Don't ask, don't tell, but benzodiazepines are still the leading treatments for anxiety disorder

Journal of Clinical Psychiatry

Volumn 63, Issue 9, 2002, Pages 756-757

  Stahl, Stephen M ^a  

^a NEUROSCIENCE EDUCATION INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; ALPRAZOLAM; AMFEBUTAMONE; AMITRIPTYLINE; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; BUSPIRONE; CITALOPRAM; CLONAZEPAM; DIAZEPAM; FLUOXETINE; LORAZEPAM; NEFAZODONE; PAROXETINE; SEROTONIN; SEROTONIN AGONIST; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR; SERTRALINE; VENLAFAXINE;

AFFECTIVE NEUROSIS; ANXIETY NEUROSIS; DRUG CLASSIFICATION; DRUG DEPENDENCE; DRUG INDICATION; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG POTENTIATION; FEAR; GABAERGIC SYSTEM; HUMAN; MOOD DISORDER; NEUROANATOMY; NEUROTRANSMISSION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY; REMISSION; SEDATION; SEROTONINERGIC SYSTEM; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION; SHORT SURVEY; SIDE EFFECT; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0036737026     PISSN: 01606689     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4088/JCP.v63n0901     Document Type: Short Survey

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