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The authors present detailed scientific information on normal and disordered sleep. They offer a set of biopsychosocial protocols that an office-based psychiatrist may use to diagnose and treat most sleep disorders. These include insomnia, sleep-walking, night terrors, and nightmares. The basic assessment of sleep apnea and narcolepsy can also be performed by the psychiatrist, but special observation in a sleep laboratory will be necessary to confirm the diagnosis. There is a comprehensive bibliography.