Cocaine Abuse. Pharmacology, Treatment and Relapse Prevention

Description:

This book explores the pharmacology, treatment and relapse prevention techniques relating to cocaine abuse. Topics discussed include incentive sensitization and loss of top-down control in cocaine addiction; cocaine abuse and dependence in schizophrenia; prenatal cocaine exposure and the associated adverse effects on pregnancy; and the clinical efficacy of medications with glutamatergic mechanisms of action for the treatment of cocaine addiction. (Imprint: Nova Biomedical)

Table of Contents:

• Preface
• Cocaine Use and Women: Health, Treatment and Relapse Prevention
  (Lynn C. Hull, Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine, Richmond, Virginia, USA)
• A Review of the Physiopathology and Treatment of Cocaine Abuse
  (Agustín Madoz-Gúrpide, Enriqueta Ochoa Mangado, Department of Psychiatry, San Blas Mental Health Center, Madrid, Spain, and others)
• Compulsive Drug Self-Administration: Incentive Sensitization and Loss of Top-Down Control in Cocaine Addiction
  (J.C. Bustamante, A. Barrós-Loscertales, V. Costumero, P. Fuentes, P. Rosell, C. Ávila, Universitat Jaume I, Castellón, Spain)
• Cocaine Abuse/Dependence in Schizophrenia
  (Simon Zhornitsky, Didier Jutras-Aswad, Emmanuel Stip, Pierre-Paul Rompré, Stéphane Potvin, Department of psychiatry, Faculty of medicine, University of Montreal, Montreal, Canada, and others)
• Prenatal Cocaine Exposure and the Associated Adverse Effect on the Human Pregnancy
  (Antoine Malek, University Hospital Zurich, Department of Obstetrics, Research Division, Zurich, Switzerland)
• Neurotoxicity of Cocaine
  (Teresa Cunha-Oliveira, A. Cristina Rego, Catarina R. Oliveira, CNC- Center for Neuroscience and Cell Biology, University of Coimbra, Largo Marquês de Pombal, Coimbra, Portugal and others)
• Medications for the Treatment of Cocaine Addiction: Focus on Glutamatergic Compounds
  (Natali E. Nemirovsky, M. Foster Olive, Department of Psychology, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona, USA)
• Cocaine-Dependent Patients with Antisocial Personality Disorder, Cocaine-Dependence, and Treatment Outcomes
  (Nena Messina, David Farabee, Richard Rawson, UCLA Integrated Substance Abuse Programs, USA)*
• The Treatment of Cocaine Abuse: Problems and Perspectives
  (Antonio Preti, University of Cagliari, Italy)*
• Index