Includes index (675-690 p.)

Includes glossary (667-674 p.)

Includes references (663-665 p.)

1 Introductıon to Psychopharmacology: How Drugs Interact with the Body and the Brain

3 Pharmacokinetics: How Drugs Are Handled by the Body

37 Pharmacodynamics: How Drugs Act

60 The Neuron Synaptic Transmission and Neurotransmitters

89 Drugs That Depress Brain Function Sedative Hypnotic Drugs

91 Ethyl Alcohol and the Inhalants of Abuse

140 Barbiturates General Anesthetics Gamma Hydroxybutyrate (GHB) AND Antiepileptic Drugs

164 Benzodiazepines and Second Generation Anxiolytics

189 Drugs that Stimulate Brain Function Psychostimulants

190 Cocaine and the Amphetamines

225 Caffeine and Nicotine

253 Drugs That Are Used to treat Psychological Disorders

255 Antidepressant Drugs

306 Drug Used to Treat Bipolar Disorder (Mood Stabilizers)

337 Antipsychotic Drugs

382 Child and Adolescent Psychopharmacology

421 Geriatric Psychopharmacology Drugs for Parkinsonism and Alzheimer's Disease

443 Special Topics In Psychotherapeutics

444 Nonnarcotic Anti-Inflammatory Analgesic's

461 Opioid Analgesics

501 Herbal Medicines Used in the Treatment of Psychological Disorders

524 Integration of Drugs and Psychological Therapies in Treating Mental and Behavior Disorders

555 Agents Primarily Considered as Drugs of Abuse

556 Tetrahydrocannabinol

588 Psychedelic Drugs Mescaline Ecstasy LSD and Other Hallucinogens

626 Anabolic Steroids

645 Topics in Drugs Abuse

667 Glossary

675 Index