Foundations In Behavioral Pharmacology: An Introduction To The Neuroscience Of Drug Addiction And Mental Disorders

Foundations In Behavioral Pharmacology: An Introduction To The Neuroscience Of Drug Addiction And Mental Disorders

There are many excellent materials on the subject of drug abuse and mental illness but many of these materials can be too laborious to be read by busy clinicians or simply too difficult to understand by people new to the field of healthcare. Other materials can be just the opposite - being so oversimplified that the accuracy and science gets lost or overly minimized. Dr. Stanford's book on Foundations in Behavioral Pharmacology has found the perfect balance. The overall objective of the book is to help the healthcare provider gain a working understanding of the neurobiological and pharmacological factors that contribute to drug addiction and mental disorders.About the AuthorDr. Mark Stanford is the Senior Manager of Medical and Clinical Services for a large County's Health & Hospital System Department of Alcohol & Drug Services - Addiction Medicine and Therapy Division. He has direct clinical experience working in every modality of addictions treatment including inpatient, residential, day treatment, outpatient and medication-assisted treatment programs. Dr. Stanford is also a clinical research educator in the behavioral neurosciences. He has taught psychopharmacology throughout the Bay Area of California including a 20-year history with U.C. Berkeley Extension Department of Biological and Behavioral Sciences and Mathematics, and as a lecturer at Stanford University Department of Family and Community Medicine. He also teaches Treatment and Clinical Considerations of Substance Abuse Disorders for LCSW's, MFT's and Psychologists for their CEU licensing requirements. Dr. Stanford has authored numerous materials in the behavioral neurosciences including serving as the chief editor of the "Professional Perspectives on Addiction Medicine" series, which includes the books, "Understanding Opioid Addiction and the Function of Methadone Treatment" and "Beyond Medical Marijuana: Toward Cannabinoid-Based Medicines".