The benzodiazepines are still extensively used in psychiatry, neurology and medicine in
general. Anxiety disorder and severe insomnia are important syndromal indications, but …

Benzodiazepines, the most widely used of all drugs, are powerful anxiolytics,
anticonvulsants and muscle relaxants. Dependence is difficult to induce in animals but has …

Long-term, normal-dose benzodiazepine treatment was discontinued in 16 patients who
were suspected of being dependent on their medication. The withdrawal was gradual …

Background: The use of psychotropic medications and its association with sleep and
psychiatric and physical illnesses were studied in the general population. Method: A cross …

Lithium is widely used, and most of its side effects are well established and recognized.
Persistent neurologic sequelae or dysfunctions are not common, but they are serious side …

The relationship between arousal and phobic anxiety is discussed with regard to recent
psychophysiological studies of habituation in normal subjects and in groups of anxious and …

• Schizophrenic patients were tested on psychophysiologic measures within their homes
and in the laboratory. Sweat gland activity and heart rate changes when patients encounter …

Abstract 90 PATIENTS CONSISTING OF 5 GROUPS-ANXIETY-WITH-DEPRESSION,
ANXIETY STATE, AGORAPHOBIA, SOCIAL PHOBIA, AND SPECIFIC …

METHODS MEASUREMENT OF SKIN RESISTANCE The technique for the measurement of
skin resistance has been reported in full elsewhere (Lader, 1964) and the following is a …

Thirty drug-free patients suffering from chronic anxiety states were compared with 30 normal
controls matched for age, sex, and social class on a variety of physiological and …