Sleep specialists currently diagnose 88 specific disorders, all of which (with two exceptions) were discovered and characterized since 1970 when the world’s first sleep disorders clinic opened at Stanford. Some are both very common and very serious. Altogether, at least three quarters of all adults have one or more diagnosable sleep disorder. This makes the continuing failure of the health professions to address this clinical area effectively all the more amazing and sad.
Sleep specialists currently diagnose 88 specific disorders, all of which (with two exceptions) were discovered and characterized since 1970 when the world’s first sleep disorders clinic opened at Stanford. Some are both very common and very serious. Altogether, at least three quarters of all adults have one or more diagnosable sleep disorder. This makes the continuing failure of the health professions to address this clinical area effectively all the more amazing and sad.
- William C. Dement, M.D., Ph.D