About eight years ago, a new type of drug [ie neuroleptics] was joined to the clinician's
therapeutic armamentarium, and within a short time this resulted in three major …

When “antipsychotic” drugs were introduced into psychiatry in the 1950s, they were thought
to work by inducing a state of neurological suppression, which reduced behavioral …

During the past 6 months three major figures in the history of psychopharmacology passed
away: Leo Sternbach, Mogens Schou and Roland Kuhn. The historical contributions of these …

In line with other volumes in the Neuroscience Perspectives Series, this volume covers the
background, pharmacology, molecular biology, and biochemistry of antipsychotic drugs …

At the time of its publication George Orwell's 1984 seemed barely conceivable and, in any
event, far in the future. Now that 1984 has arrived it is beyond our competence to argue …

Ancient societies knew more about 'mind-altering'substances than we give them credit for.
From this perspective, the discipline we call 'psychopharmacology'is an infant, the term …

The paper recalls the experiences of the author over the past forty-eight years in a field
which later became known as psychopharmacology. The author began in physical chemistry …

Psychopharmacology combines two terms, psychology and pharmacology describing how
biologically active compounds including drugs regulate psychobiological processes and …

The four most frequently used groups of drugs in psychiatric therapy are: neuroleptics,
antidepressants, anxiolytics, and lithium salts. Their introduction came largely during the …

It is impossible to do justice to this monograph which surveys the whole field of
neuropsychopharmacology in over 2000 pages of text with contributions from over 320 …