The popularity of benzodiazepines, their advantages, and inadequate pharmacological alternatives-reply

Affiliations

¹ Department of Psychiatry, College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University and New York State Psychiatric Institute, New York.
² School of Management, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut.
³ Office of the Director, National Institute of Mental Health, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland.

Comment

Mark Olfson et al. JAMA Psychiatry. 2015 Jun.

. 2015 Jun;72(6):624.

doi: 10.1001/jamapsychiatry.2015.24.

¹ Department of Psychiatry, College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University and New York State Psychiatric Institute, New York.
² School of Management, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut.
³ Office of the Director, National Institute of Mental Health, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland.

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Benzodiazepine use in the United States.
Olfson M, King M, Schoenbaum M. Olfson M, et al. JAMA Psychiatry. 2015 Feb;72(2):136-42. doi: 10.1001/jamapsychiatry.2014.1763. JAMA Psychiatry. 2015. PMID: 25517224
The popularity of benzodiazepines, their advantages, and inadequate pharmacological alternatives.
Starcevic V. Starcevic V. JAMA Psychiatry. 2015 Jun;72(6):623-4. doi: 10.1001/jamapsychiatry.2014.3248. JAMA Psychiatry. 2015. PMID: 25830504 No abstract available.