Psychoactive vs Antipsychotic - What's the difference?

psychoactive | antipsychotic |


In pharmacology terms the difference between psychoactive and antipsychotic

is that psychoactive is affecting the mind or mental processes while antipsychotic is any of a group of drugs used to treat psychosis.

As a noun antipsychotic is

any of a group of drugs used to treat psychosis.

psychoactive

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • (pharmacology) Affecting the mind or mental processes.
    • LSD and DMT are psychoactive drugs.

    Synonyms

    * psychotropic

    Related terms

    * psychoactivity ----

    antipsychotic

    English

    (wikipedia antipsychotic)

    Adjective

    (-)
  • (pharmacology) Preventing or counteracting psychosis.

    • Synonyms

    * neuroleptic

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (pharmacology) Any of a group of drugs used to treat psychosis.

    • Synonyms

    * neuroleptic

    Hyponyms

    * See also