a comprehensive guide to the actions, uses, and side effects of psychoactive drugs /
Claire D. Advokat, Joseph E. Comaty and Robert M. Julien.
13th edition.
New York :
Worth Publishers,
2014.
xviii, 614, g1-g13, i1-i26 pages :
illustrations (chiefly color) ;
24 cm
"40th anniversary edition."
Previous edition: published as A primer of drug action. 2011.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Part 1: Introduction to Psychopharmacology: Biological Basis of Drug Action. 1. The Neuron, Synaptic Transmission, and Neurotransmitters -- 2. Pharmacokinetics: How Drugs are Handled by the Body -- 3. Pharmacodynamics: How Drugs Act -- Part 2: Pharmacology of Drugs of Abuse. 4. Epidemiology and Neurobiology of Addiction -- 5. Ethyl Alcohol and the Inhalants of Abuse -- 6. Caffeine and Nicotine -- 7. Cocaine, the Amphetamines, and other psychostimulants -- 8. Psychedelic drugs -- 9. Cannabis -- 10. Opioid analgesics -- Part 3: Pscyhotherapeutic drugs. 11. Antipsychotic Drugs -- 12. Antidepressant Drugs -- 13. Sedative-Hypnotic and Anxiolytic Medications -- 14. Drugs Used to Treat Bipolar Disorder -- Part 4: Special Populations and Integration. 15. Child and Adolescent Psychopharmacology -- 16. Geriatric Psychopharmacology -- 17. Challenging times for mental health.