antipsychotic drug
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- noun
- /ˌæntiˈsaɪkɒtɪk drʌg/
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fármaco antipsicótico
- You're absolutely right about the toxic effects of antipsychotic drugs.
- prescribe antipsychotic drugs
- take an antipsychotic drug
- medication to treat with antipsychotic drugs
And he'd give him a shot of antipsychotic drug and go check the stock market because he thought they're delusional.
- And he'd give him a shot of antipsychotic drug and go check the stock market because he thought they're delusional.
Examples
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The overall findings of the clinical trials completed on newer antipsychotics provide evidence that these drugs are more effective and have fewer side effects compared with the older antipsychotic drugs (McEvoy, 1998).
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The clinical effects of antipsychotic drugs are thought to involve dopamine receptor blockade.
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All antipsychotic drugs have associated side effects, which differ from drug to drug and for each individual.
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Antipsychotic drugs have been around for a long time, but until recently they were not widely used.
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Let's be clear: The new atypical antipsychotic drugs are effective and safe.
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Nonetheless, there has been a vast expansion in the use of these second-generation antipsychotic drugs in patients of all ages, particularly young people.
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Experts say that some people with depression and anxiety benefit from mood stabilizers like lithium, antipsychotic drugs, and antiepileptic drugs on top of their antidepressants.
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Shockingly, children as young as 18 months are now receiving antipsychotic drugs, despite the fact that the diseases they're designed to treat rarely develop before adolescence.
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Then, starting in 1993, came the so-called atypical antipsychotic drugs like Risperdal, Zyprexa, Seroquel, Geodon, and Abilify.
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If a patient is diagnosed with schizophrenia, doctors often prescribe antipsychotic drugs to help manage the symptoms.
Synonyms
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A medicine that makes a person calmer and reduces worry or tension without making them sleepy
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A medicine that calms people with serious mental illness and helps them sleep
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A strong medicine that treats serious mental problems like schizophrenia and Tourette's syndrome
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A medicine that treats schizophrenia when other medicines do not work
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A medicine that reduces false beliefs and seeing or hearing things that are not there
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A medicine that treats severe mental problems like hallucinations and strong agitation
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A medicine for schizophrenia used when other medicines do not help
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A strong medicine that treats schizophrenia and other severe mental conditions
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A medicine that calms serious mental illness like schizophrenia
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A medicine used to treat schizophrenia and other serious mental illnesses
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A medicine used to treat serious mental illnesses like schizophrenia
A medicine used to treat schizophrenia that reduces strong symptoms like seeing or hearing things that are not real
A medicine that calms people with severe mental illness such as psychosis
A drug used to treat mental illness that calms people and reduces seeing or hearing things that are not there
Strong medicine that calms people with serious mental illness like schizophrenia
A medicine that treats schizophrenia
A group of medicines used to treat schizophrenia
A medicine that helps stop severe nausea and treats illnesses like schizophrenia
A medicine that calms you and makes you sleepy
A medicine that calms the brain, reduces worry, and makes you sleep
How Sedating
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Surface Forms
Morphology
The phrase is transparently compositional: 'antipsychotic' names a medication countering psychosis and 'drug' indicates a medicinal substance, so together they denote a medication for psychotic conditions. This follows predictable morphological logic (anti- + psychotic) found across languages, so a learner who knows both constituents can infer the meaning.
Etymology
The name antipsychotic drug is made of anti- (meaning 'against') and psychotic (about 'psychosis', when someone loses touch with reality). So the name is a memory hook: it is a medicine that works 'against' those severe mental problems to calm the person and help clear their thinking.