Definition of "neuropsychopharmacology" [neuropsychopharmacology]

• The clinical and scientific study of the physiological and psychological properties of agents acting within the central nervous system (noun)

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• "It is very clear that there is a significant under-funding of research, said David Nutt, professor of neuropsychopharmacology at Imperial College London and a past president of the European college."
• "Drug companies have always had difficulty making money from neuroscience, "because researching the brain is a riskier enterprise, with lower successful hit rates and higher risks of failure than some other therapeutic areas," says David Nutt , professor of neuropsychopharmacology at Imperial College London and president-designate of the British Neuroscience Association."
• "Trained as a clinical research fellow in neuropsychopharmacology at NIMH, he later returned as Chief of the Psychosocial Treatments Research Branch, responsible for all federally supported psychosocial treatment research in mental health nationwide."