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J R Coll Gen Pract. 1989 April; 39(321): 160–163. | PMCID: PMC1711840 |
The benzodiazepine withdrawal syndrome and its management. S R Onyett Abstract The literature on benzodiazepine dependence and withdrawal is reviewed with an emphasis on social and psychological considerations. The problems of when to prescribe, identifying withdrawal symptoms, effective communication with the patient, the structure of withdrawal programmes, and the use of drugs, psychological approaches and other services are discussed. Full text Full text is available as a scanned copy of the original print version. Get a printable copy (PDF file) of the complete article (987K), or click on a page image below to browse page by page. Links to PubMed are also available for Selected References. These references are in PubMed. This may not be the complete list of references from this article. - Montgomery SA, Tyrer PJ. Benzodiazepines: time to withdraw. J R Coll Gen Pract. 1988 Apr;38(309):146–147. [PubMed]
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See letter "Management of benzodiazepine withdrawal." on page 304.