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Product details:

• ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1319015859
• ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1319015855
• Author: Claire D. Advokat (Author)

The fourteenth edition includes new research on and coverage of: the scope of the opioid epidemic in the United States, and new drugs used to treat opioid dependence and opioid overdose; therapeutic uses of drugs commonly characterized as recreational, including marijuana to treat Alzheimer’s, PTSD, and epilepsy; hallucinogenics for the treatment of multiple psychiatric disorders; and ketamine for the treatment of depression; Cannabidiol (CBD) and its therapeutic uses; synthetic drugs including synthetic cannabinoids (Spice and K2), fentanyl derivatives, and bath salts; smoking and mental health; the use of genetic testing to predict the efficacy of antidepressants; the effects of e-cigarettes, their use in smoking cessation, and among young people; the effects of persistent marijuana, alcohol, and stimulant use in adolescence; the efficacy of antipsychotics to treat dementia, Parkinson’s, bipolar, OCD, and PTSD.–

Table contents:

PART 1: Introduction to Psychopharmacology: The Biological Basis of Drug Action
Chapter 1: Pharmacokinetics: How the Body Handles Drugs
Chapter 2: Brain, Neurons, Synaptic Transmission, and Neurotransmitters
Chapter 3: Pharmacodynamics: How Drugs Act

PART 2: Pharmacology of Drugs of Abuse
Chapter 4: Addiction: Terminology, Epidemiology, Neurobiology, and Pharmacology
Chapter 5: Ethyl Alcohol and the Inhalants of Abuse
Chapter 6: Caffeine and Nicotine
Chapter 7: Psychostimulants: Cocaine, Amphetamines, and Nonamphetamines
Chapter 8: Psychedelic Drugs
Chapter 9: Cannabis
Chapter 10: Opioids

PART 3: Psychotherapeutic Drugs
Chapter 11: Antipsychotic Drugs
Chapter 12: Antidepressant Drugs
Chapter 13: Sedative-Hypnotic Drugs: Treatment of Anxiety, Insomnia, and Epilepsy; Induction of Anesthesia
Chapter 14: Drugs Used to Treat Bipolar Disorder

PART 4: Special Populations
Chapter 15: Pregnancy and Psychoactive Drugs
Chapter 16: Child and Adolescent Psychopharmacology
Chapter 17: Geriatric Psychopharmacology
Chapter 18: Challenging Times for Mental Health: The COVID-19 Pandemic and Beyond

Appendix A: Clinical Applications of Psychopharmacology  and What They Teach Us
Appendix B: Quick Reference to Psychotherapeutic Drugs

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