PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Cecil G. Helman
TI  - Patients' perceptions of psychotropic drugs
DP  - 1981 Feb 01
TA  - The Journal of the Royal College of General Practitioners
PG  - 107--112
VI  - 31
IP  - 223
4099  - http://bjgp.org/content/31/223/107.short
4100  - http://bjgp.org/content/31/223/107.full
SO  - J R Coll Gen Pract1981 Feb 01; 31
AB  - This pilot study examined patients' perceptions of, and attitudes towards, psychotropic drug-taking. Fifty chronic users of benzodiazepines in two Middlesex group practices were interviewed, and data were collected on their knowledge, experience and expectations of these drugs. The data suggest that psychotropic drug-taking has become an important part of many patients' self-image and of their social relationships, and that these factors should be taken into account when dealing with psychological dependence on psychotropic drugs.