Bridging the gap between education and appropriate use of benzodiazepines in psychiatric clinical practice.

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Published in Neuropsychiatr Dis Treat on July 30, 2015

Authors

Bernardo Dell'Osso1, Umberto Albert2, Anna Rita Atti3, Claudia Carmassi4, Giuseppe Carrà5, Fiammetta Cosci6, Valeria Del Vecchio7, Marco Di Nicola8, Silvia Ferrari9, Arianna Goracci10, Felice Iasevoli11, Mario Luciano7, Giovanni Martinotti12, Maria Giulia Nanni13, Alessandra Nivoli14, Federica Pinna15, Nicola Poloni16, Maurizio Pompili17, Gaia Sampogna7, Ilaria Tarricone18, Sarah Tosato19, Umberto Volpe7, Andrea Fiorillo7

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Psychiatry, University of Milan, Fondazione IRCCS Ca' Granda, Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, Milan, Italy ; Bipolar Disorders Clinic, Stanford Medical School, Stanford University, CA, USA.
2: Rita Levi Montalcini Department of Neuroscience, University of Turin, Torino, Italy.
3: Department of Biomedical and NeuroMotor Sciences, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy.
4: Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy.
5: Division of Psychiatry, Faculty of Brain Sciences, University College London, London, UK.
6: Department of Health Sciences, University of Florence, Florence, Italy.
7: Department of Psychiatry, University of Naples SUN, Naples, Italy.
8: Institute of Psychiatry and Psychology, Catholic University of Sacred Heart, Rome, Italy.
9: Department of Diagnostic-Clinical Medicine and Public Health, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Modena, Italy.
10: Department of Molecular Medicine and Clinical Department of Mental Health, University of Siena, Siena, Italy.
11: Department of Neuroscience, Reproductive Sciences and Odontostomatology, University Federico II of Naples, Naples, Italy.
12: Department of Neuroscience, Imaging, and Clinical Science, University G.d Annunzio, Chieti-Pescara, Italy.
13: Section of Psychiatry, Department of Biomedical and Specialty Surgical Sciences, University of Ferrara, Ferrara, Italy.
14: Psychiatric Institute, Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Sassari, Sassari, Italy ; Bipolar Disorder Unit, CIBERSAM, IDIBAPS, Hospital Clinic, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain.
15: Department of Public Health, Clinical and Molecular Medicine, Unit of Psychiatry, University of Cagliari, Cagliari, Italy.
16: Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Psychiatric Division, University of Insubria, Varese, Italy.
17: Department of Neurosciences, Mental Health and Sensory Organs, Suicide Prevention Center, Sant' Andrea Hospital, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy.
18: Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences, Bologna University, Bologna, Italy.
19: Section of Psychiatry, Department of Public Health and Community Medicine, University of Verona, Verona, Italy.

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