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Benzodiazepines and the Behaviour Therapist: Managing Withdrawal and the Problems of Concurrent Treatment with these Drugs

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  16 June 2009

Edgar Miller
Edgar Miller
Affiliation:
Department of Clinical Psychology, Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge
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Many of the clients being treated by behaviour therapists will also be taking benzodiazepines. The use of these drugs may interact with the problems presented to the behaviour therapist and complicate treatment. In addition the behaviour therapist may be asked to help in managing withdrawal in those who have become dependent on benzodiazepines. The evidence relating to the effects of these drugs and their withdrawal reactions is discussed and suggestions made as to how withdrawal might best be managed.

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Research Article
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Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapy , Volume 14 , Issue 1 , January 1986 , pp. 1 - 12
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Copyright © British Association for Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapies 1986

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