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psychopharmacology
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
also psycho-pharmacology, 1919, from psycho- + pharmacology. Related: Psychopharmacological.
Wiktionary
n. (context pharmacology English) The branch of pharmacology which pertains to the psychoactive aspects of drugs.
WordNet
n. the study of drugs that affect the mind
Wikipedia
Psychopharmacology (from Greek , psȳkhē, "breath, life, soul"; , pharmakon, "drug"; and , -logia) is the scientific study of the effects drugs have on mood, sensation, thinking, and behavior. It is distinguished from neuropsychopharmacology, which emphasizes the correlation between drug-induced changes in the functioning of cells in the nervous system and changes in consciousness and behavior.
The field of psychopharmacology studies a wide range of substances with various types of psychoactive properties, focusing primarily on the chemical interactions with the brain.
Psychoactive drugs interact with particular target sites or receptors found in the nervous system to induce widespread changes in physiological or psychological functions. The specific interaction between drugs and their receptors is referred to as " drug action", and the widespread changes in physiological or psychological function is referred to as " drug effect". These drugs may originate from natural sources such as plants and animals, or from artificial sources such as chemical synthesis in the laboratory.
Psychopharmacology is a peer-reviewed scientific journal covering psychopharmacology that is published by Springer Science+Business Media.
Psychopharmacology is the third album by Firewater, released on April 17, 2001 through Jetset Records.
Usage examples of "psychopharmacology".
Skinner has failed to comprehend is that at the very moment that he himself elucidated the process, this whole process of natural selection ceased to be deterministic, just as the insights of McLuhan and psychopharmacology have shattered the determinism of brain biochemistry and the sensorium.
Old Twentieth psychotherapy, before psychopharmacology, and probably was no more useful than that old game in treating a specific, nameable mental illness.