Drugs and Behavior: An Introduction to Behavioral Pharmacology

by William A. McKim

For undergraduate courses in Drugs and Behavior Psychopharmacology, as well as graduate survey courses in Psychopharmacology. This text gives an up-to-date description of the field of Behavioral Pharmacology. It starts by describing basic pharmacological concepts of drug administration and pharmacokinetics, research methodology including clinical trials, tolerance and withdrawal, drug conditioning, addiction processes, and neuroscience of drug action. Each chapter, thereafter, applies these concepts to different classes of both recreational and therapeutic drugs. Each chapter includes a section on the history of the drug class that places the drug in its historical and social context. It is written to be understandable to students without a background in Pharmacology or Neuroscience or Psychology.

Genres: Science, Textbooks, Psychology, Nonfiction

432 pages, Paperback

First published October 14, 2006

Reviews

[Zachary Coffin · Rating 3 out of 5]

Very informative on the Neurophysical aspect of drug use, however is not written for the lay person. The reader does need a decent understanding of neurophysiology and pharmacology before reading this book to fully understand the reactions involved.

[Tiare · Rating 3 out of 5]

Whew, read this chunk of a textbook for my Neuropharmacology class, and have to add it to my READ list.