The Handbook of the Medical Consequences of Alcohol and Drug Abuse, 2nd edition is the newly-updated classic reference text that provides even more detailed and expanded information on the pharmacology, toxicology, and neuropsychological consequences of alcohol and drug abuse. Eight new chapters of crucial information has been added, including the effects of chronic alcohol consumption on brain structure and function and the consequences of prenatal alcohol and other drug exposure.

The essential newly-expanded reference that needs to be on the desk of every health care professional who encounters substance abusers.

Handbook of the Medical Consequences of Alcohol and Drug Abuse, Second Edition is the newly-updated classic reference text that provides even more detailed and expanded information on the pharmacological, toxicological, and neuropsychological consequences of alcohol and drug abuse. Eight new chapters of crucial information have been added. Written by leading experts in the fields of medical physiology, psychopharmacology, and neuropsychology,...