psychopharmacological
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- adjective
- /ˌsaɪkoʊˌfɑːrməˈkɒlədʒɪkəl/
- Specialized
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psicofarmacológico
- The research focused on the psychopharmacological effects of various medications on mood and behavior.
- psychopharmacological treatment
- psychopharmacological effects
And so it's not a purely psychopharmacological effect.
- And so it's not a purely psychopharmacological effect.
Examples
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We are not suggesting that psychopharmacological research is profitless and ought to be abandoned.
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In fact, biological psychiatric research focuses on psychopharmacological interventions derived from biochemical hypotheses of mental disorders.
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Individuals may use alcohol because of its psychopharmacological effect of reducing social anxiety.
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Psychopharmacological treatments involve the use of antidepressants, although they have many severe and harmful side effects.
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Most of the women had been through psychotherapy of one sort or another, and the therapeutic, psychopharmacological effects of heroin played an important role for many of them.
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Although there is insufficient research on medical treatments for children's anxiety disorders, current research suggests that psychotherapeutic and psychopharmacological treatments play a role.
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Similarly, for each diagnostic category, a wide range of treatments, both psychopharmacological and psychotherapeutic, have demonstrated efficacy (American Psychiatric Association, 2000a).
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A key element of successful psychopharmacological treatment of triply diagnosed individuals was the availability of a psychiatrist knowledgeable about HIV disease and the interface between mental health, substance use, and HIV.
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Many patients seek psychopharmacological treatments to help manage their mental health conditions.
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Psychopharmacological drugs are often prescribed to alleviate symptoms of anxiety and depression.
Synonyms
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A drug that changes the mind, feelings, or behavior
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Makes a person think or feel differently
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Something that changes how you think, feel or notice things
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Relating to medicines that change the mind or behaviour
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About chemicals that change how people think or feel
Surface Forms
Morphology
psychopharmacological = psychopharmacology (semi-transparent) = psycho + pharmaco + log + ical
The adjective is formed in a regular scholarly way from psychopharmacology plus -ical, but the technical base word is unlikely to be fully transparent to an average B1 learner.
Etymology
The word psychopharmacological breaks into three parts: psycho- meaning 'mind', the same part you see in psychology, pharmaco- meaning 'drug' or 'medicine', like in pharmacy, and -logical meaning 'study' or 'science'. So, psychopharmacological is about the study or use of medicines that affect the mind.