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Pharmacology of Psychoactive Substances

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An understanding of the basic principles of pharmacology is essential to understand how psychoactive substances exert their effects. Pharmacology has two major components—pharmacodynamics and pharmacokinetics.

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  1. East Central HealthNet Family Medicine Residency Program, Meridian, Mississippi, USA

    H. Thomas Milhorn MD, PhD (Director, Didactics Section, Formerly Professor of Family Medicine, Professor of Physiology and Biophysics, and Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Human Behavior)

  2. University of Mississippi School of Medicine, Jackson, Mississippi, USA

    H. Thomas Milhorn MD, PhD (Director, Didactics Section, Formerly Professor of Family Medicine, Professor of Physiology and Biophysics, and Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Human Behavior)

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Milhorn, H.T. (2018). Pharmacology of Psychoactive Substances. In: Substance Use Disorders. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-63040-3_3

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