CHLORDIAZEPOXIDE : AN EFFECTIVE ADJUNCT TO PSYCHOTHERAPY OF THE NEUROTIC STATES

S. GEORGE BROWNAuthors Info & Affiliations

Publication: American Journal of Psychiatry

Volume 119, Number 8

https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.119.8.774

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Psychotherapy was facilitated in two significant regards: 1) through the alleviation of anxiety, and relaxation without oversedation, chlordiazepoxide markedly augmented patient-therapist communication, thereby promoting better insight, making constructive therapy possible; 2) through its psychological protection against the threat of anxiety, the patient was fortified against stress-provoking situations encountered between office visits.

In none of this group would it have been possible for chlordiazepoxide or psychotherapy alone to effect as promptly the degree of benefit that their combination achieved. As an adjunct to psychotherapy this agent fulfills a long-recognized need.

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American Journal of Psychiatry

Volume 119 • Number 8 • February 1963

Pages: 774 - 775

PubMed: 14016041

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Published in print: February 1963

Published online: 1 April 2006

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S. GEORGE BROWN

Private neuropsychiatric practice, Concord, N. H.

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CHLORDIAZEPOXIDE : AN EFFECTIVE ADJUNCT TO PSYCHOTHERAPY OF THE NEUROTIC STATES

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