A silent crisis is unfolding in medicine, one that disproportionately affects women and has gone largely unchecked for decades. The overprescription of benzodiazepines, commonly known as tranquilizers ...
Prescription drugs like lorazepam — used to treat anxiety, panic attacks and sleep disorders — play a role in popular TV shows like “The White Lotus” and “The Pitt.” By Christina Caron Victoria ...
Like many clinical psychologists who specialize in exposure therapy for anxiety, I have a big beef with benzodiazepines. These fast-acting anxiety reducers (e.g., Xanax, Klonopin) are among the most ...
More than 30 million prescriptions for benzodiazepines are dispensed each year in the United States, yet as Vanderbilt University psychiatrist Alistair J. Reid Finlayson and four colleagues note in ...
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