psychotropic
psychotropic
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Definition(s):
- (adj) affecting the mind or mood or other mental processes
Usage(s):
- And the endorphins released during exercise reduce anxiety--which is good because Higashi does not permit the use of psychotropic medications.
- After several works of stylish but hard to follow sci-fi, Pope gets it dead on with this smart, offbeat story about a weird liquid with psychotropic properties.
- Connecticut's law is the first to bar school officials from recommending psychotropic drugs for kids on the theory that such matters should be left to families and their doctors.
Quotes
- Before her hospitalization, Strayhorn says, the foster child in question had been prescribed "a bundle of psychotropic medications, including antipyschotics, antidepressants, a sedative, stimulant and mood stabilizer."on Dec 14, 2006 By: Carole Keeton Strayhorn Source: Bizjournals.com
- Alley and Preston wrote an open letter to the Food and Drug Administration, which reads, "We can no longer sit back and let the clock tick, waiting for more deaths, suicides or people driven to violent acts by psychotropic drugs."on Jul 11, 2005 By: Kelly Preston Source: Contactmusic.com
- "The Government is very concerned about the drug problems, particularly about young people abusing psychotropic drugs. The number of young people arrested for serious drug offenses has risen 16.5 percent in the first quarter," Lee noted.on May 21, 2009 By: Ambrose Lee Source: Xinhua
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