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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
/ ī′kō-äə-ŏ′ə-ŧ /
- The study and clinical use of drugs that affect the mind, especially those that are used to treat psychiatric disorders.
Derived Forms
- psychopharmacological, adjective
- ˌ⳦ˌˈDZDz, noun
Other 51Թ Forms
- ·····Dz· [sahy-koh-fahr-m, uh, -k, uh, -, loj, -ik], c·m··Dzi· adjective
- c·m··Dzi··ly adverb
- c·m·DZo· noun
51Թ 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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