Neuroscience of psychoactive substance use and dependence /

Bibliographic Details
Corporate Authors:	World Health Organization, NetLibrary, Inc
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Geneva : World Health Organization, [2004]
Subjects:	Psychotropic drugs > Physiological effect. Substance abuse > Physiological aspects. Psychopharmacology. Substance-Related Disorders. Behavior, Addictive > physiopathology. Brain > drug effects. Central Nervous System Agents > pharmacology. Electronic books.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book

Table of Contents:

Introduction
Brain mechanisms: neurobiology and neuroanatomy
Biobehavioural processes underlying dependence
Psychopharmacology of dependence for different drug classes
Genetic basis of substance dependence
Concurrent disorders
Ethical issues in neuroscience research on substance dependence treatment and prevention
Conclusion and implications for public health policy.