Description
Explore the brain and discover the clinical and pharmacological issues surrounding drug abuse and dependence. The authors, research scientists with years of experience in alcohol and drug studies, provide definitions, historic discoveries in regards to the nervous system, and original, eye-catching illustrations to speak about the brain/behavior relationship, basic neuroanatomy, neurophysiology, and the mechanistic actions of mood-altering drugs.
You will know about:
• how psychoactive drugs impact cognition, behavior, and emotion
• the brain/behavior relationship
• the particular effects of major addictive and psychoactive drug groups
• new definitions and desirous about abuse and dependence
• the medical and forensic consequences of drugs use
Drugs, the Brain, and Behavior uses a balance of instruction, illustrations, and tables and formulas that allows you to provide you with a broad, lasting introduction to this intriguing subject. Whether you are a nurse, chemical dependency counselor, psychologist, or clinician, this book might be a quick reference guide long after the first reading.