Changes in 'withdrawal symptoms' following discontinuation of low-dose diazepam

Psychopharmacology

Volumn 125, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 392-397

  Hayward, Peter ^a   Wardle, Jane ^a   Higgitt, Anna ^a   Gray, Jeffrey ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Benzodiazepines; Diazepam; Placebo; Withdrawal symptoms

Indexed keywords

BENZODIAZEPINE; DIAZEPAM; PLACEBO;

ADULT; AGORAPHOBIA; AMNESIA; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG USE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RATING SCALE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TASTE DISORDER; VISUAL DISORDER; WITHDRAWAL SYNDROME;

ADULT; AGORAPHOBIA; ANTI-ANXIETY AGENTS; ANXIETY DISORDERS; DIAZEPAM; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SUBSTANCE WITHDRAWAL SYNDROME;

EID: 0029973104     PISSN: 00333158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02246023     Document Type: Article

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