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Benzodiazepines

by Lee K, Freeburn B, Ella S, Miller W, Perry J, Conigrave K

Abstract

This chapter is from the Handbook for Aboriginal alcohol and drug work and provides information for alcohol and other drug (AOD) workers on benzodiazepines, including:

• benzodiazepine use among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people
• why people misuse benzodiazepines
• benzodiazepines' effects on the body
• how to recognise benzodiazepine dependence
• how to recognise benzodiazepine withdrawal
• how to assess a client who uses benzodiazepines
• how to help a person who misuses benzodiazepines
• stimulant overdose
• reducing the harms related to benzodiazepine use if a person cannot or will not quit
• preventing benzodiazepine use.

Abstract adapted from the University of Sydney

Links

• View book: Handbook for Aboriginal alcohol and drug work (PDF - 3.9 MB)
  Benzodiazepines - see chapter 7, pages 173-184
• View information: Handbook for Aboriginal alcohol and drug work
• View website: University of Sydney, Indigenous substance misuse program