Archive for April, 2011

Psycopharmacology: Where It Began And Where It Is Going

April 29, 2011

Psychopharmacology - the study of how psychotropic drugs affect thought, mood, sensation, and behavior - has been around for centuries. Even cavemen, when they weren't busy hunting and gathering, used plants with psychoactive properties for pleasure, relief, and revenge. Substances such as alcohol, opium, and mushrooms were popular in ancient ...

The Top Ten Things You Should Know About Psycopharmacology

April 16, 2011

The discipline of psychopharmacology is connected with the medical field of psychiatry. One of the first things that you should know about psychopharmacology is that it is connected with the practice of psychiatry. Psychiatry can't exist as a medical field without psychopharmacology. Pharmaceutical companies are involved with psychopharmacology. That is ...