The neuropsychiatric complications of stimulant abuse

Publication Data

• Title The neuropsychiatric complications of stimulant abuse
• Contributors Pille Taba, Andrew Lees, Katrin Sikk, Peter Jenner
• Publisher Academic Press
• Publication date 2015
• Publication location Amsterdam
• Language English

Contents

1. The Story of "Speed" From "Cloud Nine" to Brain Gain

Andrew Lees, Katrin Sikk and Pille Taba

2. Amphetamine-Type Stimulants: The Early History of Their Medical and Non-Medical Uses

Nicolas Rasmussen

3. Miracle or Menace? The Arrival of Cocaine 1860-1900

Mike Jay

4. Psychostimulants: Basic and Clinical Pharmacology

Andrew C. McCreary, Christian P. Müller and Małgorzata Filip

5. Epigenetic Mechanisms of Psychostimulant-Induced Addiction

Anti Kalda and Alexander Zharkovsky

6. Experimental Models on Effects of Psychostimulants

Sulev Kõks

7. Neurologic Complications of Psychomotor Stimulant Abuse

Juan Sanchez-Ramos

8. Neurobehavioral Sequelae of Psychostimulant Abuse

Atbin Djamshidian

9. Neuropsychiatric Adverse Effects of Amphetamine and Methamphetamine

Jaanus Harro

10. "Addicted to Euphoria": The History, Clinical Presentation and Management of Party Drug Misuse

Jenny Bearn and Matthew O’Brien

11. "Natural Amphetamine" Khat: A Cultural Tradition or a Drug of Abuse?

Nilesh B. Patel

12. Methcathinone "Kitchen Chemistry" and Permanent Neurological Damage

Katrin Sikk and Pille Taba

13. "Legal Highs" – An Emerging Epidemic of Novel Psychoactive Substances

Jolanta B. Zawilska

14. Psychostimulants and Artistic, Musical and Literary Creativity

Iain Smith

15. Opium as a Literary Stimulant: The Case of Samuel Taylor Coleridge Neil Vickers

Topics

• Stimulants
• Neurobehavioral disorders

The neuropsychiatric complications of stimulant abuse. ISBN 9780128030035. Published by Academic Press in 2015. Publication and catalogue information, links to buy online and reader comments.