Format:
1 online resource (xv, 207 pages)
Edition:
Second edition.
ISBN:
9780203075814
,
9781135122195
,
9781135122140
,
9781135122188
Content:
1. What is a drug? -- 2. Is there a brain-behavior relationship? -- 3. Pharmacokinetics : how do drugs get there and what do they do? -- 4. Functional neuroanatomy : where do psychoactive drugs act? -- 5. Neurophysiology : how do psychoactive drugs act? -- 6. Alcohol : the socially accepted addictive drug -- 7. Cocaine and other stimulants : drugs that make us high -- 8. Opioids : drugs that calm our pain -- 9. Nicotine : of what value? -- 10. Marijuana : the illegal recreational plant -- 11. Inhalants : not just bad breath! -- 12. Hallucinogens : drugs that make us crazy -- 13. Antipsychotics : drugs that make us sane -- 14. Anxiolytics : drugs that calm us down -- 15. Antidepressants : drugs that lift us up -- 16. Addiction : the chronic medical illness -- 17. Forensic issues in psychopharmacology.
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780789035271
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780789035288
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe ISBN 9780789035271
Language:
English
DOI:
10.4324/9780203075814
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