Long-term use of benzodiazepines in participants with comorbid anxiety and alcohol use disorders

Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research

Volumn 29, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 1411-1418

  Mueller, Timothy I ^a,e   Pagano, Maria E ^b   Rodriguez, Benjamin F ^c   Bruce, Steven E ^b   Stout, Robert L ^d   Keller, Martin B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Pacific Institute for Research and Evaluation   (United States)

^e SOUTHERN ARIZONA VA HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

Alcohol Use Disorders; Anxiety; Anxiety Disorders; Benzodiazepines; Comorbid Alcohol Dependence; Harvard Anxiety Research Program

Indexed keywords

ALPRAZOLAM; BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; BUSPIRONE; CHLORDIAZEPOXIDE; CLONAZEPAM; CLORAZEPATE; DIAZEPAM; FLURAZEPAM; LORAZEPAM; OXAZEPAM; PRAZEPAM; TEMAZEPAM; TRIAZOLAM;

ALCOHOL ABUSE; ALCOHOLISM; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; DISEASE COURSE; DRUG INDICATION; DRUG USE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RECURRENT DISEASE;

ADULT; ALCOHOLISM; ANXIETY DISORDERS; BENZODIAZEPINES; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LONG-TERM CARE; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RECURRENCE; SUBSTANCE WITHDRAWAL SYNDROME;

EID: 24144469126     PISSN: 01456008     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.alc.0000175016.01790.f1     Document Type: Article

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