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- Seminars in Clinical Psychopharmacology
- College Seminars Series
- Seminars in Clinical Psychopharmacology
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Contributors
- Foreword
- Preface
- Editor’s Note on Nomenclature
- Neuroscience-Based Nomenclature Glossary
- Abbreviations
- Part 1 Basic Science and General Principles
- Chapter 1 A Brief History of Psychopharmacology
- Chapter 2 Psychiatric Drug Discovery and Development
- Chapter 3 Neurotransmission and Mechanisms of Drug Action
- Chapter 4 Pharmacodynamics and Pharmacokinetics
- Chapter 5 Pharmacogenomics and Psychopharmacology
- Chapter 6 Good Clinical Practice in Psychopharmacology
- Part 2 Psychopharmacology of the Main Psychotropic Drug Groups
- Part 3 Specific Therapeutic Areas
- Index
- References
Chapter 1 - A Brief History of Psychopharmacology
from Part 1 - Basic Science and General Principles
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 29 May 2020
- Seminars in Clinical Psychopharmacology
- College Seminars Series
- Seminars in Clinical Psychopharmacology
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Contributors
- Foreword
- Preface
- Editor’s Note on Nomenclature
- Neuroscience-Based Nomenclature Glossary
- Abbreviations
- Part 1 Basic Science and General Principles
- Chapter 1 A Brief History of Psychopharmacology
- Chapter 2 Psychiatric Drug Discovery and Development
- Chapter 3 Neurotransmission and Mechanisms of Drug Action
- Chapter 4 Pharmacodynamics and Pharmacokinetics
- Chapter 5 Pharmacogenomics and Psychopharmacology
- Chapter 6 Good Clinical Practice in Psychopharmacology
- Part 2 Psychopharmacology of the Main Psychotropic Drug Groups
- Part 3 Specific Therapeutic Areas
- Index
- References
Summary
The Oxford English Dictionary defines psychopharmacology as ‘the scientific study of the effect of drugs on the mind and behaviour’ (Oxford English Dictionary Online, 2018). The earliest reference to the term was in 1548 when Reinhard Lorichius published the prayer book Psychopharmakon, hoc est Medicina Animae (Lehmann, 1993; Wolman, 1977). Lorichius coined the term ‘psychopharmakon’ to refer to spiritual medicine that could reduce human suffering. The word psychopharmacology was first used in a scientific paper in 1920 by a pharmacologist working at Johns Hopkins University who wrote a short paper entitled Contributions to psychopharmacology (Macht, 1920).
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- Seminars in Clinical Psychopharmacology , pp. 1 - 34Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2020