Test Bank For Julien’s Primer of Drug Action Fourteenth Edition Claire D. Advokat

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Table of Contents

Part 1 Introduction to Psychopharmacology: Biological Basis of Drug Action
Chapter 1 Pharmacokinetics: How Drugs Are Handled by the Body
Chapter 2 The Neuron, Synaptic Transmission, and Neurotransmitters
Chapter 3  Pharmacodynamics: How Drugs Act

Part 2 Pharmacology of Drugs of Abuse 93
Chapter 4  Epidemiology and Neurobiology of Addiction
Chapter 5  Ethyl Alcohol and the Inhalants of Abuse
Chapter 7  Cocaine, the Amphetamines, and Other Psychostimulants
Chapter 8  Psychedelic Drugs
Chapter 9 Cannabis:  A New Look at An Ancient Plant
Chapter 10 Opioid Analgesics

Part 3 Psychotherapeutic Drugs
Chapter 11  Antipsychotic Drugs
Chapter 12  Antidepressant Drugs
Chapter 13  Anxiolytics, Sedative Hypnotics, Anesthetics, and Anticonvulsants
Chapter 14  Drugs Used to Treat Bipolar Disorder

Part 4 Special Populations and Integration
Chapter 15  Child and Adolescent Psychopharmacology
Chapter 16  Geriatric Psychopharmacology
Chapter 17  Challenging Times for Mental Health

Appendix A: Quick Reference to Psychotropic Medications
Appendix B: Introduction to Epigenetics