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Publishes research and reviews on the impact of drugs on human cognition and behavior. Encourages submissions from fields ranging from clinical psychopharmacology to functional neuroimaging studies. Recognized as the official journal of the European Behavioural Pharmacology Society (EBPS).
Psychopharmacology is the study of substances that influence mental states. Such agents induce changes in mood, sensation, thinking, or behavior, and may be derived from plants or...
Psychopharmacology (from Greek ψῡχή, psȳkhē, 'breath, life, soul'; φάρμακον, pharmakon, 'drug'; and -λογία, -logia) is the scientific study of the effects drugs have on mood, sensation, thinking, behavior, judgment and evaluation, and memory.
Psychopharmacology really developed as a discipline from the mid-20th century with the discovery of a number of new classes of psychoactive drugs which could modify behaviour. These drugs were discovered as a consequence of clinical observations of patients, often being treated for other conditions.
Psychopharmacology, the development, study, and use of drugs for the modification of behaviour and the alleviation of symptoms, particularly in the treatment of mental disorders.
The Journal of Psychopharmacology is a fully peer-reviewed, international journal that publishes original research and review articles on preclinical and clinical aspects of psychopharmacology. The journal provides an essential forum for researchers and practicing clinicians on the effects of drugs on animal and human behavior, and the ...
Psychopharmacology results in concrete changes in emotions, thinking, and the body’s functioning. Drugs improving attention and depression illustrate this. Examples that...
Innovations in psychopharmacology are sought in a context of previous failures in central nervous system drug discovery and development, with the disengagement of major pharmaceutical industries from research in psychiatry.
Psychopharmacology is the study of the effects of psychoactive drugs on the functioning of the central nervous system at all levels of analysis, thus embracing cognition, behavior, psychological states, neurophysiology, neurochemistry, gene expression, and molecular biology.
This handbook provides working knowledge of basic pharmacology and psychopharmacology, examines psychopharmacology for treatment of various emotional and behavioral conditions, and discusses related professional and social issues.