David Nutt

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This book covers the entire field of research in the area of minor tranquillizers and its application to current clinical practice in the treatment of anxiety and insomnia. Meer

For over thirty years the benzodiazepines monopolised not only the anxiolytic market but also clinical and animal research in anxiety. Indeed many animal tests developed since the 1960s have been optimised for the benzodiazepines and some programmes have even screened candidates as potential anxiolytics on their benzodiazepine-like side-effects rather than their anxiolytic activity. Meer

Designed for students old and new, Brain and Mind Made Simple makes sense of the brain, mind and consciousness. It is packed with examples, patient histories and explanations, exploring for instance the strange case of Phineas Gage who survived an iron rod through his brain but with a new personality. Meer