Drugs and Behavior: An Introduction to Behavioral Pharmacology, 8th edition

Published by Pearson (14 July 2021) © 2022

  • Stephanie Hancock Memorial University
  • William A. McKim
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Drugs and Behavior provides a clear overview of behavioral pharmacology that helps you understand human behaviors and developments in the field. Throughout each chapter, the authors apply key concepts to different classes of recreational and therapeutic drugs within a historical and social backdrop.

Table of contents

1. Some Basic Pharmacology
2. Behavioral Analysis of Drug Effects
3. How We Adapt to Drugs: Tolerance, Sensitization, and Expectation
4. Neurophysiology, Neurotransmitters, and the Nervous System
5. Substance Use and Addictive Disorders
6. Alcohol
7. Anxiolytics and Sedative-Hypnotics
8. Tobacco and Nicotine
9. Caffeine and the Methylxanthines
10. Psychomotor Stimulants
11. Opioids
12. Antipsychotic Drugs
13. Antidepressants
14. Cannabis
15. Hallucinogens, Psychedelics, and Club Drugs

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