antipsychotics and hallucinations — The term antipsychotic is used as a synonym for the terms neuroleptic and major tranquilizer. All three terms refer to a group of psy chotropic substances with varying chemical structures that have a broad range of effects upon the CNS, the… … Dictionary of Hallucinations
Chlorpromazine and the Phenothiazine Antipsychotics — (from 1952). Prehistory: In 1883, August Bernthsen (1855–1931), a postdoctoral student in chemistry at Heidelberg, synthesized a hydrocarbon molecule with two benzol rings connected to each other by a sulfur and a nitrogen atom. Writing in… … Historical dictionary of Psychiatry
atypical antipsychotics — see antipsychotic … Medical dictionary
atypical antipsychotics — see antipsychotic … The new mediacal dictionary
Antipsychotic — Advertisement for Thorazine (chlorpromazine) from the 1950s[1] An antipsychotic (or neuroleptic) is a tranquilizing psychiatric medication primarily used to manage psychosis (including delusions or hallucinations, as well as disordered tho … Wikipedia
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