Multidisciplinary Aspects of Sleep Medicine

Dear Colleagues,

Sleep is a biological requirement that is essential for human life, alongside food, water, and air. Therefore it is not surprising that insufficient sleep, both quantitatively and qualitatively speaking, may disrupt quality of life, cognitive and physical performance, and health. Sleep is compromised in many cardiological, neurological, psychiatric, metabolic, pneumological, and oncological diseases, but it is also well known that sleep disorders significantly increase the risk of cardiovascular, neurological, and oncologic disease, and that they can deeply modify the outcome of coexisting medical conditions. Finally, the consequences of undiagnosed and untreated sleep disorders result in a significant economic burden, represented by associated healthcare costs and indirect financial costs, mainly due to absenteeism, reduced productivity, as well as work-related and traffic accidents. In light of the reciprocal relationship between sleep and health, it appears crucial that pulmonologists, endocrinologist, neurologists, cardiologists, otolaryngologists, psychiatrists, psychologists, pediatricians, dentists, and family medicine practitioners evaluate sleep quantity and quality in their daily activities.

This Special Issue of Brain Sciences, “Multidisciplinary Aspects of Sleep Medicine”, will comprise a selection of reviews covering the influences of sleep disorders on other clinical conditions. Research papers will also be considered.

Dr. Alessandro Cicolin
Prof. Luigi Ferini Strambi
Guest Editors

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