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Drugs and Human Behavior - David M. Grilly

Drugs and Human Behavior

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Buch | Hardcover
388 Seiten
1997 | 3rd edition
Pearson (Verlag)
978-0-205-26501-5 (ISBN)
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Provides an overview of pschyoactive drugs, and is organized from general to specific, beginning with an introduction to historical perspectives. There is also a concerted effort made in the text to link together the phenomena of drug tolerance, dependence and abuse.
Designed for undergraduate courses in departments of psychology, and secondary markets include psychopharmacology, medicine, biology, social work and drug abuse counselling, this edition provides an overview of psychoative drugs. The information in this text is organized from the general to the specific, beginning with a historical perspective. The narrative then moves through drug classifications, approaches to drug tolerance, dependence and abuse, psychological and behavioural effects, pharmokinetics, machanisms of action, common side effects, and arriving finally at contemporary issues regarding drug use and abuse. There is also a concerted effort made in the text to link together the phenomena of drug tolerance, dependence and abuse, whilst offering a number of approaches for prevention and reduction of their consequences.

*Psychopharmacology in Perspective *Basic Principles of Pharmacology, Pharmacokinetics *Conduction and Neurotransmission *Neuroactive Ligands and the Nervous System *Tolerance and Dependence *Psychotropic Drug Classification *Sedative-Hypnotics and Anxiolytics *Psychostimulants *Opioids (Narcotics) and Their Antagonists *Psychotomimetics, Psychedelics, and Hallucinogens *Antipsychotics *Antidepressants and Antimanics *Pharmacotherapy for Miscellaneous Mental Disorders *Drug Brand Name Index *Index

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