Psychotropic Drugs - Therapeutic use
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Saturday, November 21, 2009

Applied psychometrics in clinical psychiatry: the pharmacopsychometric triangle.

30 Oct 2009 OBJECTIVE: To consider applied psychometrics in psychiatry as a discipline focusing on pharmacopsychology rather than psychopharmacology as illustrated by the pharmacopsychometric triangle. METHOD: The pharmacopsychological dimensions of clinically ... Read more...

Upper gastrointestinal symptoms, psychosocial co-morbidity and health care seeking in general practice: population based case control study.

7 Sep 2009 BACKGROUND: The pathophysiology of upper gastrointestinal (GI) symptoms is still poorly understood. Psychological symptoms were found to be more common in patients with functional gastrointestinal complaints, but it is debated whether they are ... Read more...

Psychotropic drug use during breastfeeding: a review of the evidence.

5 Sep 2009 OBJECTIVE: The objective of this study was to review the existing literature on the use of various classes of psychotropic medications during breastfeeding to provide information about infant exposure levels and reported adverse events in breastfed ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Psychotropic Drugs - Therapeutic use'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• Applied psychometrics in clinical psychiatry: the pharmacopsychometric triangle. 30 Oct 2009
• Upper gastrointestinal symptoms, psychosocial co-morbidity and health care seeking in general practice: population based case control study. 7 Sep 2009
• Psychotropic drug use during breastfeeding: a review of the evidence. 5 Sep 2009
• Assessment and management of dangerous and severe personality disorders. 30 Aug 2009
• A review of dissociative disorders treatment studies. 30 Aug 2009
• Childhood bullying behavior and later psychiatric hospital and psychopharmacologic treatment: findings from the Finnish 1981 birth cohort study. 30 Aug 2009
• Mental health treatment received by youths in the year before and after a new diagnosis of bipolar disorder. 30 Jul 2009
• Trauma, emergency room visits, and cognition. 30 Jul 2009
• Treatment-refractory bipolar disorder: classification to aid in clinical management. 30 Jul 2009
• Developing explicit positive beers criteria for preferred central nervous system medications in older adults. 30 Jul 2009
• Successful retrial of ECT two months after ECT-induced takotsubo cardiomyopathy. 30 Jul 2009
• Developing irritable bowel syndrome guidelines through meta-analyses: does the emperor really have new clothes? 26 Jul 2009
• Effect of music therapy on anxiety and depression in patients with Alzheimer's type dementia: randomised, controlled study. 21 Jul 2009
• State variation in psychotropic medication use by foster care children with autism spectrum disorder. 18 Jul 2009
• Sleep in depression and anxiety disorders: a population-based study of elderly persons. 12 Jul 2009
• Mental health treatment patterns in perinatally HIV-infected youth and controls. 11 Jul 2009
• Changes between 1982 and 2000 in the prevalence of behavioral symptoms and psychotropic drug treatment among old people with cognitive impairment in geriatric care. 7 Jul 2009
• [Differentiation of nursing tasks in psychiatric wards through new professions and additional training] 30 Jun 2009
• A multiattribute decision model for bipolar disorder: identification of preferred mood-stabilizing medications. 29 Jun 2009
• Pharmacological treatment of chronic fatigue syndrome: focusing on the role of antidepressants. 29 Jun 2009

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Technical information about 'Psychotropic Drugs'

Definition: A loosely defined grouping of drugs that have effects on psychological function. Here the psychotropic agents include the antidepressive agents, hallucinogens, and tranquilizing agents (including the antipsychotics and anti-anxiety agents).

Registry Number: 0

Descriptor UI: D011619

Alternative terms: Psychotropic Drugs; Drugs, Psychotropic; Psychopharmaceuticals; Psychoactive Agents; Agents, Psychoactive; Psychoactive Drugs; Drugs, Psychoactive;

Allowable Qualifiers: administration & dosage; adverse effects; analysis; antagonists & inhibitors; blood; cerebrospinal fluid; chemical synthesis; classification; diagnostic use; economics; history; immunology; isolation & purification; metabolism; pharmacokinetics; pharmacology; poisoning; radiation effects; standards; supply & distribution; therapeutic use; toxicity; urine; chemistry; contraindications; agonists;

Tree Number: D27.505.954.427.700;

Online Note: search ANTIDEPRESSIVE AGENTS & TRANQUILIZING AGENTS 1974

History Note: 75; was see under ANTIDEPRESSIVE AGENTS & TRANQUILIZING AGENTS 1974

Technical Notes: GEN or unspecified; prefer specific groups or specific drugs; relation to PSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY: Manual 27.13