The Benzodiazepine Withdrawal Symptom Questionnaire: Psychometric evaluation during a discontinuation program in depressed chronic benzodiazepine users in general practice

Addiction

Volumn 97, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 337-345

  Couvée, Jaap E ^a   Zitman, Frans G ^b  

^a GLAXOSMITHKLINE   (Netherlands)

^b LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Benzodiazepines; BWSQ; Discontinuation; Principal component analysis; Self report questionnaire; Withdrawal symptoms

Indexed keywords

BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE;

ADULT; AGED; AMNESIA; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DRUG DEPENDENCE; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; DYSPHORIA; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYALGIA; PERCEPTION DISORDER; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELIABILITY; SCORING SYSTEM; SENSORY DYSFUNCTION; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; VALIDATION PROCESS; WITHDRAWAL SYNDROME;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTI-ANXIETY AGENTS; BENZODIAZEPINES; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSATION DISORDERS; SUBSTANCE WITHDRAWAL SYNDROME;

EID: 0036198654     PISSN: 09652140     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1360-0443.2002.00081.x     Document Type: Article

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