Books
on Psychopharmacology
Double blind studies
Generic vs branded drugs
Paroxysmal disorders
Agents
Closed
Head Injury
Buspirone and Attention Deficit Disorder
Ethics
Geriatric
Neurotransmitters
Psychopharmacologic
Agents
Recreational
Drugs
Selected Abstracts
Educational
and Research Grants
Forensics
General Links
Neuropsychiatry
Research
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Psychopharmacology:
the Study of Psychiatric Drugs
What Is Psychopharmacology?
This is the discipline of relating to the study, prescription
and appropriate use of drugs for psychiatric illness
and for neuropsychiatric conditions. It is sometimes
used synonymously with neuropharmacology although technically
not so. The neuropharmacologist concentrates on neurologic
agents for the brain, the psychopharmacologist on psychiatric
agents. Sometimes the term neuropsychopharmacology is
used to embrace both these areas. Psychopharmacology
is not an official medical specialty in that there is
no current specialist board. Additionally, certain non-medical
pharmacologists specializing in the brain also call
themselves Psychopharmacologists and both medical and
pharmacological specialties may be involved in drug
prescription - clinical psychopharmacology as opposed
to basic lab research - non-clinical psychopharmacology.
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