BENZODIAZEPINES IN PSYCHOTIC STATES

Benzodiazepines are primarily used for the treatment of generalized anxiety disorder, insomnia and status epilepticus. These drugs can also be useful in hyperaroused states, catatonic stupor, manic episodes, and akathisia. This paper will review indications for their use in various psychotic conditi...

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Autores principales: Ananth, Jambur, Solano, Olusegun
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications 1993
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2978475/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21743606
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description Benzodiazepines are primarily used for the treatment of generalized anxiety disorder, insomnia and status epilepticus. These drugs can also be useful in hyperaroused states, catatonic stupor, manic episodes, and akathisia. This paper will review indications for their use in various psychotic conditions.
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spelling pubmed-29784752011-07-08 BENZODIAZEPINES IN PSYCHOTIC STATES Ananth, Jambur Solano, Olusegun Indian J Psychiatry Original Article Benzodiazepines are primarily used for the treatment of generalized anxiety disorder, insomnia and status epilepticus. These drugs can also be useful in hyperaroused states, catatonic stupor, manic episodes, and akathisia. This paper will review indications for their use in various psychotic conditions. Medknow Publications 1993 /pmc/articles/PMC2978475/ /pubmed/21743606 Text en Copyright: © Indian Journal of Psychiatry http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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title BENZODIAZEPINES IN PSYCHOTIC STATES
title_full BENZODIAZEPINES IN PSYCHOTIC STATES
title_fullStr BENZODIAZEPINES IN PSYCHOTIC STATES
title_full_unstemmed BENZODIAZEPINES IN PSYCHOTIC STATES
title_short BENZODIAZEPINES IN PSYCHOTIC STATES
title_sort benzodiazepines in psychotic states
topic Original Article
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2978475/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21743606
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