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| Title: | Cocaine & Heroin Abuse Research
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| Author: | Lidia A Pizzoli (ed) |
| ISBN: | 1600210767 : 9781600210761 |
| Illustrations: | tables |
| Format: | Hardback |
| Size: | 180x260mm |
| Pages: | 185 |
| Weight: | .644 Kg. |
| Published: | Nova Science Publishers - December 2006 |
| List Price: | 59.5 Pounds Sterling |
| Availability: | In Print |
| Subjects: | Drug addiction & substance abuse |
Addiction does begin with drug abuse when an individual makes a conscious choice to use drugs, but addiction is not just "a lot of drug use". Recent scientific research provides overwhelming evidence that not only do drugs interfere with normal brain functioning creating powerful feelings of pleasure, but they also have long-term effects on brain metabolism and activity. At some point, changes occur in the brain that can turn drug abuse into addiction, a chronic, relapsing illness. Those addicted to drugs suffer from a compulsive drug craving and usage and cannot quit by themselves. Treatment is necessary to end this compulsive behaviour. This book includes within its scope leading-edge research on cocaine and heroin abuse.
Preface; The Treatment of Cocaine Abuse: Problems and Perspectives; The Sigma1 Protein as a New Target for Anti-Cocaine Therapy; Cardiovascular Complications Related to Acute and Chronic Cocaine Abuse: Necropsy Studies, Pathogenic Mechanisms and Echocardiographic Findings; Cognitive Dysfunction in Cocaine Abuse: Evidence for Impairments in Impulse Control and Decision-Making; Cocaine-Dependent Patients with Antisocial Personality Disorder; Current Controversies in the Assessment and Treatment of Heroin Addiction; Heroin Addiction in Pregnancy: Ongoing Demands and Actual Therapy Modalities; Index.
