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Long‐term benzodiazepine users—a mixed bag
Author(s) -
KING MICHAEL B.
Publication year - 1994
Publication title -
addiction
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.424
H-Index - 193
eISSN - 1360-0443
pISSN - 0965-2140
DOI - 10.1111/j.1360-0443.1994.tb03731.x
Subject(s) - benzodiazepine , term (time) , psychology , street drugs , consumption (sociology) , psychiatry , illicit drug , social psychology , medicine , drug , sociology , physics , receptor , quantum mechanics , social science
In this article it is argued that long‐term benzodiazepine (BZD) users can be classified into four broad groups, namely medical, daytime, night‐time and polydrug users. Although the groups are not exhaustive or mutually exclusive, such a classification may go some way to clarify our understanding of the complex psychological and sociological phenomena involved in long‐term consumption of BZDs.