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1960 L. E. Hinsie & R. J. Campbell Psychiatric Dict. (ed. 3) 751/1 Four classes of tranquilizing drugs are generally recognised:... Classes (3) and (4) [sc. substituted propanediols and diphenylmethane derivatives] are sometimes called minor tranquilizers or psycholeptica..; their principal effect is on the psyche to reduce anxiety.

1968 Brit. Jrnl. Psychiatry 114 951/2 Malignant anxiety states described by Lambo and other different acute native anxiety neurosis responded adequately to supportive psychotherapy, M.A.O.I. and minor tranquillizers.

1991 W. Styron Darkness Visible i. 8 Aided by the minor tranquilizer Halcion, I had managed to defeat my insomnia and get a few hours' sleep.

1994 Brit. National Formulary (Brit. Med. Assoc.) 27 141/1 Anxiolytics, particularly the benzodiazepines, have been termed ‘minor tranquillisers’. This term is misleading because not only do they differ markedly from the antipsychotic drugs (‘major tranquillisers’) but their use is by no means minor.