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TAKE THE QUIZpsychopharmacology
noun
psy·cho·phar·ma·col·o·gy
ˌsī-kō-ˌfär-mə-ˈkä-lə-jē 
: the study of the effect of drugs on the mind and behavior
psychopharmacological
adjective
or less commonly psychopharmacologic
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Most of them are described in loving detail in the two heroic epics of psychopharmacology, PIKHaL and TIKHaL, written by chemists and trip veterans Alexander and Ann Shulgin.
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Neuroskeptic, Discover Magazine, 30 Aug. 2010
Psychiatry is now nearly synonymous with psychopharmacology.
—Richard J. Mcnally, WSJ, 13 May 2022
Here, more explicitly than in her portrait of Ray, Aviv joins an existing discourse about psychopharmacology, raising by now familiar concerns about the overmedication of Americans, and the impulse to treat regular human unhappiness as pathological.
—Jordan Kisner, The Atlantic, 13 Sep. 2022
At the outset of his career, Lichtenberg was taken with the promise of psychopharmacology.
—New York Times, 17 May 2022
Despite upbeat advertising campaigns for new drugs, there have been no true breakthroughs in psychopharmacology for more than a half-century.
—Richard J. Mcnally, WSJ, 13 May 2022
The advent of psychopharmacology in the 1950s facilitated, but did not cause, the emptying of state psychiatric hospitals.
—Richard J. Mcnally, WSJ, 13 May 2022
According to an overview by Marc-Antoine Crocq, who studies the history of psychiatry and psychopharmacology at University of Upper Alsace in Mulhouse, France, mentions of cannabis show up in ancient texts from India, Egypt and the Roman Empire.
—New York Times, 1 Jan. 2022
Then, seemingly overnight, psychopharmacology changed much of that.
—Scott Shannon, Wired, 18 May 2021
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Neuroskeptic, Discover Magazine, 30 Aug. 2010
Psychiatry is now nearly synonymous with psychopharmacology.
—Richard J. Mcnally, WSJ, 13 May 2022
Here, more explicitly than in her portrait of Ray, Aviv joins an existing discourse about psychopharmacology, raising by now familiar concerns about the overmedication of Americans, and the impulse to treat regular human unhappiness as pathological.
—Jordan Kisner, The Atlantic, 13 Sep. 2022
At the outset of his career, Lichtenberg was taken with the promise of psychopharmacology.
—New York Times, 17 May 2022
Despite upbeat advertising campaigns for new drugs, there have been no true breakthroughs in psychopharmacology for more than a half-century.
—Richard J. Mcnally, WSJ, 13 May 2022
The advent of psychopharmacology in the 1950s facilitated, but did not cause, the emptying of state psychiatric hospitals.
—Richard J. Mcnally, WSJ, 13 May 2022
According to an overview by Marc-Antoine Crocq, who studies the history of psychiatry and psychopharmacology at University of Upper Alsace in Mulhouse, France, mentions of cannabis show up in ancient texts from India, Egypt and the Roman Empire.
—New York Times, 1 Jan. 2022
Then, seemingly overnight, psychopharmacology changed much of that.
—Scott Shannon, Wired, 18 May 2021
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Word History
First Known Use
1920, in the meaning defined above
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The first known use of psychopharmacology was
in 1920
Dictionary Entries Near psychopharmacology
Cite this Entry
“Psychopharmacology.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/psychopharmacology. Accessed 6 Feb. 2023.
Medical Definition
psychopharmacology
noun
psy·cho·phar·ma·col·o·gy
ˌsī-kō-ˌfär-mə-ˈkäl-ə-jē
plural psychopharmacologies
: the study of the effect of drugs on the mind and behavior
More from Merriam-Webster on psychopharmacology
Britannica.com: Encyclopedia article about psychopharmacology
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