Drugs and Behavior: An Introduction to Behavioral Pharmacology

by William A. McKim, Stephanie Hancock

- An up-to-date overview of behavioral pharmacology. Drugs & Behavior starts with descriptions of basic pharmacological concepts of drug administration and pharmacokinetics, research methodology including clinical trials, tolerance and withdrawal, drug conditioning, addiction processes, and the neuroscience of drug action. Each chapter applies these concepts to different classes of recreational and therapeutic drugs. Each chapter also includes a section on the history of the drug class being described to place the drugs in their historical and social context. The text is written to be understandable to students without a background in pharmacology, neuroscience, or psychology. Learning Goals Upon completing this book, readers should be able to:
Understand the behaviors of people who use drugs as medicine and for recreation
Understand new trends and developments in pharmacology
Identify the subjective, behavioral, and neurological differences between the use of both classes of drug

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.