<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><xml><records><record><source-app name="HighWire" version="7.x">Drupal-HighWire</source-app><ref-type name="Journal Article">17</ref-type><contributors><authors><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Cormack, M. A.</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Sinnott, A.</style></author></authors><secondary-authors></secondary-authors></contributors><titles><title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Psychological alternatives to long-term benzodiazepine use</style></title><secondary-title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">The Journal of the Royal College of General Practitioners</style></secondary-title></titles><dates><year><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">1983</style></year><pub-dates><date><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">1983-05-01 00:00:00</style></date></pub-dates></dates><pages><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">279-281</style></pages><volume><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">33</style></volume><issue><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">250</style></issue><abstract><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">The aim of the study was to evaluate the effectiveness of psychological management of anxiety as an alternative to long-term benzodiazepine medication. Fifty patients were identified who had been taking benzodiazepines continuously for at least one year. No significant differences were found between patients who joined a treatment group and patients who were simply advised by letter to cut down their pills. Patients gave a variety of reasons for initially requiring medication and somewhat different reasons for needing to maintain chemotherapy, which suggested that pill-taking might be self-maintaining through withdrawal symptoms.</style></abstract></record></records></xml>