Role of Benzodiazepines in Anxiety Disorders.


Journal

Advances in experimental medicine and biology
ISSN: 0065-2598
Titre abrégé: Adv Exp Med Biol
Pays: United States
ID NLM: 0121103

Informations de publication

Date de publication:
2020
Historique:
entrez: 1 2 2020
pubmed: 1 2 2020
medline: 11 2 2020
Statut: ppublish

Résumé

This chapter reviews the role of benzodiazepines (BZs) in the treatment of anxiety disorders, specifically panic disorder with or without agoraphobia, generalized anxiety disorder, and social anxiety disorder (social phobia). BZs pharmacology, classification, efficacy, adverse effects, withdrawal symptoms, possible dependence, and abuse; their positioning among pharmacological treatment; and guidance on how to use them are discussed.

Identifiants

pubmed: 32002938
doi: 10.1007/978-981-32-9705-0_20
doi:

Substances chimiques

Benzodiazepines 12794-10-4

Types de publication

Journal Article Review

Langues

eng

Sous-ensembles de citation

IM

Pagination

367-388

Auteurs

Richard Balon (R)

Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Neurosciences and Anesthesiology, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI, USA. rbalon@wayne.edu.

Vladan Starcevic (V)

Discipline of Psychiatry, Nepean Clinical School, Sydney Medical School, Faculty of Medicine and Health, University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia.

Articles similaires

[Redispensing of expensive oral anticancer medicines: a practical application].

Lisanne N van Merendonk, Kübra Akgöl, Bastiaan Nuijen
1.00
Humans Antineoplastic Agents Administration, Oral Drug Costs Counterfeit Drugs

Smoking Cessation and Incident Cardiovascular Disease.

Jun Hwan Cho, Seung Yong Shin, Hoseob Kim et al.
1.00
Humans Male Smoking Cessation Cardiovascular Diseases Female
Humans United States Aged Cross-Sectional Studies Medicare Part C
1.00
Humans Yoga Low Back Pain Female Male

Classifications MeSH