Stahl's Illustrated Substance Use and Impulsive Disorders

by Stephen M. Stahl, Meghan M. Grady, Nancy Muntner (Illustrator)

Overview

All of the titles in the Stahl's Illustrated series are designed to be fun. Concepts are illustrated by full-color images that will be familiar to readers of Stahl's Essential Psychopharmacology, 3rd edition and The Prescriber's Guide. The visual learner will find that these books make psychopharmacology concepts easy to master, while the non-visual learner will enjoy a shortened text version of complex psychopharmacology concepts. Each chapter builds on previous ones, synthesizing information from basic biology and diagnostics to building treatment plans and dealing with complications and comorbidities. Novices may want to begin by looking through all the graphics and gaining a feel for the visual vocabulary. Readers more familiar with these topics should find that going back and forth between images and text provides an interaction with which to vividly conceptualize complex pharmacologies. Each book ends with a Suggested Reading section to help guide more in-depth learning about particular concepts.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781107674530
Publisher:	Cambridge University Press
Publication date:	10/04/2012
Series:	Stahl's Illustrated
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	183
Product dimensions:	5.87(w) x 8.23(h) x 0.39(d)

About the Author

Stephen M. Stahl is Adjunct Professor of Psychiatry at the University of San Diego, California, USA and Honorary Visiting Senior Fellow in Psychiatry at the University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK. He has conducted various research projects awarded by the National Institute of Mental Health, the Veterans Administration and the pharmaceutical industry. Author of more than 350 articles and chapters, Dr Stahl is the author of the bestsellers Stahl's Essential Psychopharmacology and The Prescriber's Guide.

Table of Contents

Preface; CME information; Objectives; 1. Substance use and addiction: an overview; 2. The neurobiology of reward and drug addiction; 3. Alcohol; 4. Opioids; 5. Nicotine; 6. Stimulants; 7. Marijuana; 8. Other drugs of abuse; 9. Psychosocial treatment for substance use disorders; 10. Disorders of impulsivity and compulsivity; Summary; Abbreviations; References; Index; CME: posttest and certificate.