psychotropic drugs

Provides information on the physiological effects of drug use on the main systems of the body, including the nervous, cardiovascular, respiratory, digestive, and reproductive systems.

Study of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder and its treatment with the drug Ritalin, discussing exactly what Ritalin can and cannot do for children, adolescents, and adults who suffer from ADHD, and looking at alternatives for controlling the associated behaviors.

Explains the uses and effects of psychoactive drugs, providing an introduction to psychopharmacology and specific discussions of sedative-hypnotic drugs, psychostimulants, opioid and nonopioid analgesics, drugs with hallucinogenic or psychedelic properties, drug abuse, and drugs for psychological disorders.

Explores the history of drug usage, its roles and effects on various societies, from earliest times to the present.

Explains how the human brain works with various regions of the central nervous system and how psychoactive drugs may alter their normal functions.

Discusses mood modifying drugs used to correct chemical imbalances in the brain which are believed to cause mental illnesses such as depression and schizophrenia.

Examines the different types of drugs, their effects, health risks, and the reasons why people take them.

While greedy drug researchers develop psychotropic drugs to build an army of drugged mercenaries, Aerune mac Audelaine, evil lord of the Unseleighe Sidhe, wants to use these drugs to feed on the suffering of the human world--and only magician/bard Eric Banyon, who has recently relocated to New York City in search of an ordinary life, can stop both plans from becoming reality.

Traces the history of the spread of drug cultivation and manufacturing, looking at how the world's principal psychoactive resources entered the stream of global commerce, discussing psychactive substances as medical and recreational products, and showing how psychactive trade benefited mercantile and imperial elites.