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A district benzodiazepine policy in practice

Prescribing changes over 19 months

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

D. G. Ramster and
A. J. Barber
D. G. Ramster
Affiliation:
Severalls Hospital, Boxted Road, Colchester, Essex
A. J. Barber
Affiliation:
Severalls Hospital, Boxted Road, Colchester, Essex
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It was decided to plan the introduction of a benzodiazepine policy in North East Essex when the result of a health authority survey of all local general practitioners in 1986 revealed a substantial dependence problem among patients in the area.

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Psychiatric Bulletin , Volume 13 , Issue 6 , June 1989, pp. 292 - 294
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