Cocaine: Clinical and Biobehavioral Aspects - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0195040686 ISBN 13: 9780195040685

Publisher: Oxford University Press, 1987

Synopsis

Cocaine, which is believed to have surpassed marijuana as the most frequently used illegal drug in the U.S., has emerged over the past decade as a major public health problem. This book offers a comprehensive discussion of cocaine that will be of particular interest to mental health professionals and drug abuse researchers. After reviewing the history of cocaine use and of popular beliefs about its clinical and addictive properties, the contributors examine the behavioral and neuronal actions of cocaine that could account for its abuse potential, consider the neurobiology of opiate reinforcement and activation, and discuss sensitization to chronic or long-term use. Turning to clinical issues, they evaluate the research that has been conducted on drug and psychosocial treatment of cocaine abusers. A final chapter places cocaine in a different context, as one of many psychoactive plants used in the religious ceremonies of primitive New World societies.

About this edition

• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Publication date: 1987
• ISBN 10: 0195040686
• ISBN 13: 9780195040685
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 270
• Editor: Fisher Seymour, Raskin Allen, Uhlenhuth E.H.