Posted by Chairman_MAO on May 5, 2005, at 20:54:29
In reply to Re: Overwhelmed by # of Meds Prescribed/Combos » Racer, posted by Phillipa on May 3, 2005, at 17:20:04
If you want the best introduction to psychoactive drugs on the planet, order an out-of-print copy of "Drugs and Human Behavior" by Tibor Palfai. He was my psychopharmacology professor at Syracuse University, and by all accounts one of the most interesting, kind, insightful, and hysterical people I've ever met. Oh, yeah, and he also knew a helluva lot about psychoactive drugs. ;)
The book is co-authored by him, who is of Hungarian decent and a senior citizen (English not first language) and Henry Jankiewicz, a writing professor at Syracuse University who studies drugs in culture, literature, etc. It is by far the most interesting textbook I ahve ever read and also is a great read in general. About 1/4 of what I know about psychoactive drugs and the brain comes from that book, and the rest was self-taught because I was inspired by the man and the book.
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