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- noun Plural form of
psychostimulant .
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Examples
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In short, cholinesterase inhibitors +/- psychostimulants are considered optimal by some clinicians, and where N=1, we can swear they work dramatically.
Decisions 1 Dinosaur 2008
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Also, a famous user was the prolific mathematician Paul Erdős, who spent much of his restless life on psychostimulants.
Archive 2007-03-01 Cliff Pickover 2007
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Also, a famous user was the prolific mathematician Paul Erdős, who spent much of his restless life on psychostimulants.
Benzedrine in popular culture Cliff Pickover 2007
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“But I think…I think I only put one of the psychostimulants in the pack,” Marshall continued.
Mind Games Paul Ruditis 2006
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“But I think…I think I only put one of the psychostimulants in the pack,” Marshall continued.
Mind Games Paul Ruditis 2006
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When I started working with these children in the early 1970s, mainly psychostimulants were prescribed.
A Mind at a Time M.D. Mel Levine 2002
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When I started working with these children in the early 1970s, mainly psychostimulants were prescribed.
A Mind at a Time M.D. Mel Levine 2002
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There is no compelling evidence that psychostimulants are helpful in depression, and their energizing effects without relief of depression may increase the risk for suicidal patients.
The Neuropsychiatric Guide to Modern Everyday Psychiatry Michael Alan Taylor 1993
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In the short term, they can facilitate a child's ability to read - undoubtedly a crucial benefit - but Rapport says longitudinal studies have failed to show that Ritalin or other psychostimulants have consistent long-term behavioral effects.
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He took psychostimulants to help him focus, but wanted to learn to live without them.
The Seattle Times 2011
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