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Psycho-pharmacologically? #1 (permalink) Tue Feb 21, 2006 8:27 am   Psycho-pharmacologically?
 

What does "psycho-pharmacologically" mean as I read "I didn't have ANYthing to do, psycho-pharmacologically speaking, and was wondering about all the HYPE that drinking gets...."
What a complicated and abstract word! Shocked

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NO drugs #2 (permalink) Tue Feb 21, 2006 9:57 am   NO drugs
 

This seems to be just a sophisticated way of saying:

'I was not involved with drugs'
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General meaning? #3 (permalink) Tue Feb 21, 2006 19:28 pm   General meaning?
 

How about the word psycho-pharmacologically itself? What does it mean? Does it mean something like taking medicine to treat emotional problems? How can this adverb be used?
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Psychopharmacologically #4 (permalink) Tue Feb 21, 2006 23:30 pm   Psychopharmacologically
 

I think you've described the word quite well, since you have pretty much summarised the dictionary definition:

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psychopharmacology,
in its broadest sense, the study of all pharmacological agents that affect mental and emotional functions. The term is usually applied more specifically to the study and synthesis of drugs used in the control of psychiatric illnesses, namely the antipsychotic, antianxiety, antidepressant, and antimanic medications. The widespread use of drugs among individuals suffering from mental illness is a relatively recent phenomenon, developing since the 1950s.

As for the adverb, you'll find plenty of examples of its use on Google.
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