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Guide to the effects of psychoactive drugs on the brain and on behavior has been updated, reorganized and enhanced specifically to make the book a more effective classroom text for students taking a psychopharmacology course.
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Julien (St. Vincent Hospital, Portland, Oregon) celebrates 25 years of his reference, first published in 1975 and most recently in 1998, on substances that alter mood, thought processes, or behavior or that are used to manage neuropsychological illness. For readers with only a minimum background in the biological sciences, he discusses how drugs interact with the body and the brain, sedative-hypnotic drugs (downers), psychostimulents (uppers), drugs that relieve pain (the ones that mother gives you), hallucinogens and psychedelics, and drugs and herbal medicines used to treat psychological disorder. A section on drug abuse includes a chapter on anabolic-androgenic steroids. The glossary does not indicate pronunciation. Annotation ©2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
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