Interventions to improve benzodiazepine tapering success in the elderly: a systematic review.

CONCLUSIONS: Patient education is a successful, time- and cost-effective intervention that can significantly help with benzodiazepine discontinuation success. CBT may also be an effective approach. However, cost can be an issue since public healthcare coverage in Canada does not cover psychotherapy. More research is needed in looking at pharmaceutical adjuvants and their role in assisting with benzodiazepine discontinuation. PMID: 29336611 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

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Source: Aging and Mental Health - January 16, 2018 Category: Geriatrics Authors: Dou C, Rebane J, Bardal S Tags: Aging Ment Health Source Type: research