PSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY: A HISTORICAL APPROACH

Authors

  • Carmen Torres Bares
  • Mª Dolores Escarabajal Arrieta
Keywords: psychopharmacology, concept, history, psychology, psyquiatry, neuroleptics, antidepressives, anxiolytics

Abstract

Psychopharmacology can be defined as a scientific discipline that studies drugs able to modify the behaviour and the mental function through its action on the neuroendocrine system. Pharmacology, biochemistry, psychiatry and psychology share their interest for this multidisciplinary field of knowledge, devoted to the analysis of the substances that alter those functions of the nervous system that are shown on the organism’s behaviour. This paper reviews the theoretical concept of psychopharmacology, and the main historical events that occurred in clinical psychiatry, laboratory pharmacological research, and behavioural studies conducted in both animals and human beings.

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Author Biographies

Carmen Torres Bares

Universidad de Jaén

Mª Dolores Escarabajal Arrieta

Universidad de Jaén
How to Cite
Torres Bares, C., & Escarabajal Arrieta, M. D. (2005). PSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY: A HISTORICAL APPROACH. Anales de Psicología / Annals of Psychology, 21(2), 199–212. Retrieved from https://revistas.um.es/analesps/article/view/26801
Issue
Vol. 21 No. 2 (2005)
Section
History of Psychology

 

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