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antipsychotic

[ an-tee-sahy-kot-ik, an-tahy- ]

adjective

  1. of or relating to any of various substances used in the treatment of psychosis, especially schizophrenia, and acute or severe states of mania, depression, or paranoia.


noun

  1. Also called ma路jor tran路quil路iz路er [mey, -jer , trang, -kw, uh, -lahy-zer],. any such substance, as the phenothiazines.

antipsychotic

/ 藢忙苍迟瑟蝉补瑟藞办蓲迟瑟办 /

adjective

  1. preventing or treating psychosis
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

noun

  1. any antipsychotic drug, such as chlorpromazine: used to treat such conditions as schizophrenia
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of antipsychotic1

First recorded in 1950鈥55; anti- + psychotic
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One night, a nurse gave him the painkiller Norco, the antipsychotic Haldol, the sedative Ativan and the antihistamine Benadryl, according to the report from the Department of Public Health.

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HHS is ordered to "assess the prevalence of and threat posed by the prescription of selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors, antipsychotics, mood stabilizers, stimulants, and weight-loss drugs."

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His father Roy Cole said the GP declined to renew a prescription for antipsychotic pills, leaving his son "crying" and "in the worst state I've ever seen him".

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There are reports that some of the separated children were forcibly and illegally treated with antipsychotic drugs in order to keep them docile.

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Current treatments, including antipsychotic drugs, are effective for the associated positive symptoms.

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