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Julien's Primer of Drug Action
Fifteenth Edition| ©2023 Robert M. Julien; Claire D. Advokat; Joseph E. Comaty
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The most current and comprehensive guide to psychopharmacology available.
Julien’s Primer of Drug Action continues to evolve side by side with the field providing a thoroughly up-to-date look at psychotherapeutic and recreational drugs, including the latest drug formulations and current research on efficacy, side effects, therapeutic use, and mechanisms of action.
Features
Part 1 introduces students to the basic concepts of pharmacokinetics: how the body acts on drugs; Pharmacodynamics: how drugs act on the body; and Neuroscience. Each subsequent chapter applies those concepts and explores the pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics of each drug examined.
Chapters on drugs of abuse provide historical context, epidemiological updates, and the latest treatments of related disorders.
Did You Know boxes highlight high interest topics relevant to the chapter material
New to This Edition
New topics and research, supported by hundreds of new references, including coverage of issues relating to the COVID-19 pandemic and the opioids abuse epidemic.
Extensive text revision and reorganization throughout to simplify and clarify the material and to make the overall level much more consistent.
New research and sections on treatment of cocaine dependence, treatment of amphetamine use disorder, therapeutic applications of psychedelic drugs,effects of ethanol on brain, body, psychology and behavior, and more.
New Dr. J’s Musings boxes convey the author’s perspectives on controversial issues and on important and especially interesting areas of content, supported by anecdotes from the author’s personal life and professional career.
New Chapter Review section replaces and greatly expands on the former Study Questions, motivating students to attain a more complete and specific mastery of the material in each chapter.
“A comprehensive guide to drugs and their effects. Well-written and researched, it represents a definitive text for behavioral pharmacology.”
- Carol DeVolder, Ph.D., Saint Ambrose University“The book stands out by providing the more detailed information of any similar psychopharmacology text...[it] is well written and the literature review is strong.”
- Joshua Berk, College of William and Mary“Clear writing that is neither too sophisticated nor too simple.”
- Lawrence Wichlinski, Carleton College
“The level of detail of this text is perfect for my students, most of who are new to pharmacology. I like the organization. It introduces important concepts first and then applies them to the most common recreational and psychotherapeutic drugs.”
- Marc Dingman, Penn State University
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Julien's Primer of Drug Action
Fifteenth Edition| ©2023
Robert M. Julien; Claire D. Advokat; Joseph E. Comaty
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Julien's Primer of Drug Action
Fifteenth Edition| 2023
Robert M. Julien; Claire D. Advokat; Joseph E. Comaty
Table of Contents
PART 1: Introduction to Psychopharmacology: The Biological Basis of Drug Action
Chapter 1: Pharmacokinetics: How the Body Handles Drugs
Chapter 2: Brain, Neurons, Synaptic Transmission, and Neurotransmitters
Chapter 3: Pharmacodynamics: How Drugs Act
PART 2: Pharmacology of Drugs of Abuse
Chapter 4: Addiction: Terminology, Epidemiology, Neurobiology, and Pharmacology
Chapter 5: Ethyl Alcohol and the Inhalants of Abuse
Chapter 6: Caffeine and Nicotine
Chapter 7: Psychostimulants: Cocaine, Amphetamines, and Nonamphetamines
Chapter 8: Psychedelic Drugs
Chapter 9: Cannabis
Chapter 10: Opioids
PART 3: Psychotherapeutic Drugs
Chapter 11: Antipsychotic Drugs
Chapter 12: Antidepressant Drugs
Chapter 13: Sedative-Hypnotic Drugs: Treatment of Anxiety, Insomnia, and Epilepsy; Induction of Anesthesia
Chapter 14: Drugs Used to Treat Bipolar Disorder
PART 4: Special Populations
Chapter 15: Pregnancy and Psychoactive Drugs
Chapter 16: Child and Adolescent Psychopharmacology
Chapter 17: Geriatric Psychopharmacology
Chapter 18: Challenging Times for Mental Health: The COVID-19 Pandemic and Beyond
Appendix A: Clinical Applications of Psychopharmacology and What They Teach Us
Appendix B: Quick Reference to Psychotherapeutic Drugs
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Julien's Primer of Drug Action
Fifteenth Edition| 2023
Robert M. Julien; Claire D. Advokat; Joseph E. Comaty
Authors
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Robert M. Julien, Ph.D.
University of Washington and his medical degree from the University of California at Irvine. His many research articles focus on the psychopharmacology of sedative and antiepileptic drugs. Formerly an associate professor of pharmacology and anesthesiology at the Oregon Health Sciences University, Dr. Julien has retired from the practice of anesthesiology and is currently a psychopharmacology consultant in Portland, Oregon.
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Claire D. Advokat
Claire Advokat received her Ph.D. in physiological psychology from Rutgers University, following which she completed an NIH Postdoctoral Fellowship at the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Columbia University in New York City. She then served on the faculty of the Department of Pharmacology at the University of Illinois Health Sciences Center in Chicago. In 1989 she joined the Department of Psychology at Louisiana State University, where she served as the Faculty Senate President (2004–2005), retiring in 2012 as an emerita professor. Her research area is psychopharmacology, specifically drugs used in the treatment of psychiatric and behavioral disorders. She has published over 80 articles, and received funding for her studies from the National Institute of Drug Abuse (NIDA), the Spencer Foundation, the Board of Regents of Louisiana, the State of Louisiana, and the pharmaceutical firm NPS. She received a university teaching award in 2005, served as an ad hoc reviewer for 20 journals, and serves on the editorial board of The Journal of Attention Disorders.
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Joseph E. Comaty
Joseph E. Comaty received his M.S. in experimental psychology from Villanova University; his Ph.D. in psychology with a specialization in clinical neuropsychology from the Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science, in Illinois; and his postdoctoral Masters Degree in clinical psychopharmacology from Alliant University/CSPP in California. He is a licensed psychologist under the Louisiana State Board of Examiners of Psychologists (LSBEP) and a licensed medical psychologist under the Louisiana State Board of Medical Examiners. He retired from the Louisiana Department of Health and Hospitals, Office of Behavioral Health in 2013 where he was the Chief Psychologist and Medical Psychologist and Director of the Division of Quality Management. He is an adjunct assistant professor in
psychology at Louisiana State University (LSU) in Baton Rouge and serves as emeritus faculty of the Southern Louisiana Internship Consortium (SLIC) in psychology at LSU. He has served as a member and chair of the LSBEP; he is a member and current chair of the RxP Designation Committee of APA, and a site reviewer for APA’s Committee on Accreditation. He is a member of the Model Act and Regulation Revision Committee for the Association of State and Provincial Psychology Boards (ASPPB). His research is in the areas of behavior therapy, pharmacology, and clinical psychopharmacology. He is the author of over 50 articles, book chapters, and presentations. He has served on federal grant review committees
and has been a reviewer for Psychiatric Services; The Journal of Gerontology: Psychological Sciences; and the Journal of Behavioral Health Services and Research.
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Julien's Primer of Drug Action
Fifteenth Edition| 2023
Robert M. Julien; Claire D. Advokat; Joseph E. Comaty
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