psychopharmacotherapy

[ sahy-koh-fahr-muh-koh-ther-uh-pee ]

/ ˌsaɪ koʊˌfɑr mə koʊˈθɛr ə pi /

noun

the use of psychoactive drugs in the symptomatic treatment or control of mental disorders or psychiatric disease.

Nearby words

psychopathic personality, psychopathology, psychopathy, psychopharmaceutical, psychopharmacology, psychopharmacotherapy, psychophysical, psychophysical parallelism, psychophysics, psychophysiologic disorder, psychophysiological

Origin of psychopharmacotherapy

psycho- + pharmaco- + therapy

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