Open AccessBenzodiazepine anti-anxiety agents: prevalence and correlates of use in a southern community.
Author(s) -
M S Swartz,
Richard Landerman,
Linda K. George,
Mary Lou Melville,
Dan G. Blazer,
Kenneth J. Smith
Publication year - 1991
Publication title -
american journal of public health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.284
H-Index - 264
eISSN - 1541-0048
pISSN - 0090-0036
DOI - 10.2105/ajph.81.5.592
Subject(s) - anxiety , agoraphobia , benzodiazepine , marital status , population , psychiatry , logistic regression , anxiety disorder , medicine , demography , psychology , confounding , panic disorder , clinical psychology , environmental health , receptor , sociology
Benzodiazepine anti-anxiety agents are the most widely prescribed psychotherapeutic drugs in the United States today. Recent evidence, however, suggests that their use may be decreasing.
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