psychotropic
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noun
adjective
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But Mascaro’s style is too realistic to take us on a goofy psychotropic bender.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 3, 2026
The next steps are often powerful psychotropic drugs—including antipsychotics, antidepressants and sleep aids—even though their combined effects in young children haven’t been studied closely.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 21, 2025
Another study cited about the advertising of psychotropic medications for youth was not written by the listed author, the university that employs him told AFP and Reuters.
From BBC • May 30, 2025
Natasha Lyonne, of the provocative “Orange Is the New Black” and the psychotropic “Russian Doll,” now plays a retro-revamped Columbo figure in “Poker Face.”
From New York Times • Apr. 27, 2024
By keeping to my program he could stay off mind-numbing psychotropic medication if he kept up his megavitamins and minerals.
From How and When to Be Your Own Doctor by Solomon, Steve
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