Psychotropic Drugs
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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...

Inter-rater reliability of manual QT measurement and prediction of abnormal QT,HR pairs.

30 Oct 2009 OBJECTIVES: To assess interobserver agreement when trained healthcare staff measure the QT interval using a standardized approach across a range of QT lengths. METHODS: A sample of 110 electrocardiograms (ECGs) was taken from general and ... Read more...

Human and mouse trace amine-associated receptor 1 have distinct pharmacology towards endogenous monoamines and imidazoline receptor ligands.

21 Oct 2009 TAARs (trace amine-associated receptors) are G-protein-coupled receptors that respond to low abundance, endogenous amines such as tyramine and tryptamine, and represent potential targets for neuropsychiatric diseases. However, some members of this ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Psychotropic Drugs'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• Applied psychometrics in clinical psychiatry: the pharmacopsychometric triangle. 30 Oct 2009
• Inter-rater reliability of manual QT measurement and prediction of abnormal QT,HR pairs. 30 Oct 2009
• Human and mouse trace amine-associated receptor 1 have distinct pharmacology towards endogenous monoamines and imidazoline receptor ligands. 21 Oct 2009
• [Neuroenhancement: doping for the brain] 27 Sep 2009
• [Use of psychotropic medication among individuals with mental retardation] 8 Sep 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
• Drug interactions in transplant patients: what everyone should know. 30 Aug 2009
• A review of dissociative disorders treatment studies. 30 Aug 2009
• Inadequacies of statutory drug compendia also affect the mental health field. 30 Aug 2009
• Childhood bullying behavior and later psychiatric hospital and psychopharmacologic treatment: findings from the Finnish 1981 birth cohort study. 30 Aug 2009
• Psychotropic drugs up-regulate the expression of cholesterol transport proteins including ApoE in cultured human CNS- and liver cells. 27 Aug 2009
• [Misuse of psychotropic medications in a population of subjects held for custody in the city of Paris] 9 Aug 2009
• Use of khat and posttraumatic stress disorder as risk factors for psychotic symptoms: a study of Somali combatants. 6 Aug 2009
• Mental health treatment received by youths in the year before and after a new diagnosis of bipolar disorder. 30 Jul 2009
• Americans' attitudes toward psychiatric medications: 1998-2006. 30 Jul 2009
• Changes in hippocampal morphology and neuroplasticity induced by adolescent THC treatment are associated with cognitive impairment in adulthood. 30 Jul 2009
• A trident in the brain, central pontine myelinolysis. 30 Jul 2009
• Trauma, emergency room visits, and cognition. 30 Jul 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