Drugs and Human Behavior

Introduces students to the field of psychopharmacology, with special emphasis on the relationships between drugs, their mechanisms of action in the nervous system, and human behavior. Coverage includes the history of the field; principles and mechanisms behind actions of drugs; a review of the nervous system; general processes behind drug tolerance, drug abuse, and drug dependence; the actions and effects of drugs commonly used; and the actions and effects of drugs used primarily in the treatment of medical and emotional disturbances. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.