Performance Enhancing Medications and Drugs of Abuse - Softcover

Gold, Mark

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0789036657 ISBN 13: 9780789036650

Publisher: CRC Press, 2007

Synopsis

Performance Enhancing Medications and Drugs of Abuse explores various medications currently being abused by patients, from the drugs used for physical and cosmetic purposes by weekend warriors, professional athletes, and other at-risk populations, to the drugs used to enhance mood and memory.

About this title

About the Author:

Mark S. Gold, MD, is a Distinguished Professor of Psychiatry, Neuroscience, and Community Health & Family Medicine at the University of Florida College of Medicine. He is also a member of the McKnight Brain Institute and is Chief of the Addiction Medicine Division in the Department of Psychiatry. He has written over 900 medical articles, chapters, and abstracts in health professional journals on a wide variety of psychiatric research subjects, and authored 12 professional books, including practice guidelines, ASAM core competencies, and medical textbooks for primary care professional. He is also author of 15 general audience books. As a researcher and inventor, he worked for nearly 30 years to develop models for understanding the effects of tobacco and other drugs on the brain and behavior.

Dr. Gold is the mentor of many of the nation's current leaders in eating disorders and addiction education and research. He is active in numerous national organizations, including the National Scientific Advisory Board for Media Partnership for a Drug Free America, DARE, the American Council for Drug Education, and PRIDE.

Review:

"Offers Useful Ways to Understand this Exploding Modern Maelstrom."

"Essential Reading for all physicians, residents, students, policy makets, educators, athletes, those involved in professional and college sports both nationally and internationally."

About this edition

• Publisher: CRC Press
• Publication date: 2007
• ISBN 10: 0789036657
• ISBN 13: 9780789036650
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 66