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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.

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Origin of psychopharmacotherapy

psycho- + pharmaco- + therapy

Words nearby psychopharmacotherapy

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