DRUGS AND BEHAVIOUR AN INTRODUCTION TO BEHAVIORAL PHARMACOLOGY MCKIM W. Księgarnia

William A. McKim , Memorial Univeristy of Newfoundland

Published November 1999 by Humanities/Social Science

For an undergraduate psychology course in Drugs and Behavior Psychopharmacology; also ideal for a graduate-level Health and Social Science introductory course in Behavioral Pharmacology.

This student-friendly, accessible text provides students with a thorough introduction to the field of behavioral pharmacology and prepares them to analyze drug information from a variety of sources. The text describes-impartially and scientifically-the effects of drugs on behavior, and the various ways that behavior principles facilitate an understanding of both the actions of drugs and the way people use them.

NEW-Extensive discussion of tolerance and current literature on sensitization-Explores the effects of drugs and the relevance to addiction.
- Enables students to understand the physiological and conditioning mechanisms responsible for the developments of tolerance while explaining how such mechanisms are related to drug use and abuse.
NEW-Updated addiction chapter-Includes neurophysiology of reinforcement and incentive sensitization theory.
- Provides students with thorough explanations of the theories of tolerance and sensitization.
NEW-Updated neuroscience chapter-Provides students with description of the functioning of the nervous system and the relationship between brain activity and behavior with an emphasis on how drugs change both.
- Provides students with a more complete description of the brain's motivation system.
NEW-Boxes and illustrations.
- Provides students with interesting case studies and helpful examples-allowing them to better understand key concepts.
Thorough review of the basic principles and concepts of pharmacology, psychology, and neurophysiology.
- Gives students the opportunity to explore how basic psychological concepts of learning and conditioning apply to understanding drug effects. Organization of the material allows students to easily compare drugs, their neuropharmacology, abuse potential, subjective properties and behavioral effects.
Uniform coverage of drug classes-Examines both abuse and psychotherapeutic drugs-and details the specific drugs within them. Provides an historical background for each drug and explains each drug's effect from subjective, behavioral, and neurological perspectives.
- Easier for students to read and compare different classes of drugs including drugs of abuse such as heroin and cocaine, psychotherapeutic drugs such as antipsychotics and antidepressants, and common legal drugs such as nicotine and caffeine.
Summaries of updated and modified data.
- Introduces students to recent findings on withdrawal and abuse potential and describes the drug's harmful effects and methods of treatment.
Research on drug effects and drug addiction processes from both human and animal studies-Includes recently developed laboratory techniques used to study the reinforcing effects of drugs in humans.
- Enables professors to choose a text that presents behavioral pharmacology from both a societal and nueroscientific point of view in an impartial and scientific manner. Students gain a greater understanding of drug use and addition-a topic often misunderstood.
Over 700 references to original research and review articles.
- Makes information more accessible to students.
  1. Drugs: Some Basic Pharmacology.
  2. Research Design and the Behavioral Analysis of Drug Effects.
  3. Drug State Conditioning, Behavioral Tolerance, and Dissociation.
  4. Neurophysiology, Neurotransmitters, and the Nervous System.
  5. Dependence, Addition, and Self-Administration.
  6. Alcohol.
  7. The Barbiturates and Benzodiazepines.
  8. Tobacco.
  9. Caffeine and the Methylxanthines.
  10. Psychomotor Stimulants.
  11. The Opiates.
  12. Antipsychotic Drugs.
  13. Antidepressants and Mood Stabilizers.
  14. Cannabis.
  15. Hallucinogens.
  Glossary.
  References.
  Index.

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czy wybrany tytuł polskojęzyczny lub anglojęzyczny jest aktualnie na półce księgarni.