop on experimental methodologies and research strategies in sleep, benzodiazepines and performance during the VII. International Congress of Psychiatry in Vienna 1983. Authors were asked to examine and review the methods used and the results obtained from the various studies within their particular expertise and to provide guidelines for future strategies in the psychopharmacology of sleep. It has long been felt by sleep researchers, psychopharmacologists and clinicians that the effects of drugs on sleep or even sleep itself cannot be evaluated without reference to the daytime behaviour of the individual. Sleep and daytime performance are complementary aspects of the same circadian cycle. The modification of sleep parameters by hy
