
Intoxicating Minds
Ciaran Regan(Author)
Phoenix (an Imprint of The Orion Publishing Group Ltd )
Published on 1. November 2001
Book
Paperback/Softback
192 pages
978-0-7538-1288-4 (ISBN)
Description
Whether schizophrenia, depression or anxiety, drugs are commonly prescribed by psychiatrists to repair the fragmented mind - in essence serving to improve people's contribution to society. And from the social use of caffeine and alcohol, through the despair of heroin addiction, to the transcendental properties of LSD, drugs continue to play a pivotal role in shaping our culture. In this book, Ciaran Regan explores the links between drugs, brains and society through our new understanding of how the brain works. He argues that mechanisms of brain development are replayed as we store new information and that these are significantly influenced by exposure to drugs. As these storage mechanisms are known to be defective in conditions such as schizophrenia and depression and to be altered by exposure to drugs, his ideas provide a unique interface between pharmacology and brain function.
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Series
Edition
New edition
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Orion Publishing Co
Target group
College/higher education
Edition type
New edition
Product notice
Paperback (UK-B)
Illustrations
illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 198 mm
Width: 130 mm
Thickness: 14 mm
Weight
168 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-7538-1288-4 (9780753812884)
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Ciaran Regan is Associate Professor of Pharmacology at University College Dublin, London.