A comprehensive, easy-to-understand text covering how drugs work in the brain. Includes all major drug of abuse classifications including drug history, known uses, mechanism of action, short- and long-term effects, risks, addiction potentials, withdrawal symptoms, and treatment methods. Considered to be the premiere introductory text in understanding drug basics.
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Dr. Greg Little is a Nationally Certified Psychologist and a Licensed Professional Counselor who has taught psychopharmacology courses and the entire realm of drug treatment courses at Louisiana State University (Shreveport). He has 25 years experience in directing offender drug treatment programs and is the author of 9 books and 15 cognitive-hehavioral workbooks.
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This review is from: Psychopharmacology: Basics for Counselors (Paperback)
Chapter 1--Psychopharmacology: Definitions and Brief History (treating mental illness with drugs; understanding how drugs work) Chapter 2--Terms, Definitions and Methods (how drugs get their names; tolerance; dependence and addiction; psychoactive drugs and actions; metabolism, deactivation and toxicity; routes of administration; methods) Chapter 3--Basic Brain Anatomy and Function (the brainstem, cerebellum, limbic system, hippocampus, fornix, amygdala, basal ganglia, cerebrum,corpus callosum, cortex) Chapter 4--Understanding Brain Cells: How Neurons Work (the structure of neurons; how neurons communicate; the neural impulse; synaptic processes) Chapter 5--Understanding Neurotransmitters, Receptors and Their Functions (dopamine, serotonin, endorphins and other transmitters; inhibitory and excitatory receptors; receptor blockers; the emotional limbic system and the frontal cortex; key terms) Chapter 6--Basic Drug Classification: Extent of Drug Abuse and Drug Dependence Chapter 7--Narcotics: Opiate Derivatives (history; use and drug effects; tolerance and dependence; withdrawal symptoms; mechanism of pharmacological action; psychopharmacological treatments) Chapter 8--Alcohol (history; substance abuse counselor information; beer, wine and whiskey content; blood alcohol level; DWI; alcohol-related violence; alcoholism and depression; use and drug effects; dose-response effects; interactions with other drugs; hangover; blackouts; fetal alcohol syndrome; Wernicke-Korsakoff Syndrome; cirrhosis of the liver; alcohol absorption; alcohol metabolism and removal; antabuse actions; types of alcoholics: primary/secondary; type I/type II; type A/type B; tolerance and dependence; withdrawal symptoms; mechanism of pharmacological action; psychopharmacological treatments; possible genetic factors) Chapter 9--Depressants, Sedatives and Hypnotics: Barbiturates and Benzodiazepines (history; uses and effects; tolerance; dependence and withdrawal; mechanism of action; psychopharmacological treatments) Chapter 10--Stimulants: Cocaine and Amphetamines (history; uses and effects; toxicity; tolerance and dependence; withdrawal symptoms; mechanism of action; psychopharmacological treatments) Chapter 11--Marijuana (history; substance abuse counselor information; classification of marijuana; potency; metabolism of THC; uses and drug effects; adverse effects; tolerance and dependence; withdrawal syndrome; mechanism of action; psychopharmacological treatments) Chapter 12--Hallucinogens (history; uses and effects; tolerance and dependence; mechanism of action; psychopharmacological treatments) Chapter 13-- Caffeine, Tobacco, and Inhalants (history of caffeine; uses and effects; tolerance, dependence and withdrawal; mechanism of action; psychopharmacological treatments; history of tobacco; uses and effects; adverse reactions; tolerance, dependence and withdrawal; mechanism of action; psychopharmacological treatments; history of inhalants; uses and effects; tolerance, dependence and withdrawal symptoms; mechanism of action; pharmacological treatments) Chapter 14--Nonprescription Drugs (history; uses and effects; analgesics; cold, flu, allergy symptom relievers; sleep aids; weight loss products; nutritional and hormone supplements: SAAVE, melatonin, DHEA, SAM, etc.) Chapter 15--Neuroleptics: Psychotherapeutic Drugs (for schizophrenia, for depression, for bipolar affective disorder, for anxiety disorders, for delusional disorders, for sleeping disorders, for organic disorders, for eating disorders) Chapter 16--On The Threshold: Psychopharmacology, Drug Abuse and Possibilities References
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