Drugs that calm people at lower doses and help them to fall asleep at higher doses are called:

A) sedative-hypnotic drugs.
B) antidepressants.
C) antipsychotics.
D) sleeping pills.

Sedative-Hypnotic Drugs

Drugs used in low doses to calm people and in higher doses to help people sleep.

Antipsychotics

Medications primarily used to manage psychosis, including delusions, hallucinations, paranoid or bizarre thoughts, and disordered thinking.

Antidepressants

Medications designed to alleviate symptoms of depression by regulating brain chemicals.