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Goldenberg, Myron Michael – 1990
This book covers those areas of pharmacology that are of importance and interest to the psychotherapist. The 1st chapter introduces the various types of drugs. The 2nd chapter presents an overview of pharmacology and its principles. The 3rd chapter reviews aspects of the human body of importance to understanding the workings of psychotropic drugs.…
Descriptors: Drug Addiction, Drug Use, Illegal Drug Use, Pharmacology
Brammer, Robert; Haller, Katherine; Roberson, Janice – 2000
Attendees at the 1998 Texas Counseling Association's annual convention were given a brief survey and short test on psychopharmacology. Analysis was performed to examine the effects of demographic and ideological variables. The model moderately explained the variance on the psychopharmacology test with only 2.5% of the adjusted variance explained…
Descriptors: Counseling, Counselor Qualifications, Counselor Training, Higher Education
Laminack, Lyndon; Langee, Harvey R. – American Journal on Mental Retardation, 1990
This reaction paper reviews a report on the use of carbamazapine for behavioral disorders. The paper translates the original report's data into percentages and concludes that carbamazapine has a more limited role in behavior disorder treatment. The original report's author then clarifies various points criticized in the reaction paper. (JDD)
Descriptors: Behavior Disorders, Drug Therapy, Pharmacology, Research Methodology
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Arnold, L. Eugene; Aman, Michael G.; Martin, Andres; Collier-Crespin, Angie; Vitiello, Benedetto; Tierney, Elaine; Asarnow, Robert; Bell-Bradshaw, Felicia; Freeman, Betty Jo; Gates-Ulanet, Patricia; Klin, Ami; McCracken, James T.; McDougle, Christopher J.; McGough, James J.; Posey, David J.; Scahill, Lawrence; Swiezy, Naomi B.; Ritz, Louise; Volkmar, Fred – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2000
This paper explains how the Autism Research Units on Pediatric Psychopharmacology (RUPP Autism Network) resolved common assessment problems including communication problems compromising use of the patient as informant, broad subject heterogeneity, difficulties in assessing low-end IQs, scarcity of autism-adapted cognitive and neuropsychological…
Descriptors: Autism, Clinical Diagnosis, Evaluation Methods, Pediatrics
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Leathard, Helen L. – Nurse Education Today, 2001
Part I reviews what nurses need to know about the administration and prescription of medicines. Part II addresses drug classifications, actions and effects, and interactions. Also discussed are the challenges pharmacological issues pose for nursing education. (SK)
Descriptors: Concept Teaching, Course Content, Higher Education, Nursing Education
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Sterman, M. Barry – Child Study Journal, 2000
Examined contribution of EEG findings in the classification and treatment of attention deficit and related behavioral problems in children. Found that quantitative EEG methods disclosed patterns of abnormality in children with ADD, suggested improved guidelines for pharmacological treatment, and introduced neurofeedback, a behavioral treatment for…
Descriptors: Attention Deficit Disorders, Behavior Modification, Biofeedback, Children
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Anderson, Gretchen L.; Page, Shallee T. – Journal of Chemical Education, 2004
Classroom demonstrations and activities are used to illustrate the properties of enantiomer. During this activity, in a relatively short time students develop a working knowledge of the importance of stereochemistry in biochemistry and its effect on drug design and metabolism.
Descriptors: Biochemistry, Demonstrations (Educational), Science Activities, Science Education
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Simon, Barbara B.; Knuckley, Bryan; Powell, Donald A. – Learning & Memory, 2004
Previous work has demonstrated that drugs increasing brain concentrations of acetylcholine can enhance cognition in aging and brain-damaged organisms. The present study assessed whether galantamine (GAL), an allosteric modulator of nicotinic cholinergic receptors and weak acetylcholinesterase inhibitor, could improve acquisition and retention of…
Descriptors: Classical Conditioning, Animals, Eye Movements, Biochemistry
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Blouin, Ashley M.; Cain, Chris K.; Barad, Mike – Learning & Memory, 2004
Having recently shown that extinction of conditioned fear depends on L-type voltage-gated calcium channels (LVGCCs), we have been seeking other protocols that require this unusual induction mechanism. We tested latent inhibition (LI) of fear, because LI resembles extinction except that cue exposures precede, rather than follow, cue-shock pairing.…
Descriptors: Conditioning, Animals, Cytology, Neurology
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Moni, Roger W.; Hryciw, Deanne H.; Poronnik, Philip; Moni, Karen B. – Advances in Physiology Education, 2007
The media role model was recently developed to frame how science faculty members can teach their students to write more effectively to lay audiences (14). An Opinion Editorial (Op-Ed) was introduced as a novel assignment for final-year physiology and pharmacology undergraduates. This second phase of this study, reported here, demonstrated the…
Descriptors: Writing Skills, Pretests Posttests, Pharmacology, Assignments
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Matson, Johnny L.; Gonzalez, Melissa L.; Smith, Kimberly R.; Terlonge, Cindy; Thorson, Ryan T.; Dixon, Dennis R. – Research in Developmental Disabilities: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 2006
A substantial literature on the effective treatment of bipolar disorder has begun to appear, particularly in the last 20 years.The majority of treatments studied have employed medications, particularly mood stabilizers, a typical antipsychotics and antidepressants. Most treatments produce side effects and medications are no exception. A review of…
Descriptors: Cost Effectiveness, Pharmacology, Mental Retardation, Drug Therapy
Roberts, Thomas B.; Hruby, Paula Jo – 1996
This paper explores the roles that "entheogens" have played in religions from early shaman times to contemporary indigenous and syncretic practices. The word "entheogen" was coined to denote pschyoactive chemicals and botanicals which engender the experience of God within (Ott, 1993). Part 1 of the paper points to three…
Descriptors: Drug Use, Mysticism, Pharmacology, Philosophy
Ghodse, Hamid, Ed.; Khan, Inayat, Ed. – 1988
This book presents a wide-ranging analysis of what can be done to reduce the misuse of psychoactive drugs without compromising appreciation for their therapeutic value. Emphasis is placed on the need to give physicians guidelines for deciding to whom to prescribe, what to prescribe, how much, and for how long. Chapter 1 provides an introduction…
Descriptors: Continuing Education, Drug Use, Foreign Countries, Medical Education
Peace Corps, Washington, DC. Information Collection and Exchange Div. – 1985
This glossary was developed to aid English-speaking health workers in Guatemala in translating health and nutrition terms from English to Spanish. Because Guatemala is renowned for its extensive vocabulary of "modismos", or slang, a column has been added to facilitate adaptation of the glossary to regional variations. The terms in the…
Descriptors: Medical Services, Medical Vocabulary, Nutrition, Pharmacology
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Young, Thomas J. – Child Study Journal, 1987
This article, aimed at professionals in the field of adolescent psychology, briefly reviews the use of phencyclidine (PCP), its pharmacology, clinical effects, diagnosis, treatment, and prevention. (Author/BN)
Descriptors: Clinical Diagnosis, Drug Abuse, Drug Rehabilitation, Literature Reviews
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