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The use of benzodiazepines in schizophrenia: a review

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  16 April 2020

PM Llorca ,
MA Wolf  and
JP Estorges
PM Llorca
Affiliation:
Service de Psychiatrie d'Adultes, Hôpital Sainte-Marguerite, Bd de Ste-Marguerite, 13009Marseilles, France
MA Wolf
Affiliation:
Centre Hospitalier Robert Giffard, Québec, Canada
JP Estorges
Affiliation:
Service de Psychiatrie d'Adultes, Hôpital Sainte-Marguerite, Bd de Ste-Marguerite, 13009Marseilles, France
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Summary

Benzodiazepines were first used in schizophrenia because of their anxiolytic properties. At high doses, or in association with neuroleptics, diazepam and estazolam also appears to exhibit an antihallucinatory effect, whereas alprazolam preferably acts on negative symptomatology due to its antidepressant properties.

Keywords

benzodiazepineschizophrenianegative symptoms
Type
Review article
Information
European Psychiatry , Volume 6 , Issue 5 , 1991 , pp. 217 - 222
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Copyright © Elsevier, Paris 1991

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