Emergence of hostility during alprazolam treatment
- 1 June 1984
- journal article
- case report
- Published by American Psychiatric Association Publishing in American Journal of Psychiatry
- Vol. 141 (6) , 792-793
- https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.141.6.792
Abstract
Of 80 patients given alprazolam, eight became hostile early in treatment. The authors suggest that alprazolam-induced hostility may be more likely in patients with well-suppressed chronic anger and resentment and cite reports of hostility associated with other benzodiazepines.Keywords
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