Sleep Medicine is a specialized field of healthcare focused on diagnosing and treating sleep disorders. These disorders can include conditions like insomnia, sleep apnea, and narcolepsy, which affect a person's ability to get restful sleep. Sleep medicine combines knowledge from various disciplines, including neurology, psychiatry, and pulmonology, to understand how sleep impacts overall health. Practitioners in sleep medicine often use tools like polysomnography, a type of sleep study, to monitor patients' sleep patterns and identify issues. Treatment options may involve lifestyle changes, therapy, or medical devices, such as CPAP machines for those with sleep apnea, to improve sleep quality and overall well-being.