A primer of drug action : a comprehensive guide to the actions, uses, and side effects of psychoactive drugs /
This updated guide to the effects of psychoactive drugs on the brain and behaviour provides enhanced pedagogy throughout. The book now features a chapter on herbal medicines and their use in treating psychological disorders.
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New York, NY :
Worth Publishers,
[2010]
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| Edition: | Twelfth edition. |
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Table of Contents:
- Part I
- 1 Pharmacokinetics
- 2 Pharmacodynamics
- 3 The Neuron, Synaptic Transmission, and Neurotransmitters
- Part II
- 4 Antipsychotic Drugs
- 5 Antidepressant Drugs
- 6 Drugs Used to Tread Bipolar Disorder
- 7 Sedative-Hypnotic and Anxiolytic Medications
- 8 Herbals Medicines and Natural Treatments for Psychological Disorders
- Part III
- 9 Nonnarcotic Anti-Inflammatory Analgesics (NSAIDs)
- 10 Opiod Analgesics
- Part IV
- 11 Caffeine and Nicotine
- 12 Cocaine, the Amphetamines, and nonamphetamine Behavioral Stimulants
- 13 Ethyl Alcohol and the Inhalants of Abuse
- 14 Cannaboid Agonists and Antagonists
- 15 Psychedelic Drugs
- 16 Anabolic Steroids
- 17 Topics in Drug Abuse
- Part V
- 18 Child and Adolescent Psychopharmacology
- 19 Geriatric Psychopharmacology
- 20 Integrating Psychopharmacology and Psychological Therapies in Patient Care.