Definition of psychotropic
: acting on the mind
- psychotropic drugs
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Kitchen Toke describes the effects of THC, the chemical in marijuana that induces psychotropic effects, but reads like a health-food cookbook for those interested in weed as a wellness product.
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In very little time Sawyer is confined to a ward with other mental patients and forced to take psychotropic medication.
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Homes must still follow the rules, which are intended, among other things, to reduce the overuse of psychotropic drugs and to ensure that every home has adequate resources to assist residents with major psychological problems.
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Separately, the patient may become depressed and be prescribed psychotropic medications, unbeknown to her primary care doctor.
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Homes must still follow the rules, which are intended, among other things, to reduce the overuse of psychotropic drugs and to ensure that every home has adequate resources to assist residents with major psychological problems.
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The seeds are nutritious and have no psychotropic effects.
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Homes must still follow the rules, which are intended, among other things, to reduce the overuse of psychotropic drugs and to ensure that every home has adequate resources to assist residents with major psychological problems.
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Metro Corrections Director Mark Bolton said about a quarter of inmates booked each year at the jail suffer from some type of serious mental illness and received a psychotropic drug from the jail.
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First Known Use of psychotropic
1948
PSYCHOTROPIC Defined for English Language Learners
Definition of psychotropic for English Language Learners
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: having an effect on how the mind works
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medical Definition of psychotropic
: acting on the mind
- psychotropic drugs
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