Author | Wikler, Abraham. author |
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Title | Opioid Dependence [electronic resource] : Mechanisms and Treatment / by Abraham Wikler |
Imprint | Boston, MA : Springer US, 1980 |
Connect to | http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4684-3866-6 |
Descript | XIV, 256 p. online resource |
1 The Problems of Opioid and Other Drug Dependencies -- Prevalence and Complications -- Nonopioid Drug-Dependence Syndromes -- References -- 2 The Etiology of Opioid Dependence -- Definitions and Dynamics -- Personality Studies -- Socioenvironmental Studies -- Mode of Spread of Opioid Dependence -- Prognosis -- References -- 3 Opioid Analgesics and Opioid Antagonists -- Opioid Analgesics -- Opioid Antagonists -- References -- 4 Opioid Receptors and Endogenous Opioid Peptides -- Opioid Receptors -- Endogenous Opioid Peptides (Enkephalins and Endorphins) -- Possible Functions of Enkephalins and Endorphins -- References -- 5 Mechanisms of Opioid Analgesia -- The Nature of Pain and Its Relief by Morphine -- Sites of Morphineโs Antinociceptive Actions in the Central Nervous System -- References -- 6 Theories of Tolerance to and Physical Dependence on Opioids -- General Theories of Tolerance to and Physical Dependence on Morphine -- Theories of the Mechanisms of Counteradaptation to the Agonistic Effects of Drugs -- References -- 7 Conditioning Processes in Opioid Dependence and in Relapse -- Operant Conditioning of Opioid-Acquisitive Behavior -- Classical Conditioning of the Opioid Agonist-Abstinence Cycle and Interoceptive Conditioning of Opioid-Seeking Behavior -- Classical Conditioning of the Opioid-Antagonist-Precipitated Opioid-Abstinence Syndrome -- Occurrence of Classically Conditioned Responses in Street Addicts -- Implications of Conditioning Factors for Relapse and Treatment -- References -- 8 Diagnosis and Treatment of Opioid Dependence -- Diagnosis -- Treatment -- References