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psychopharmaceutical

psychopharmaceutical noun: any drug used to treat a psychosis or similar disorder.

Noun

psychopharmaceutical (plural psychopharmaceuticals)

  1. Any drug used to treat a psychosis or similar disorder
    • Using clinical diagnostic tools, we found that around 40% of incels had moderate-to-severe levels of depression, and a similar percentage had moderate-to-severe levels of anxiety. For context, presenting with these levels of symptoms would usually lead to an offer of psychopharmaceutical...2024 February 27, Andrew G. Thomas, “Incels Uncovered: How Potent Is the Black Pill?”, in Psychology Today

Forms of psychopharmaceutical

pluralpsychopharmaceuticals

Origin of psychopharmaceutical

From psycho- + pharmaceutical.

Questions about psychopharmaceutical

What does psychopharmaceutical mean?
Psychopharmaceutical means any drug used to treat a psychosis or similar disorder.
What part of speech is psychopharmaceutical?
Psychopharmaceutical is a noun.
What is the plural of psychopharmaceutical?
The plural of psychopharmaceutical is psychopharmaceuticals.

Words near psychopharmaceutical in the dictionary

  1. psychopedagogy
  2. psychoperceptual
  3. psychophant
  4. psychophants
  5. psychopharmaceutic
  6. psychopharmaceutical
  7. psychopharmaceuticals
  8. psychopharmaceutics
  9. psychopharmacologic
  10. psychopharmacological
  11. psychopharmacologically

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