Mind-altering drugs : the science of subjective experience / edited by Mitch Earleywine.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Earleywine, Mitchell.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Substance abuse.

Reinforcement (Psychology).

Individual differences.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (413 p.)

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2005.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

At least one third of Americans have used an illicit drug at least once. Drugs attract considerable attention in science, legislation, and the media. Nevertheless, people develop their attitudes about drugs and drug users based on limited information, government policies form without a complete picture of the intoxication experience, and researchers often find themselves divided into camps based on the drug they study most often, limited their ability to benefit from important work done on other drugs. A thorough and accessible review of the subjective effects of drugs and the dominant theorie

Contents:

Contents; Contributors; 1. Behavioral Theories of Choice; 2. Psychedelic, Psychoactive, and Addictive Drugs and States of Consciousness; 3. Hallucinogens; 4. Subjective Effects of Alcohol I; 5. Subjective Effects of Alcohol II; 6. Ethnicity and the Subjective Effects of Alcohol; 7. Sex and Drugs; 8. Subjective Effects of Opioids; 9. Cannabis; 10. Relationships Between Personality and Acute Subjective Responses to Stimulant Drugs; 11. Subjective Effects of Methylphenidate; 12. Subjective Effects of Nitrous Oxide (N[sub(2)]O); 13. Corporate Highs, Corporeal Lows

14. The Subjective Response to NeurofeedbackIndex; Author Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; X; Y; Z; Subject Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; V; W; Z

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-19-029010-2

1-60256-955-X

1-280-53389-7

1-4237-2048-2

0-19-534743-9

OCLC:

935262040