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... ANXIOLYTIC s The management of aggressive and violent behavior with antianxiety drugs emerged as a therapeutic option within the past three decades when benzodiazepines and serotonin receptor agonists became the most effective and widely used substances for generalized anxiety disorders. Earlier generations of sedative drugs with antianxiety effects such as alcohol and barbiturates are highly problematic in their actions on violent and aggressive behavior because of their aggression-heightening properties in a considerable proportion of individuals E.g., Miczek, 1987; Miczek et al., in this volume!
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  • aggressive behavior
  • antiaggressive effects
  • violent behavior
  • benzodiazepine receptor
  • receptor agonists

  • violent individuals


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