Psychopharmacotherapy


[sahy-koh-fahr-muh-koh-ther-uh-pee] /ˌsaɪ koʊˌfɑr mə koʊˈθɛr ə pi/
noun
1.
the use of psychoactive drugs in the symptomatic treatment or control of mental disorders or psychiatric disease.

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