| Contents Notes |
Psychopharmacology & the history of psychoactive drug use -- Principles of drug action: Receptors; Administration; Absorption; Distribution; Drug fate; Dosage & drug effects; Nonspecific factors -- Basics of neurobiology: Neurons; Peripheral nervous system & the spinal cord; Brain; Neurotransmitters; Drug classification -- Drugs of calming & sedation: Anxiety disorders; Alcohol; Barbiturates & general anesthetics; Anxiolytics -- Drugs for schizophrenia & mood disorders: Schizophrenia; Neuroleptics; Mood disorders & their treatments -- Drugs of use & abuse, stimulants: Amphetamine & cocaine; Amphetamine analogues & designer drugs; Xanthines; Nicotine -- Drugs of use & abuse, the opiates: History of opiates; Opiates; Opiate agonists & antagonists -- Drugs of use & abuse, hallucinogens & marijuana: Anesthetic & cholinergic hallucinogens; Adrenergic & serotonergic hallucinogens; Marijuana & hashish. In the {book, the authors} have kept to the basic goals of the first edition. Central among them was {their} desire to produce a clear and comprehensible introductory textbook about psychoactive drugs that emphasizes science over sociology. -Pref. From this book you will learn about the pharmacology of psychoactive drugs and the mental illnesses they are used to treat. -Back cover. |
