psychopharmacology (redirected from psychopharmacologist)

psychopharmacology /psy·cho·phar·ma·col·o·gy/ (-fahr?mah-kol´-ah-je)

1. the study of the action of drugs on psychological functions and mental states.

2. the use of drugs to modify psychological functions and mental states.psychopharmacolog´ic

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psy·cho·phar·ma·col·o·gy (sk-färm-kl-j)

n.

The branch of pharmacology dealing with the study of the actions and the effects of psychoactive drugs.

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psycho·pharma·co·logic (-k-ljk), psycho·pharma·co·logi·cal (--kl) adj.

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psychopharmacology, (sī´kōfär´mkol´jē),

n the scientific study of the effects of drugs on behavior and normal and abnormal mental functions.