《精神藥理學(xué)》是一份國(guó)際性的研究和學(xué)術(shù)期刊，其目標(biāo)是涵蓋解釋藥物影響行為機(jī)制的一般領(lǐng)域，這兩個(gè)術(shù)語都是廣義上的。該雜志的范圍從臨床精神藥理學(xué)(包括臨床試驗(yàn))擴(kuò)展到對(duì)藥物對(duì)人類認(rèn)知和行為影響的實(shí)驗(yàn)研究，以及對(duì)實(shí)驗(yàn)動(dòng)物的實(shí)驗(yàn)室研究。所涉及的研究方法(技術(shù))可能從神經(jīng)化學(xué)分析和電生理記錄到功能神經(jīng)成像的研究以及實(shí)驗(yàn)心理學(xué)和行為學(xué)以及臨床神經(jīng)學(xué)和精神病學(xué)的方法。《華爾街日?qǐng)?bào)》對(duì)整合這些層次分析的文章特別感興趣。

Psychopharmacology is an international journal of research and scholarship the aims of which are to cover the general area of elucidating mechanisms by which drugs affect behavior both terms intended in the broadest sense. The scope of the Journal extends from clinical psychopharmacology (including trials) to experimental studies on the effects of drugs on cognition and behavior in humans and laboratory studies in experimental animals. The research methodologies (techniques covered) may range from neurochemical assays and electrophysiological recording to studies of functional neuro-imaging and the methods of experimental psychology and ethology as well as clinical neurology and psychiatry. The journal is particularly interested in articles that integrate these levels of analysis.