DRUGS OF ABUSE by Leslie L. Iversen (Editor) ( 9781468431889 )

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DRUGS OF ABUSE

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ISBN 10:

1468431889

ISBN 13:

9781468431889

Publisher:

SPRINGER-VERLAG NEW YORK INC.

Pub. date:

11 September, 2013

Edition:

Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1978

Series:

Handbook of Psychopharmacology

Pages:

433

Synopsis:

Underlying the design of the Handbook of Psychopharmacology is a prejudice that the study of drug influences on the mind has advanced to a stage where basic research and clinical application truly mesh. These later volumes of the Handbook are structured according to this conception. In certain volumes, groups of drugs are treated as classes with chapters ranging from basic chemistry to clinical application. Other volumes are assembled around topic areas such as anxiety or affective disorders. Thus, besides chapters on individual drug classes, we have included essays addressing broad areas such as "The Limbic-Hypothalamic-Pituitary-Adrenal System and Human Be- havior" and "Peptides and the Central Nervous System. " Surveying these diverse contributions, one comes away with a sentiment that, far from being an "applied" science borrowing from fundamental brain chemistry and physiology, psychopharmacology has instead provided basic researchers with the tools and conceptual approaches which now are advancing neurobiology to a central role in modern biology.Especially gratifying is the sense that, while contributing to an understanding of how the brain functions, psychopharmacology is a discipline whose fruits offer genuine help to the mentally ill with promises of escalating benefits in the future. L. L. 1. S. D. I. S. H. S. VII CONTENTS CHAPTER 1 Drug Self-Administration: An Analysis of the Reinforcing Effects of Drugs Roy PICKENS, RICHARD A. MEISCH, and TRAVIS THOMPSON 1. Introduction ...I 2. Methods of Self-Administration ...3 3. Establishing Drugs as Reinforcers...4 4. Characteristics of Self-Administration ...7 4. 1. Ethanol...

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24 black & white illustrations, biography

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Imprint:

Springer-Verlag New York Inc.

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Returnable

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