"There are currently 130 million caffeine abusers in America today, not to mention the multi-millions of choking smokers, perpetual dieters, procrastinators, nailbiters, knuckle crackers, and tooth grinders. This ... offers serious, helpful advice for anyone who has struggled to…
"There are currently 130 million caffeine abusers in America today, not to mention the multi-millions of choking smokers, perpetual dieters, procrastinators, nailbiters, knuckle crackers, and tooth grinders. This ... offers serious, helpful advice for anyone who has struggled to…
"At the start of the 21st Century, 'addiction' is said to be a 'disease' in most Western industrialized countries (1), and in the USA the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) refers to it as a 'brain disease'. However, when reading about the problems presented by drugs and al…
This extensively revised new edition provides a practical guide to understanding, assessing and managing physical, psychological and social complications related to drug and alcohol use. It presents a clear review of the aetiology, epidemiology, prevention and treatment of the p…
This extensively revised new edition provides a practical guide to understanding, assessing and managing physical, psychological and social complications related to drug and alcohol use. It presents a clear review of the aetiology, epidemiology, prevention and treatment of the p…
"At the start of the 21st Century, 'addiction' is said to be a 'disease' in most Western industrialized countries (1), and in the USA the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) refers to it as a 'brain disease'. However, when reading about the problems presented by drugs and al…
Psychostimulants
by Koob, George F., Arends, Michael A., McCracken, Mandy, Le Moal, Michel
fromNeurobiology of addiction series
Drug use and abuse
by Maisto, Stephen A., Galizio, Mark, Connors, Gerard J., (Gerard Joseph)
This text takes an interdisciplinary approach in its coverage of current drug issues. It weaves psychological, historical, cultural, social, biological, and medical perspectives, emphasizing the idea that a drug's effects depend not only on its properties, but also on the biolog…
Drug use and abuse
by Maisto, Stephen A., Galizio, Mark, Connors, Gerard J., (Gerard Joseph)
Drug use and abuse
by Maisto, Stephen A., Galizio, Mark, Connors, Gerard J., (Gerard Joseph)
Drug use and abuse
by Maisto, Stephen A., Galizio, Mark, Connors, Gerard J., (Gerard Joseph)
Did you know that a drug's effects depend not only on its properties but also on the biological and psychological characteristics of its user? This theme is highlighted throughout "Drug Use and Abuse", 8th Edition. The book weaves historical, social, psychological, cultural, bio…
"Jerrold Winter offers a comprehensive account of psychoactive drugs, chemicals which influence our brains in myriad ways. Manifestations of their influence on the brain are quite varied. There may be the comfort provided by opioids to those who are dying or in pain or, in every…
Prescription, illicit, and recreational drugs touch all of our lives yet a basic understanding of these chemicals is largely absent among Americans. This book offers a comprehensive account of psychoactive drugs, chemicals which influence our brains in myriad ways.