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Description for Psychotropic Agents
Paperback. With contributions by numerous experts Series: Handbook of Experimental Pharmacology / Psychotropic Agents. Num Pages: 534 pages, biography. BIC Classification: MMG; MQP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 244 x 170 x 27. Weight in Grams: 919.
The description of the pharmacology of psychotomimetics, cannabis, and alcohol in this third volume concludes the discussion on psychotropic agents. As psychomotor stimulants these groups of psychotropic agents are of little or no therapeutic relevance, but since they are used in a nonmedical manner, or are even considered by some groups of the population as social commodities, their behavioral effects and psychopharmacological properties are not the concern of the pharmacol ogist alone. The same is true of psychotomimetics, as well as cannabis and its components. Psychotomimetics have a social history going back many hundreds of years and are among the ... Read more
The description of the pharmacology of psychotomimetics, cannabis, and alcohol in this third volume concludes the discussion on psychotropic agents. As psychomotor stimulants these groups of psychotropic agents are of little or no therapeutic relevance, but since they are used in a nonmedical manner, or are even considered by some groups of the population as social commodities, their behavioral effects and psychopharmacological properties are not the concern of the pharmacol ogist alone. The same is true of psychotomimetics, as well as cannabis and its components. Psychotomimetics have a social history going back many hundreds of years and are among the ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG Germany
Number of pages
534
Condition
New
Series
Handbook of Experimental Pharmacology / Psychotropic Agents
Number of Pages
508
Place of Publication
Berlin, Germany
ISBN
9783642677724
SKU
V9783642677724
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