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• Antipsychotic — A drug (or another measure) that is effective in the treatment of psychoses. * * * 1. SYN: a. agent. 2. Denoting the actions of such an agent ( e.g., chlorpromazine). * * * an·ti·psy·chot·ic .ant i sī kät ik, .an .tī adj of, being, or involving… …   Medical 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

• Atypical antipsychotic — The atypical antipsychotics (also known as second generation antipsychotics) are a group of antipsychotic drugs used to treat psychiatric conditions. Some atypical antipsychotics are FDA approved for use in the treatment of schizophrenia. Some… …   Wikipedia

• Chlorpromazine — Systematic (IUPAC) name …   Wikipedia

• Risperidone — drugbox IUPAC name = 4 [2 [4 (6 fluorobenzo [ d ] isoxazol 3 yl) 1 piperidyl] ethyl] 3 methyl 2,6 diazabicyclo [4.4.0] deca 1,3 dien 5 one CAS number = 106266 06 2 ATC prefix = N05 ATC suffix = AX08 PubChem = 5073 DrugBank = APRD00187 C=23|H=27|F …   Wikipedia

• Amperozide — drugbox IUPAC name = 4 [4,4 bis(4 fluorophenyl)butyl] N ethylpiperazine 1 carboxamide width = 240 CAS number = 75558 90 6 synonyms = Amperozide ATC prefix = ATC suffix = PubChem = 73333 DrugBank = C = 23 | H = 29 | F = 2 | N = 3 | O = 1 molecular …   Wikipedia

• mental disorder — Any illness with a psychological origin, manifested either in symptoms of emotional distress or in abnormal behaviour. Most mental disorders can be broadly classified as either psychoses or neuroses (see neurosis; psychosis). Psychoses (e.g.,… …   Universalium

• Haloperidol — Systematic (IUPAC) name 4 [4 (4 chlorophe …   Wikipedia

• 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

• Schizophrenia — MeshName = Schizophrenia MeshNumber = F03.700.750 Schizophrenia (pron en|ˌskɪtsəˈfriːniə), from the Greek roots schizein (σχίζειν, to split ) and phrēn , phren (φρήν, φρεν , mind ) is a psychiatric diagnosis that describes a mental disorder… …   Wikipedia

• Dopamine — For other uses, see Dopamine (disambiguation). Dopamine …   Wikipedia