psychopharmacology
/ˌsʌɪkəʊfɑːməˈkɒlədʒi
/noun [mass noun]
The branch of psychology concerned with the effects of drugs on the mind and behaviour.I have always viewed psychopharmacology as a branch of internal medicine, not psychology....
- He has been active in genetic research and psychopharmacology of mental illnesses.
- Indeed, there are still many psychiatrists left in this country who talk to patients and families, provide both psychotherapy and psychopharmacology, and care for patients in a biopsychosocial context.
Derivatives
psychopharmacological
- In summary, preliminary evidence suggests that psychopharmacological and electrophysiological approaches to the treatment of mood and behavioral disorders are not intrinsically contradictory.
- Social psychiatry has not survived, and the overwhelming predominance of psychopharmacological treatments of mental illness leaves us much the poorer.
- The consequences of an incorrect diagnostic decision can be costly for both the child and the clinician, particularly if the wrong psychopharmacological agent is administered.
psychopharmacologist
- The psychopharmacologists are already into a next generation of hypotheses after the business of regulating serotonin and other receptors.
- Leading psychopharmacologists contend that antidepressant treatment can be delivered in a way that instills confidence in patients.
- We have also made an appointment with a pediatric psychopharmacologist to discuss antidepressant medication.
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