From the ‡Department of Pharmacology and Center for Substance Abuse Research, Temple University School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19140, the §Department of Medicine and Department of Physiology, University of Maryland School of Medicine, and Medical Service, Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Baltimore, Maryland 21201, and the ¶Department of Pharmacology, Rollins Resear...

Choice of the procedures and types of cognitive-neuromotor testing used in assessment of cocaine abusers and their treatment is dependent on a clear definition of the purposes of testing and the characteristics of the individual tests. This chapter will first discuss published studies of testing in cocaine abusers and pharmacodynamic effects of stimulants and withdrawal. The types of tests avai...