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.

Preface 1 Classification of Psychoactive Drugs 1 2 Principles of Drug Action 6 Pharmacokinetics: How Drugs Move through the Body 3 Central Nervous System Depressants: Concepts and Traditional Agents 51 General Concepts Four Agents of Central Nervous System Depression 4 Central Nervous System Depressants: Benzodiazepines, "Second Generation" Anxiolytics, and Antiepileptic Drugs 74 Benzodiazepines "Second Generation" Anxiolytics Antiepileptic Drugs Used in Treating Psychological Disorders 5 Central Nervous System Depressants: Alcohol 101 6 Psychostimulants: Cocaine and the Amphetamine 124 Cocaine Amphetamines and Related Drugs 7 Psychostimulants: Caffeine and Nicotine 158 Caffeine Nicotine 8 Pharmacotherapy of Mood Disorders: Drugs for Treating Major Depression 186 9 Pharmacotherapy of Mood Disorders: Drugs for Treating Bipolar Disorder 216 10 Analgesics: Narcotic and Nonnarcotic Drugs 233 Opioid Analgesics Nonnarcotic Analgesic and Anti-inflammatory Drugs 11 Antipsychotic (Neuroleptic) and Antiparkinsonian Drugs 269 Antipsychotic (Neuroleptic) Drugs Antiparkinsonian Drugs 12 Psychedelic Drugs: Mescaline, LSD, and Other "Mind Expanding" Hallucinogens 301 13 Marijuana: A Unique Sedative-Euphoriant-Psychedelic Drug 330 14 Fertility-Regulating Drugs and Anabolic-Androgenic Steroids 356 Pharmacological Regulation of Fertility Anabolic-Androgenic Steroids 15 Drugs and Society: Priorities and Alternatives 386 Psychoactive Drugs as Behavioral Reinforcers Drug Use and Abuse 16 Integration of Drugs and Psychotherapy in Treating Mental Disorders 415 Concept of Integrated Treatment DSM-IV Classification of Mental Disorders Integrated Treatment of Major Disorders Appendix I Basic Anatomy of the Central Nervous System 443 Appendix II Physiology of the Neuron 452 Appendix III Synaptic Transmission, Neurotransmitters, and Information Transfer in the CNS 464 Glossary 489 Bibliography: A Basic Pharmacology Bookshelf 498 Index 499