Comprehensive Psychiatry
Volume 46, Issue 5 , Pages 353-360 , September 2005

Associations of benzodiazepine craving with other clinical variables in a population of general practice patients

  • Audrey J.J. Mol

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, University Medical Centre St. Radboud, PO Box 9101, 6500 HB Nijmegen, The Netherlands
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Rijngeest Groep, Centrum Autisme, PO Box 750, 2300 AT Leiden, The Netherlands. Tel.: +31 71 8907800; fax: +31 71 8907801.
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  • Wim J.M.J. Gorgels

      Affiliations

    • Department of General Practice and Family Medicine, Radboud University, PO Box 9101, 6500 HB Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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  • Richard C. Oude Voshaar

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, University Medical Centre St. Radboud, PO Box 9101, 6500 HB Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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  • Marinus H.M. Breteler

      Affiliations

    • Department of Clinical Psychology, Radboud University, PO Box 9104, 6500 HE Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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  • Anton J.L.M. van Balkom

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry and Institute for Research in Extramural Medicine, VU University Medical Centre, PO Box 7057, 1007 MB, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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  • Eloy H. van de Lisdonk

      Affiliations

    • Department of General Practice and Family Medicine, Radboud University, PO Box 9101, 6500 HB Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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  • Cornelius C. Kan

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, University Medical Centre St. Radboud, PO Box 9101, 6500 HB Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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  • Frans G. Zitman

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, Leiden University Medical Centre, PO Box 9600, 2300 RC Leiden, The Netherlands

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doi: 10.1016/j.comppsych.2005.01.002

Comprehensive Psychiatry
Volume 46, Issue 5 , Pages 353-360 , September 2005

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