John Brick

Drugs, the Brain, and Behavior

The Pharmacology of Therapeutics and Drug Use Disorders

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This third edition of Drugs, the Brain, and Behavior provides a comprehensive overview of the brain and explores the clinical and pharmacological issues surrounding drug abuse and dependence.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd
• Seitenzahl: 308
• Erscheinungstermin: 26. März 2024
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm
• Gewicht: 1670g
• ISBN-13: 9781032420400
• ISBN-10: 1032420405
• Artikelnr.: 69431932

Autorenporträt

John Brick, Ph.D., M.A., F.A.P.A. is a highly published author in psychopharmacology and the biomedical effects of alcohol and other drugs, national and international lecturer, and neuroscience trained research scientist in biological psychology.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
1 What Is a Drug?
2 The Brain-Behavior Relationship
3 Pharmacokinetics
4 Functional Neuroanatomy: Where Do Psychoactive Drugs Act?
5 Neurophysiology: How Do Psychoactive Drugs Act?
6 Antidepressants: Drugs That Lift Us Up
7 Anxiolytics: Drugs That Calm Us Down at a Cost
8 Antipsychotics: Drugs That Make Us Sane
9 Stimulants: Drugs That Make Us High
10 Alcohol: The Socially Accepted Addictive Drug
11 Opioids: Drugs That Calm Our Pain
12 Inhalants: A Matter of Life and Breath!
13 Marijuana: The Sometimes Illegal Recreational Plant
14 Hallucinogens: Altering Reality or Helping?
15 Nicotine: Of What Value?
16 Addiction: The Chronic Medical Illness
17 Biobehavioral Markers of Substance Abuse Disorders
18 Forensic Issues in Psychopharmacology