Clinical Review
Posttraumatic Stress Disorder and Benzodiazepines: A Myth Agreed Upon
Fed Pract. 2010 September;27(9):12
Author(s):
Roth LS
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Lorraine Sharon Roth, MD
Dr. Roth is an assistant professor in the Department of Psychiatry at Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science, The Chicago Medical School and an attending psychiatrist at the North Chicago VA Medical Center, both in North Chicago, Illinois.
Recognizing that benzodiazepines have definite abuse and dependence potential, they possibly treat PTSD-associated anxiety and insomnia better than any other class of drugs. This author challenges the fact that they are so persistently viewed through a negative lens.