Mania precipitated by benzodiazepine withdrawal
- 1 April 1989
- journal article
- case report
- Published by Wiley in Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica
- Vol. 79 (4) , 406-407
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1600-0447.1989.tb10277.x
Abstract
– A case of mania following abrupt benzodiazepine withdrawal in an 83‐year‐old woman is described. It is argued that the withdrawal state acted as a significant life event in precipitating the manic episode.Keywords
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