| Description |
xviii, 409 pages : illustrations (some colour) ; 24 cm |
| Contents |
Contents note continued: Absorption and Distribution -- Excretion -- Effects of Antipsychotics -- Effects on the Behavior and Performance of Humans -- Effects on the Behavior of Nonhumans -- Drug State Discrimination and Dissociation -- Tolerance -- Withdrawal -- Self-Administration in Humans and Nonhumans -- Harmful Effects -- Other Therapeutic Effects of Antipsychotic Drugs -- ch. 13 Antidepressants -- The Nature of Depression -- Theories of Depression -- History of Antidepressant Medications -- Neurophysiology -- Absorption -- Distribution -- Excretion -- Effects of Antidepressants -- Effects on the Behavior and Performance of Humans -- Effects on the Behavior of Nonhumans -- Discriminative Stimulus Properties -- Tolerance -- Withdrawal -- Self-Administration in Humans and Nonhumans -- Harmful Effects -- Other Treatments for Depression -- ch. 14 Cannabis -- History -- The Cannabinoids -- Absorption -- Distribution -- Excretion -- Neuropharmacology -- Effects of Cannabis -- |
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Contents note continued: Alcohol Antagonists -- Effects of Alcohol -- Effects on Human Behavior and Performance -- Effects on the Behavior of Nonhumans -- Discriminative Stimulus Properties -- Tolerance -- Withdrawal -- Self-Administration in Nonhumans -- Self-Administration in Humans -- Alcoholism -- Harmful Effects of an Acute Administration -- Harmful Effects of Chronic Consumption -- Benefits of Alcohol Consumption -- Treatments -- ch. 7 Anxiolytics And Sedative-Hypnotics -- The Nature and Neurophysiology of Anxiety -- Introduction to Anxiolytics and Sedative-Hypnotics -- History of Anxiolytic and Sedative-Hypnotic Drug Development -- Neurophysiology -- Route of Administration and Absorption -- Distribution and Excretion -- Effects on the Body -- Effects on the Behavior and Performance of Humans -- Effects on the Behavior of Nonhumans -- Discriminative Stimulus Properties -- Tolerance -- Withdrawal -- Self-Administration in Humans -- Self-Administration in Nonhumans -- |
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Contents note continued: Effects on the Behavior and Performance of Humans -- Effects on the Behavior of Nonhumans -- Dissociation -- Drug State Discrimination -- Tolerance -- Withdrawal -- Self-Administration in Humans and Nonhumans -- Epidemiology -- Harmful Effects -- ch. 15 Hallucinogens, Phantasticants, And Club Drugs -- LSD and the Monoamine-Like Drugs -- Ecstasy and Synthetic Mescaline-Like Drugs -- Salvia -- Dissociative Anesthetics: Phencyclidine and Ketamine -- Dextromethorphan -- GHB -- Mephedrone |
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Contents note continued: Excretion -- Neurophysiology -- Effects of Psychomotor Stimulants -- Effects on the Behavior and Performance of Humans -- Effects on the Behavior of Nonhumans -- Dissociation and Drug State Discrimination -- Tolerance -- Withdrawal -- Self-Administration in Humans -- Harmful Effects -- Treatment -- ch. 11 Opioids -- Origins and Sources of Opioids -- History -- Routes of Administration -- Distribution -- Excretion -- Neurophysiology -- Effects of Opioids -- Effects on Human Behavior and Performance -- Effects on the Behavior of Nonhumans -- Drug State Discrimination -- Tolerance -- Self-Administration in Humans -- Laboratory Studies -- Self-Administration in NonHumans -- Harmful Effects -- Pharmacological Treatment of Opioid Addiction -- ch. 12 Antipsychotic Drugs -- The Nature of Schizophrenia -- Theories of Schizophrenia -- Discovery of Antipsychotic Medications -- Comparing Typical and Atypical Antipsychotics -- Routes of Administration -- |
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Contents note continued: Harmful Effects -- Treatment -- ch. 8 Tobacco And Nicotine -- Preparations -- History -- Route of Administration -- Distribution -- Excretion -- Neurophysiology -- Effects of Nicotine -- Effects on the Behavior and Performance of Humans -- Effects on the Behavior of Nonhumans -- Drug State Discrimination -- Withdrawal Symptoms -- Self-Administration in Humans -- Harmful Effects -- Treatments -- ch. 9 Caffeine And The Methylxanthines -- Sources of Methylxanthines -- History of Methylxanthine Use -- Extent of Methylxanthine Use -- Route of Administration -- Absorption -- Distribution -- Excretion -- Neurophysiology -- Effects of Caffeine and the Methylxanthines -- Discriminative Stimulus Properties -- Withdrawal -- Self-Administration in Nonhumans -- Self-Administration in Humans -- Harmful Effects -- Beneficial Effects -- Epilogue -- ch. 10 Psychomotor Stimulants -- Sources -- History -- Routes of Administration and Absorption -- Distribution -- |
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Contents note continued: Mechanisms of Tolerance -- Withdrawal -- Conditioning of Drug Effects -- Sensitization -- Expectancy and Context -- ch. 4 Neurophysiology, Neurotransmitters, And The Nervous System -- The Neuron -- The Synapse -- The Nervous System -- Development of The Nervous System and Potential for Disruption -- Neurotransmitters -- Brain Imaging of Drug Effects -- ch. 5 Substance Use And Addictive Disorders -- Defining Addiction -- History of Research on Drug Use and Addiction -- Addiction as Physical Dependence -- Modern Behavioral Explanations of Drug Use -- The Neuroanatomy of Motivation and Reinforcement -- Incentive Sensitization Theory -- Hedonic Dysregulation and Adaptation -- Disruption of Brain Control Circuits -- Treating Drug Addiction -- ch. 6 Alcohol -- Source of Alcohol -- Origin and History -- Measuring Alcohol Levels in the Body -- Route of Administration and Pharmacokinetics -- Absorption -- Distribution -- Elimination -- Neuropharmacology -- |
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Machine generated contents note: ch. 1 Some Basic Pharmacology -- What Is a Drug? -- Names of Drugs -- Describing Dosages -- Potency and Effectiveness -- Primary Effects and Side Effects -- Drug Interactions -- Pharmacokinetics -- Routes of Administration -- Absorption from Parenteral Sites -- Inhalation -- Oral Administration -- Transdermal Administration -- Distribution of Drugs -- Elimination -- Factors that Alter Drug Metabolism -- Combining Absorption and Excretion Functions -- The Therapeutic Window -- ch. 2 Behavioral Analysis Of Drug Effects -- History of Behavioral Pharmacology -- Research Design -- Measuring Unconditioned Behavior of Nonhumans -- Measuring Conditioned Behavior of Nonhumans -- Stimulus Properties of Drugs -- Reinforcing Properties of Drugs---Abuse Liability -- Measuring Behavior of Humans -- Development and Testing of Psychotherapeutic Drugs -- ch. 3 How We Adapt To Drugs---Tolerance, Sensitization, And Expectation -- Tolerance -- |
| Summary |
This book includes descriptions of basic pharmacological concepts of drug administration and pharmacokinetics, research methodology including clinical trials, tolerance and withdrawal, drug conditioning, addiction processes, and the neuroscience of drug action |
| Notes |
Previous ed. published: 2007 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Psychopharmacology -- Textbooks.
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Psychopharmacology.
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Psychotropic drugs -- Textbooks.
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Psychotropic drugs.
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Psychopharmacology.
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Behavior -- drug effects.
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Psychotropic Drugs -- therapeutic use.
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| Genre/Form |
Textbooks.
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| Author |
Hancock, Stephanie D., author
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| LC no. |
2012016040 |
| ISBN |
0205242650 |
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9780205242658 |
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