Benzodiazepines and disinhibition: A review

Psychiatric Bulletin

Volumn 26, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 460-462

  Paton, Carol ^a  

^a OXLEAS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; ALPRAZOLAM; AMPHETAMINE; BARBITURIC ACID DERIVATIVE; BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; CHLORDIAZEPOXIDE; CHOLINESTERASE INHIBITOR; CLONAZEPAM; CLORAZEPATE; DIAZEPAM; FLUMAZENIL; FLUNITRAZEPAM; FLURAZEPAM; IMIPRAMINE; LORAZEPAM; METHYLPHENIDATE; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT; OXAZEPAM; PHYSOSTIGMINE; PLACEBO; SEDATIVE AGENT; TEMAZEPAM; TRIAZOLAM;

ADULT; AGED; AGGRESSION; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALERTNESS; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; BORDERLINE STATE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DELIRIUM; DEPRESSION; DRUG BINDING; DRUG HALF LIFE; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG MEGADOSE; DRUG OVERDOSE; DRUG POTENCY; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG USE; HEREDITY; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HOSTILITY; HUMAN; IMPULSE CONTROL DISORDER; LEARNING DISORDER; MEDLINE; MENTAL HEALTH; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NONHUMAN; PANIC; PATIENT MONITORING; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOSIS; RISK FACTOR; SEXUAL AROUSAL; SIDE EFFECT; TRANQUILIZING ACTIVITY; VIVID DREAM;

EID: 0036897827     PISSN: 09556036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1192/pb.26.12.460     Document Type: Article

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