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Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder-A Complication of Benzodiazepine Withdrawal

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

Helen P. Matthews  and
Lynne M. Drummond
Helen P. Matthews
Affiliation:
Graylingwell Hospital, Chichester PO 19 4PO
Lynne M. Drummond*
Affiliation:
St George's Hospital Medical School, Cranmer Terrace, London SW17 ORE
*
∗Correspondence
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The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 150 , Issue 2 , February 1987 , pp. 272
Copyright
Copyright © 1987 The Royal College of Psychiatrists 

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