TY - JOUR
T1 - The complex clinical picture of benzodiazepine misuse
AU - Bharadwaj, Rahul Subramanian
PY - 2014
Y1 - 2014
N2 - Letter to the editor: Ten to 15% of the population use benzodiazepines in any given year, and 2% use benzodiazepines chronically. However, benzodiazepine use disorder is more prevalent in individuals who abuse other substances [1]. The following case describes a young man who presented several times to our hospital over a 6-month period and highlights the complex and risky clinical picture that can result from benzodiazepine misuse.
AB - Letter to the editor: Ten to 15% of the population use benzodiazepines in any given year, and 2% use benzodiazepines chronically. However, benzodiazepine use disorder is more prevalent in individuals who abuse other substances [1]. The following case describes a young man who presented several times to our hospital over a 6-month period and highlights the complex and risky clinical picture that can result from benzodiazepine misuse.
UR - http://handle.uws.edu.au:8081/1959.7/551799
U2 - 10.1016/j.genhosppsych.2014.04.002
DO - 10.1016/j.genhosppsych.2014.04.002
M3 - Article
SN - 0163-8343
VL - 36
SP - e5-e6
JO - General Hospital Psychiatry
JF - General Hospital Psychiatry
IS - 4
ER -