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- noun Plural form of
antipsychotic .
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Examples
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Meanwhile, Zyprexa remains one of several so-called antipsychotics drugs that are too often given without rational, ethical or scientific justification to subdue children throughout the United States.
Dr. Peter Breggin: A Hero Protects America's Children from Psychiatric Abuse 2009
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NEUROLEPTIC drugs - now known as antipsychotics - were first developed in the 1950s for use in psychotic disorders, who previously might have received surgical lobotomies.
NYT > Home Page By DUFF WILSON 2010
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Drugs referred to as antipsychotics, for example, dampen down thoughts and emotions, which may be helpful in someone with psychosis.
British Blogs 2009
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After analyzing 22 international studies, researchers at the University of British Columbia found that seniors on sedating drugs such as antidepressants, antipsychotics, which is often used to treat schizophrenia and sedative-hypnotics were one-and-a - half times more likely to take a slip compared to those not consuming such drugs.
CTV News RSS Feed 2009
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After analyzing 22 international studies, researchers at the University of British Columbia found that seniors on sedating drugs such as antidepressants, antipsychotics, which is often used to treat schizophrenia and sedative-hypnotics were one-and-a - half times more likely to take a slip compared to those not consuming such drugs.
CTV News RSS Feed 2009
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"The antipsychotics are a godsend," said Dr. Alan Manevitz, a psychiatrist at Lenox Hill Hospital in New York who was not involved in the study.
AroundTheCapitol.com 2009
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In the article, C&EN Assistant Editor Carmen Drahl notes that existing medications for schizophrenia, so-called antipsychotics, help ease some symptoms, such as hallucinations and disorganized speech.
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In the article, C&EN Assistant Editor Carmen Drahl notes that existing medications for schizophrenia, so-called antipsychotics, help ease some symptoms, such as hallucinations and disorganized speech.
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In Soviet Russia, psychiatrists sometimes collaborated with the repressive regime by locking up dissidents in mental hospitals and injecting them with powerful psychotropic drugs, "antipsychotics" designed to treat schizophrenia.
Involuntary Drugging of Deportees: Part of a Pattern of Misuse of Health Professions 2008
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They also included medications from a number of other categories, such as antipsychotics and anticonvulsants, depending on the psychiatric or behavioral diagnosis of the child.
Gaea Times (by Simple Thoughts) Breaking News and incisive views 24/7 2010
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