adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
drug
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This does not mean that psychotropic drugs have no role in the treatment of patients who might attempt suicide.
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There are strong indications Applewhite had a history of psychiatric disorders and was once under heavy medication with psychotropic drugs .
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The technique is less popular today, having been superseded by psychotropic drugs .
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Diagnosing people in distancing ways encourages the 26 use of dramatic interventions, such as psychotropic drugs and electroshock therapy.
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In many cases it is particularly important to discuss the reasons for not prescribing psychotropic drugs .
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The use of psychotropic drugs is a pervasive dimension of the medicalization of problems of living.
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Indeed, more often it is necessary to consider stopping psychotropic drugs already prescribed.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Although many patients are prescribed psychotropic medication, only a small proportion of these will go on to take an overdose.
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Diagnosing people in distancing ways encourages the 26 use of dramatic interventions, such as psychotropic drugs and electroshock therapy.
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In many cases it is particularly important to discuss the reasons for not prescribing psychotropic drugs.
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Of course, it should not be assumed that prescribing of psychotropic medication for such problems actually causes patients to take overdoses.
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The pattern of self-poisoning with prescribed drugs largely reflects general prescribing patterns of psychotropic medication.
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The technique is less popular today, having been superseded by psychotropic drugs.
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This does not mean that psychotropic drugs have no role in the treatment of patients who might attempt suicide.