Drugs: Mind, Body, and Society

Written in a contemporary and accessible voice, Drugs: Mind, Body, and Society offers more than knowledge and study skills.\n\nIt is a multidisciplinary text that provides students with a comprehensive discussion about drugs and drug effects that weaves together physiology, neuroscience, pharmacology, psychology, society, culture, media, history, law, and religion. With an emphasis on critical thinking skills, this book teaches students to evaluate research, assess sources of data, and discern fact from opinion, so that they can make intelligent decisions that improve the quality of their lives.FEATURES*"Thinking Critically About Drugs," a separate section at the start of the book, teaches students how to evaluate data, validate sources, and understand how drug research is conducted*True/False chapter-opening questions, with answers, draw students into the material by asking them provocative questions that challenge commonly held misconceptions about drugs*"Critical Evaluations" in most chapters delve into controversial topics and teach students to evaluate research and information from multiple perspectives*"Ask Yourself" questions encourage students to reflect on and discuss their own ideas about the chapter material*"Quick Hits" scattered throughout each chapter provide students with brief, interesting anecdotes or fun facts from various disciplines, like history and economics*"The Straight Dope" boxes feature historical and biographical profiles, cases, self-knowledge tests, and points of clinical or cultural relevance Drugs: Mind, Body, and Society 1st Edition is written by Dr. Martha Rosenthal and published by Oxford University Press. ISBNs for Drugs: Mind, Body, and Society are 9780190849214, 0190849215 and the print ISBNs are 9780199949113, 0199949115. Additional ISBNs include 9780190859459.