Sommeil et santé mentale, 1e

Sleep and mental health

Pierre-Alexis Geoffroy
Elsevier
584 pages
ISBN: 9782294787119
November 2025

Monographs in Psychiatry are reference works on psychiatric disorders and the major issues within the discipline. They allow practitioners to deepen and update their knowledge by presenting current fundamental data and their applications in clinical practice. Sleep, an essential pillar of mental health, is still too often underestimated in psychiatric practice. Yet, these disorders are ubiquitous and intimately linked to numerous psychiatric conditions, including mood disorders, anxiety disorders, psychotic disorders, neurodevelopmental disorders, addictions, and eating disorders. The real challenge today lies in a thorough understanding of the physiological and neurobiological mechanisms of sleep, in order to improve the diagnosis, management, and prevention of associated psychiatric disorders. Recent advances in neuroscience, genetics, and chronobiology offer unprecedented perspectives: it is becoming crucial to fully integrate the dimension of sleep into the heart of modern psychiatry, in order to provide more precise and personalized care. The first comprehensive French-language reference work on the subject, this book offers a complete exploration of the links between sleep, biological rhythms, and mental health, structured in three essential parts.