GENERAL ISSUES OF MODERN PSYCHOPHARMACOTHERAPY

Resumo

The principal stages of formation of modern psychopharmacology are presented. It is emphasized that psychotropic drugs have produced a revolution in psychiatry, have created the prerequisites for the development of so-called biological psychiatry, and have contributed to the restructuring of mental illness and organization principles of medical care of psychiatric patients. The article is dedicated to the general characteristics of clinico-pharmacological action of psychopharmacological drugs and approaches to its fundamental analysis.