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Psychopharmacology: Basics for Counselors

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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