Author: World Health Organizatio
Publisher: World Health Organizatio
Keywords: dependence, substance, psychoactive, neuroscience
Number of Pages: 250
Published: 2004-02-05
List price: unknow
ISBN-10: 9241562358
ISBN-13: 9789241562355

Neuroscience of Psychoactive Substance Use and Dependence provides an authoritative summary of current knowledge of the biological basis of substance use behaviours, including their relationship with environmental factors. The report focuses on a wide range of psychoactive substances, including tobacco, alcohol and illicit drugs. New developments in neuroscience research are discussed (e.g., mechanisms governing craving, tolerance, neuroadaptation, immunotherapies and the concept of dependence) as well the ethical implications of these developments. As the product of consultations with and con

Author: Christian Ratsch
Publisher: Park Street Press
Keywords: applications, ethnopharmacology, plants, psychoactive, encyclopedia
Number of Pages: 944
Published: 2005-05-05
List price: $125.00
ISBN-10: 0892819782
ISBN-13: 9780892819782

The most comprehensive guide to the botany, history, distribution, and cultivation of all known psychoactive plants. � Examines 414 psychoactive plants and related substances. � Explores how using psychoactive plants in a culturally sanctioned context can produce important insights into the nature of reality. � Contains 800 color photographs and 670 black-and-white illustrations. In the traditions of every culture, plants have been highly valued for their nourishing, healing, and transformative properties. The most powerful plants--those known to transport the human mind into other

Authors:Darryl Inaba, William E. Cohe,
Publisher: CNS Publicatio
Keywords: effects, psychoactive, drugs, mental, physical, downers, arounders, uppers
Number of Pages: 602
Published: 2007-07-30
List price: $79.00
ISBN-10: 0926544284
ISBN-13: 9780926544284

Author: Robert M. Julien Ph.D.
Publisher: Holt Paperback
Keywords: uses, actions, effects, psychoactive, drugs, guide, technical, drug, action, concise, non, primer
Number of Pages: 512
Published: 2001-04-01
List price: $23.00
ISBN-10: 080507158X
ISBN-13: 9780805071580

Since 1975, Robert Julien’s A Primer of Drug Action has been the definitive guide to the effects of psychoactive drugs on the brain and on behavior. Now fully updated, this popular guide continues to lead the way through a rapidly changing field, providing readers with a clear, contemporary, and objective look at every drug and medication that either positively or adversely affects brain function. This edition includes important new information on -Herbal medications -Drug therapy for behavioral and anxiety disorders -Clinical practice guidelines for treating psychological disorders -De

Authors:David Steindl-Rast, Roger N. Walsh, Stanislav Grof
Publisher: Council on Spiritual Practice
Keywords: entheogen, project, series, csp, religion, sacramentals, essays, entheogens, psychoactive
Number of Pages: 288
Published: 2001-11-01
List price: unknow
ISBN-10: 1889725021
ISBN-13: 9781889725024

Said to help occasion direct spiritual experience, entheogens include such psychoactives as ayahausca, the peyote used by the Native American Church, and psilocybin mushrooms. What place might psychoactive sacramentals have in contemporary spiritual practices? Can the careful use of entheogens aid in spiritual development? What cautions ought to be considered? 25 new essays from leaders in religion, mental health, and allied fields address these questions.

Author: Neil Grauer
Publisher: Chelsea House Pub (L)
Keywords: drugs, psychoactive, law, encyclopedia
Number of Pages: 119
Published: 1988-05
List price: $19.95
ISBN-10: 1555462308
ISBN-13: 9781555462307

Discusses past problems and new procedures relating to the legal control of drug abuse.

Author: Marcello Spinella
Publisher: Routledge
Keywords: herbs, psychological, neurological, problems, treating, medicinal, handbook, psychoactive, concise
Number of Pages: 234
Published: 2005-02-25
List price: $49.95
ISBN-10: 0789018586
ISBN-13: 9780789018588

Find out how plant-derived drugs react with your brain to produce either healing or harmful results!The Concise Handbook of Psychoactive Herbs will give you a better understanding of herbal products that have psychological effects. The book explores how they work, how effective they are, and what is known about their safety. Geared towards non-specialist professionals and curious individuals, this guide shows how herbal preparations can affect the brain, mental state, and behavior of a user and includes treatment methods, tables, illustrations, a glossary, and a bibliography.The Concise Handbo