Okuma T
National Center of Neurology and Psychiatry, Tokyo, Japan.
Psychiatry Clin Neurosci. 1995 May;49(2):91-7. doi: 10.1111/j.1440-1819.1995.tb01868.x.
In recent years, recognition of the importance of sleep, not only as a health problem but also as a social problem, has brought about worldwide growing interest in sleep and sleep research. In Asian countries, the number of sleep researchers is increasing rapidly and as a result the Asian Sleep Research Society (ASRS) was founded in 1994. This paper reviews the main topics of basic and clinical sleep research which have been investigated recently in Japan and in Asian countries. The subjects of sleep research in Asia in the future will be, in principle, similar to those in other countries of the world. However, the author suggests several subjects which are more or less specific to Asia and which should be studied in association, such as epidemiological longitudinal study of sleep disorders in developing countries, characteristics of sleep and dreaming in oriental culture and philosophy, etc. The roles of ASRS in dissemination of information, promotion of training and education, and enlightenment of public and government were also emphasized.
近年来，人们认识到睡眠不仅是一个健康问题，也是一个社会问题，这使得全球对睡眠及睡眠研究的兴趣日益浓厚。在亚洲国家，睡眠研究人员的数量迅速增加，亚洲睡眠研究学会（ASRS）于1994年成立。本文回顾了日本和亚洲国家近期在基础和临床睡眠研究方面的主要课题。未来亚洲睡眠研究的课题原则上与世界其他国家相似。然而，作者提出了一些或多或少具有亚洲特色且应结合起来研究的课题，如发展中国家睡眠障碍的流行病学纵向研究、东方文化和哲学中睡眠与梦的特点等。还强调了亚洲睡眠研究学会在信息传播、促进培训与教育以及启发公众和政府方面的作用。
