Tijdschrift voor psychiatrie
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Tijdschr Psychiatr
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Clinical experience shows that feelings of hopelessness quite often arise in patients with schizophrenia. ⋯ Feelings of hopelessness in patients with schizophrenia are not necessarily a sign of pathology but may point to existential suffering. This needs to be recognised by those dealing with persons sufferingfrom schizophrenia,
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After successful completion of a benzodiazepine withdrawal programme it nevertheless is hard to remain abstinent in the long term. ⋯ The psychological characteristics and the DSM-IV axis I classifications should not exert undue influence on the clinician's decision to advise the patient to stop or continue taking benzodiazepines.