Benzos & Brain Tumors

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Researchers in Taiwan found a 3.33x greater risk of benign brain tumors in patients who had been prescribed benzodiazepines for at least 2 months. The research drew on data from the National Health Insurance System of Taiwan on 62,186 patients who had been prescribed benzodiazepines matched against 62,050 controls. The study appears in Journal of the Neurological Sciences.

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Harnod, T., Lin, C., Sung, F., Kao, C.; An Association between Benzodiazepine Use and Occurrence of Benign Brain Tumors. Journal of the Neurological Sciences. Online November 16, 2013

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Kermit Cole
Kermit Cole
Kermit Cole, MFT, founding editor of Mad in America, works in Santa Fe, New Mexico as a couples and family therapist. Inspired by Open Dialogue, he works as part of a team and consults with couples and families that have members identified as patients. His work in residential treatment — largely with severely traumatized and/or "psychotic" clients — led to an appreciation of the power and beauty of systemic philosophy and practice, as the alternative to the prevailing focus on individual pathology. A former film-maker, he has undergraduate and master's degrees in psychology from Harvard University, as well as an MFT degree from the Council for Relationships in Philadelphia. He is a doctoral candidate with the Taos Institute and the Free University of Brussels. You can reach him at [email protected].

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