mood stabiliser

English

Alternative forms

• mood stabilizer

Noun

mood stabiliser (plural mood stabilisers)

1. (pharmacology) Drug that stabilises mood; used often in bipolar disorder.
   • 2008, Barbara Kozier, Fundamentals of Nursing: Concepts, Process and Practice, Pearson Education, →ISBN, page 191:

     Lithium has been used as a mood stabiliser for 50 years but its action mechanism is still unclear.