Drugs, the Brain, and Behavior: The Pharmacology of Therapeutics and Drug Use Disorders

di John Brick (Autore)

Taylor & Francis Ltd, 2024

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.

• Autore: John Brick
• Editore: Taylor & Francis Ltd
• Anno: 2024
• Rilegatura: Hardback
• Pagine: 308 p.
• Dimensioni: 229 x 152 mm
• Peso: 760 gr.
• EAN: 9781032420400

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