Addiction Potential of Abused Drugs and Drug Classes

Increase your awareness of the relative addiction liabilities of various drugs and drug classes that are commonly abused. A timely and masterful new book, Addiction Potential of Abused Drugs and Drug Classes clarifies, in contemporary terminology, the state of addiction liability of cocaine, opiates, alcohol, sedative-hypnotics, nicotine, anxiolytics, marijuana, inhalants and anesthetics, and PCP and hallucinogens—the nine drugs that are most abused today. Authorities combine their research expertise with the available scientific literature to evaluate those factors which contribute to the addictive qualities of drugs.

Sommario

Contents
Drug Dependence: Defining the Issues

• Addictiveness of Central Stimulants
• The Opioids: Abuse Liability and Treatments for Dependence
• Alcohol: Mechanisms of Addiction and Reinforcement
• Abuse Liability of Barbiturates and Other Sedative-Hypnotics
• An Analysis of the Addiction Liability of Nicotine
• Addiction Potential of Benzodiazepines and Non-Benzodiazepine Anxiolytics
• Cannabis Dependence and Tolerance Production
• Relative Addiction Potential of Major Centrally-Active Drugs and Drug Classes--Inhalants and Anesthetics
• PCP and Hallucinogens
• Selective Guide to Current Reference Sources: Addiction Potential of Abused Drugs
• Reference Notes Included

Info autore

Barry Stimmel

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Barry Stimmel
• Editore: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 23.06.2015
• EAN: 9781138873148
• ISBN: 978-1-138-87314-8
• Pagine: 212
• Categorie: Scienze naturali, medicina, informatica, tecnica > Medicina > Tematiche generali; MEDICAL / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Criminology, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Social Work, PSYCHOLOGY / Mental Health, PSYCHOLOGY / Psychopathology / Addiction, Addiction & therapy, Psychotherapy, Addiction and therapy