Neuroscience of psychoactive substance use and dependence
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/ World Health Organization
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Geneva
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: World Health Organization,
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, c2004.
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xx, 264 p. , ill. (some col.) , 24 cm.
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e
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Introduction -- Brain mechanisms: neurobiology and neuroanatomy -- Biobehavioural processes underlying dependence -- Psychopharmacology of dependence for different drug classes -- Genetic basis of substance dependence -- Concurrent disorders -- Ethical issues in neuroscience research on substance dependence treatment and prevention -- Conclusion and implications for public health policy.