The neuropsychiatric complications of stimulant abuse

The story of "speed" from "cloud nine" to brain gain -- Amphetamine-type stimulants: the early history of their medical and non-medical uses -- Miracle or menace? The arrival of cocaine 1860-1900 -- Psychostimulants: basic and clinical pharmacology -- Epigenetic mechanisms of ps...

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Weitere Verfasser: Taba, Pille (BerichterstatterIn), Lees, Andrew (BerichterstatterIn), Sikk, Katrin (BerichterstatterIn)
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Sprache:eng
Veröffentlicht: Amsterdam u.a. Elsevier/Academic Pr. 2015
Schriftenreihe:International review of neurobiology 120
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Zusammenfassung:The story of "speed" from "cloud nine" to brain gain -- Amphetamine-type stimulants: the early history of their medical and non-medical uses -- Miracle or menace? The arrival of cocaine 1860-1900 -- Psychostimulants: basic and clinical pharmacology -- Epigenetic mechanisms of psychostimulant-induced addiction -- Experimental models on effects of psychostimulants - Neurologic complications of psychomotor stimulant abuse -- Neurobehavioral sequelae of psychostimulant abuse -- Neuropsychiatric adverse effects of amphetamine and metamphetamine -- "Addicted to euphoria": the history, clinical presentation, and management of party drug misuse -- "Natural amphetamine" khat: a cultural tradition or a drug of abuse? -- Methacathinone "kitchen chemistry" and permanent neurological damage -- "Legal highs" - an emerging epidemic of novel psychoactive substances -- Psychostimulants and artistic, musical, and literary creativity -- Opium as a literary stimulant: the case of Samuel Taylor Coleridge.
Beschreibung:Includes bibliographical references and index
Beschreibung:XII, 338 S.
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24 cm
ISBN:0128029781
0-12-802978-1
9780128029787
978-0-12-802978-7