Includes bibliographical references and index

Introduction -- Epidemiology of sleep disorders in women -- Workup of female patients with sleep complaints: a guide for mid-level health care providers -- The impact of life cycle on sleep in women -- Normal reproductive and endocrine life stages and their impact on different sleep disorders -- Delayed sleep phase syndrome in adolescents -- Defining, assessing, and treating adolescent insomnia and related sleep problems -- Restless legs syndrome: an overview with an emphasis on women -- Nonhormonal treatments for insomnia -- Obstructive sleep apnea-hypopnea syndrome in premenopausal women -- Polycystic ovary syndrome and obstructive sleep apnea -- Women and excessive daytime sleepiness -- Parasomnias from a woman's health perspective -- Restless legs syndrome in pregnancy -- Evaluating insomnia during pregnancy and postpartum -- Pregnancy and obstructive sleep apnea -- Restless legs syndrome and menopause -- Insomnia during menopause: sleep laboratory studies on insomnia associated with postmenopausal syndrome and hormone replacement therapy -- Obstructive sleep apnea and menopause