TY - CHAP PY - 2022// TI - Handbook of Anger, Aggression, and Violence ET - PB - Springer International Publishing VL - A1 - Eikelenboom-Schieveld, Selma J. M. A1 - Fogleman, James C. ED - Martin, Colin ED - Preedy, Victor R. ED - Patel, Vinood B. SP - 1 EP - 27 N2 - Psychotropic drugs were developed through serendipity. In Europe in the 1900s, promethazine was used to treat circulatory shock, when a French surgeon noticed patients on promethazine became calm and somnolent. From there, chlorpromazine, reserpine, and the benzodiazepines made their entry. These drugs were considered symptomatic treatments and were used irrespective of any underlying psychiatric diagnosis. Gradually, the idea took hold that these drugs were treating certain disorders instead of just sedating patients.

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