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Understanding Drugs and Behaviour
Why are some drugs highly addictive? What exactly are the effects of different types of psychoactive drugs? How can they produce such dramatic effects on mood, cognition, sensation, awareness, health and well-being? Understanding Drugs and Behaviour describes in detail how the main psychoactive drugs can alter brain chemistry and modify behaviour. Basic drug effects tolerance and addiction, are discussed, together with diverse medical, social, and psychological reasons for drug taking.Written by experienced lecturers with a high level of research expertise, all the main drugs used in today's society are included, such as alcohol, nicotine, cannabis, LSD and Ecstacy, opiates, CNS stimulants, as well as clinical medications. Teaching and learning features This introductory text will be of use to students of psychology, behavioural sciences, health sciences, nursing, physiology and pharmacology.
336 pages, Paperback
First published July 2, 2004
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June 9, 2009
Understanding Drugs and Behavior
Andrew Parrott
John Wiley & Sons
Page# 332
ISBN:0471986402
Understanding Drugs and Behavior is a book simply about drugs. It talks about drugs and the effects of them--behavior, how long the effect lasts. This book teaches readers about the different drugs and gives a lot of information on them.
The thing that interested me in this book is the fact that many of my friends do drugs and I was never sure why they acted the way they did, and what the drug actually does to the human body. i was looking for answers on basically everything known about drugs. I also read this because I dream of being a rock star, nad as many people know the more fame and money you have, you usually do drugs. My role model Slash had done heroin, pot, and many other drugs that he grew an addiction to. I wanted to understand what reason people did drugs for, and if it was ever worth doing.
This is a very interesting book that teens should read. It has a lot of very important information. This book is recommended for when there is nothing to read, and there's nothing really better to do other than learn new facts.
Andrew Parrott
John Wiley & Sons
Page# 332
ISBN:0471986402
Understanding Drugs and Behavior is a book simply about drugs. It talks about drugs and the effects of them--behavior, how long the effect lasts. This book teaches readers about the different drugs and gives a lot of information on them.
The thing that interested me in this book is the fact that many of my friends do drugs and I was never sure why they acted the way they did, and what the drug actually does to the human body. i was looking for answers on basically everything known about drugs. I also read this because I dream of being a rock star, nad as many people know the more fame and money you have, you usually do drugs. My role model Slash had done heroin, pot, and many other drugs that he grew an addiction to. I wanted to understand what reason people did drugs for, and if it was ever worth doing.
This is a very interesting book that teens should read. It has a lot of very important information. This book is recommended for when there is nothing to read, and there's nothing really better to do other than learn new facts.
September 11, 2024
This has been a really good read. It started as an accompanying textbook for a neuropsychopharmacology class I was in but there is heaps of good content in here that I found useful for a range of other Neuro / Pharma / Abnormal Psychophysiology units too. I ended up reading the whole thing (wasn't required) because it was pretty interesting along the way.
August 20, 2023
Good introductory textbook to psychopharmacology.
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