Why benzodiazepines are not going away: Commentary on… Benzodiazepines for Anxiety Disorders
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Summary Benzodiazepines are still widely prescribed in psychiatry, mainly for the treatment of anxiety-related disorders. This is not because they are only taken by a hard core component of patients who are addicted and do not need them; it is because they remain the most effective and rapid acting of all drug treatments. Strategies for practitioners to use them more confidently are described.
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Benzodiazepines and other anxiolytics might reduce suicidal behaviour through their effects on anxiety.
“Benzodiazepines and other anxiolytics might be expected to reduce suicidal behaviour through their specific effects on anxiety (Tyrer 2012).”
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- Authors
- Tyrer, P.
- Affiliations
- Centre for Mental Health (GB)
- Corresponding author
- Tyrer, Peter
- ORCID
- Tyrer, Peter
- Venue
- Advances in Psychiatric Treatment
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press (CUP)
- Published
- 2012-07
- Volume
- 18
- Issue
- 4
- Pages
- 259-262
- ISSN
- 1355-5146 (ISSN-L)
- 1472-1481
- OpenAlex
- W2316890607
- Cited by
- 12
- References
- 23
- Citations by year
- 2023: 1 · 2022: 1 · 2021: 2 · 2020: 3 · 2017: 1 · 2015: 2 · 2014: 1 · 2013: 1
- FWCI
- 1.71
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- bronze
- doi.org
- Locations
- Advances in Psychiatric Treatment (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes
- Physical Sciences › Chemistry › Organic Chemistry › Synthesis and pharmacology of benzodiazepine derivatives
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Pharmacology › Treatment of Major Depression
- Keywords
- benzodiazepines, anxiety disorders, drug prescribing, benzodiazepine dependence, treatment effectiveness
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