The Center for the Study of the History of Neuropsychopharmacology documents and promotes interest in the history of the field of Neuropsychopharmacology, the research field that studies brain and neural mechanisms, states of consciousness and mental illness, and the pharmacodynamics of psychoactive drugs. Our purpose is to inform the contemporary scientific and cultural understanding of this dynamic international field.

CSHN is a collaborative project of the American College of Neuropsychopharmacology (ACNP) and the Center for Social Medicine, part of the Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior.

Explore our website, where you can read about the lives and work of scientists who study the brain, mental illness, and psychoactive drugs, told in their own words; discover papers and documents describing their research and the history of the ACNP; and learn much more about this fascinating field and the people who work in it.