Open AccessBenzodiazepines as a Monotherapy in Depressive Disorders: A Systematic Review
Author(s) -
Giada Benasi,
Jenny Guidi,
Emanuela Offidani,
Richard Balon,
Karl Rickels,
Giovanni A. Fava
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
psychotherapy and psychosomatics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.531
H-Index - 98
eISSN - 1423-0348
pISSN - 0033-3190
DOI - 10.1159/000486696
Subject(s) - placebo , randomized controlled trial , meta analysis , antidepressant , depression (economics) , psychiatry , major depressive disorder , medicine , psychology , anxiety , alternative medicine , cognition , pathology , economics , macroeconomics
The aim of this paper was to perform a systematic review and, when feasible, a meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials (RCT) which used benzodiazepines (BZD) as a monotherapy versus placebo, antidepressant drugs (AD), or both.
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