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Location	Call #	Volume	Status
Sherman Library	RM315 .L36 1995		AVAILABLE

Author	Leavitt, Fred.
Title	Drugs & behavior / Fred Leavitt.
Edition	Third edition.
OCLC	31046140
ISBN	0803947836 (cloth)
	0803947844 (pbk.)
Publisher	Thousand Oaks, Calif. : Sage, [1995]
	�1995
Description	xxi, 525 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
LC Subject heading/s	Psychopharmacology.
	Psychotropic drugs.
Medical Subject heading/s	Behavior -- drug effects.
	Psychotropic Drugs.
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references (pages 418-504) and index.
Contents	Introduction -- Neurotransmission -- Principles of drug action -- Classification -- Variability in response to drugs -- New drugs: development, testing, and promotion -- Pharmacological dangers and benefits of psychoactive drugs -- Effects of drugs on the embryo, fetus, and developing young -- The question of legalization -- Users and abusers of drugs -- Prevention of drug abuse: a short and depressing chapter -- Treatment of drug abuse -- Psychopharmacotherapy -- Memory -- Creativity -- Sexual behavior -- Aggression and violence -- Sleep.

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