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psychopharmacology
[sahy-koh-fahr-muh-kol-uh-jee]
psychopharmacology
/ ˌsaɪkəʊˌfɑːməkəˈlɒdʒɪkəl, ˌsaɪkəʊˌfɑːməˈkɒlədʒɪ /
noun
the study of drugs that affect the mind
psychopharmacology
The study and clinical use of drugs that affect the mind, especially those that are used to treat psychiatric disorders.
Other Word Forms
- psychopharmacologic adjective
- psychopharmacological adjective
- psychopharmacologically adverb
- psychopharmacologist noun
- ˌ⳦ˌˈDZDz noun
Word History and Origins
Origin of psychopharmacology1
Example Sentences
Having set up a psychoanalytic framework, “The Age of Guilt” moves on to brief consideration of a range of topics of contemporary interest: psychopharmacology, identity, patriarchy, race.
Dr. Ethan Russo, a neurologist and psychopharmacology researcher who has been studying cannabis for nearly three decades, told Salon, "I wouldn't take this kind of thing on a bet."
At the outset of his career, Lichtenberg was taken with the promise of psychopharmacology.
In delineating this history — from asylums to psychopharmacology — he considers the challenge that individuals with mental illness pose for the health of a modern society.
Other evidence for the rewarding nature of human bonding comes from psychopharmacology.
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