Talk:Psychiatric medications

Hay Stop! This is just a duplication of psychiatric drugs.--Aspro 03:17, 19 February 2006 (UTC)

Is this in reference to my recent edit ?
I disagree the two topics are duplications of one another (although currently pages are confusing and poorly distinguished)
I agree the other page is more substantial, but I think the terms are different - namely Psychiatric drugs (which redirects to Psychopharmacology) is about any substances having an effect on the brain (whether those used by doctors, or illegal drugs such as LSD), whereas 'Psychaitric Medications' suggests a subset of chemicals that are clinically used by psychiatrists (& other doctors) specifically to treate a psychiatric illness (ie these are treatments rather than just having an unspecified effect on brain).
I suspect that specific sections on drugs in Psychiatric drugs/Psychopharmacology be moved:
- Psychopharmacology is the study of Psychoactive drugs, so details on specific drugs should be not be under under a scientific discipline, but rather under a subject matter (ie links from the main page of Psychoactive drugs) (this is like moving 'limestone' inappropriately under 'geology', to a more sensible sub-level under 'types of rocks')
- Those drugs used therapeutically would be better under the sub-topic of Psychiatric Medications (linked to by main 'Psychoactive drug' page).
- Those drugs not used clinically should refered to from the 'Psychoactive drug' page (with details not duplicated from individual topic pages and perhaps Controlled drug). David Ruben ^Talk 03:59, 19 February 2006 (UTC)