Sentence examples for psychotropic from inspiring English sources

Only 10.8% of the children are on psychotropic drugs, which is lower than in other states, where as many as one-third of the wards are on such drugs.

THEY are the world's biggest producers of wine; they guzzle, on average, more psychotropic medicines such as sleeping pills, anti-depressants and tranquillisers than any other nation; and half their 18-year-olds are said to be steady smokers.

SPENDING time in Russia is a bit like taking the psychotropic anti-malarial drug Lariam: anyone with a propensity to anxiety should probably avoid it.

Ongoing research is investigating whether other psychotropic medications may be of use for recovery from anorexia.

However, most of his later research focused on the psychotropic qualities of various plants and fungi.

Drugs that affect the mind are called psychotropic and can be divided into three categories: antipsychotic drugs, antianxiety agents, and antidepressant drugs.

Apart from possible synergistic effects of cannabis with other psychotropic medications, such as sedatives and hypnotics, there are no known major drug-drug interactions.

The two most important and widespread by far are psychotherapy and psychotropic medication, specifically antidepressants.

"Given their lack of benefit, I estimate we could stop almost all psychotropic drugs without causing harm - by dropping all antidepressants, ADHD drugs, and dementia drugs (as the small effects are probably the result of unblinding bias) and using only a fraction of the antipsychotics and benzodiazepines we currently use," he wrote.

Because psychotropic drugs are immensely harmful when used long-term, they should almost exclusively be used in acute situations and always with a firm plan for tapering off, which can be difficult for many patients".

The foliage of the P. viridis shrub contains the psychoactive agent N,N-Dimethyltryptamine, or DMT, which intensifies and prolongs the psychotropic effects of ayahuasca consumption.