The Essential Guide to Psychoactive Drugs in Canada - Couverture souple

Csiernik, Rick

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1773385046 ISBN 13 : 9781773385044

Editeur : Canadian Scholars, 2025

Synopsis

The Essential Guide to Psychoactive Drugs in Canada, Third Edition provides a practical understanding of psychoactive drug pharmacology and physiology, accessibly unpacking the risks and therapeutic applications of the most commonly used and misused drug families, including depressants, opioids, stimulants, hallucinogens, and psychotherapeutics. Rick Csiernik demystifies the misuse of prescription compounds, as well as drugs that are new to North American communities such as captagon, xylazine, and nitazene. This third edition continues the work of the previous editions, featuring thoroughly updated references as well as new boxes focusing on key contemporary pharmacological issues including differences in opioid versus stimulant overdose, e-cigarettes and vaping, psychedelic assisted therapy, microdosing, and Δ8-Tetrahydrocannabinol. The appendices are expanded to include an easy-to-read summary of the effects of active drug use and withdrawal as well as the effects of psychoactive drugs on adolescents and seniors. Light on jargon and heavy on evidence, The Essential Guide to Psychoactive Drugs in Canada supplies the blueprints that every service provider needs to dispense sound, evidence-based care and is an ideal resource for counsellors, therapists, instructors, and students looking to acquire an in-depth practical understanding of drug use, medication, and addiction.

A propos du livre

À propos de l?auteur

Rick Csiernik is Senior Instructor, Addiction Studies Program, Wilfrid Laurier University, and Professor Emeritus, School of Social Work, King's University College at Western University, and was co-developer of the McMaster University Addiction Studies Program. Csiernik has authored and edited several best-selling Canadian Scholars titles. He is also the author of more than 250 peer-reviewed publications and has been recipient of the King's University College Award for Excellence in Teaching, the McMaster University Instructor Appreciation Award, the Hugh Mellon Excellence in Research Award, the Ontario Volunteer Award, and the Jeff Wilbee Award for leadership in the field of addiction.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Canadian Scholars
• Date d'édition: 2025
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1773385046
• ISBN 13: 9781773385044
• Reliure: Broché
• Numéro d'édition: 3
• Nombre de pages: 488
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible