
Drugs, the Brain, and Behavior
The Pharmacology of Therapeutics and Drug Use Disorders
- 324 pages
- English
- ePUB (mobile friendly)
- Available on iOS & Android
About this book
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.
Dr Brick provides definitions, historic discoveries about the nervous system, and original, eye-catching illustrations to discuss the brain/behavior relationship, basic neuroanatomy, neurophysiology, and the mechanistic actions of mood-altering drugs. Topics include: how psychoactive drugs affect cognition, behavior, and emotion; the brain/behavior relationship; the specific effects of major addictive and psychoactive drug groups; new definitions and thinking about abuse and dependence; and the medical uses of drugs, such as cannabinoids. A new chapter on biobehavioral markers explores how markers can guide the clinician in the diagnosis of some disorders. This book offers a quick reference guide which uses a balance of instruction, illustrations, tables, and formulas, that will give you a broad, lasting introduction to this intriguing subject.
Drugs, the Brain, and Behavior is an invaluable resource for students in the field, nurses, psychologists, counsellors, physicians and other health care professionals.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Half Title
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Table of Contents
- About the Author
- List of Figures and Tables
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- 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 Use Disorders
- 18 Forensic Issues in Psychopharmacology
- Index