A primer of drug action : a concise, nontechnical guide to the actions, uses, and side effects of psychoactive drugs / Robert M. Julien.
Publication details: New York : W.H. Freeman, c1998.Edition: 8th editionDescription: xiv, 548 p. : ill. ; 24 cmISBN:- 0716731126 (alk. paper)
- 0716731134 (pbk. : alk. paper)
- Drug action
- QV 77 J945p 1998
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
1.Principles of drug action
2.Central nervous system depressants: traditional sedative-hypnotic drugs and antiepileptic drugs
3.Central nervous system depressants: alcohol and the inhalants of abuse
4.Drug treatment of anxiety disorders: benzodiazepines and "second-generation" anxiolytics
5.Psychostimulants: cocaine and the amphetamines
6.Psychostimulants: caffeine and nicotine
7.Antidepressant drugs: four decades of continuing progress
8.Pharmacotherapy of bipolar disorder: antimanic drugs
9.Antipsychotic drugs: conventional and new-generation agents
10.Opioid analgesics
11.Marijuana: a unique sedative-euphorriant-psychedelic drug
12.Psychedelic drugs: mescaline, LSD, phencyclidine, and other hallucinogens
13.Anabolic-androgenic steriods
14.Drugs and society: priorities and alternatives
15.Integration of drugs and psychological therapies in treating mental and behavior disorders.
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