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The Ashton Manual
Professor C Heather AshtonProfessor C Heather Ashton, DM, FRCP
Emeritus Professor of Psychopharmacology
School of Neurosciences, Division of Psychiatry,
The Royal Victoria Infirmary, Queen Victoria Road,
Newcastle upon Tyne NE1 4LP, England, UK
THE ASHTON MANUAL IN OTHER LANGUAGES
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The role of the pharmaceutical companies in the treatment of mental ill health, Durham, May 18, 2007.
Reply to Health Minister Rosie Winterton, January 9, 2007.
Benzodiazepines: Problems & ? Solutions, All-Party Action Group on Tranquilliser Addiction, House of Commons, London, November 7, 2006.
A DVD of Professor C. Heather Ashton's lecture on April 4, 2006, Vancouver B.C. is now available. For more details and ordering information please visit this web site. Preview on You Tube.
Overprescribing of Benzodiazepines: Problems and Resolutions, 3rd Annual Benzodiazepine Conference in Bangor, Maine, October 11, 2005.
History of Benzodiazepines: What the Textbooks May Not Tell You, 3rd Annual Benzodiazepine Conference in Bangor, Maine, October 12, 2005.
Bristol Tranquilliser Project AGM Lecture, October 2005.
Benzodiazepines: The Skeleton in the Cupboard, Beat The Benzos Conference, Avant Hotel, Oldham, April 23, 2004. [Version française] [Dansk version]
Reply to Health Minister Rosie Winterton, January 30, 2004.
Department of Health Submission and Correspondence, 2003-2004.
Benzodiazepines: How they Work & How to Withdraw (The Ashton Manual), 2002.
The Ashton Manual in other languages. French, Spanish, Danish, Polish, Finnish, Swedish, Italian.
Benzodiazepine Abuse, 2002.
Benzodiazepines & Older People, March, 2002. [Dansk version]
A View from the Shoulders of Giants. A Review of David Healy's "The Psychopharmacologists III", September 2001.
"Chemical Imbalance", August 28, 2001.
Benzodiazepine Equivalence Table, June 2001.
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Reasons for a diazepam (Valium) taper, April 2001
All benzodiazepines are non-selective, April 2001.
No evidence that benzodiazepines are "locked up" in tissues for years, March 2001 · Clarification about brain damage, August 29, 2002.
Benzodiazepines: The Still Unfinished Story, Beat The Benzos Conference Speech, London, November 1, 2000.
Benzodiazepine Tranquillisers and Hypnotics. Evidence submitted to the House of Commons Health Committee 1999, sixth report (Revised October 2002).
Guidelines for Withdrawal of Antidepressant Drugs, January 2001.
SSRIs, Drug Withdrawal and Abuse: Problem or Treatment? C. Heather Ashton and Allan H. Young, 1999.
Benzodiazepine Dependency, 1997.
Long-Term Effects of Benzodiazepine Usage: Research Proposals, 1995-96.
Protracted Withdrawal From Benzodiazepines: The Post-Withdrawal Syndrome, March 1995. [Dansk version]
Toxicity and Adverse Consequences of Benzodiazepine Use, March 1995.
Guidelines for the Rational Use of Benzodiazepines, When and What to Use, 1994.
Helping patients come off benzodiazepines, The Pulse, July 22, 1989.
Risks of dependence on benzodiazepine drugs: a major problem of long term treatment, January 1989.
Doctors turn to more addictive short-acting benzodiazepines, Druglink 1988.
Benzodiazepine Withdrawal: Outcome in 50 Patients, 1987.
Adverse Effects of Prolonged Benzodiazepine Use, June, 1986.
Anything for a quiet life? May 6, 1986.
Drug Newsletter, Benzodiazepine dependence and withdrawal: an update, April 1985.
Benzodiazepine overdose: are specific antagonists useful? March 16, 1985.
Benzodiazepine Withdrawal: An Unfinished Story, April 14, 1984.
Pharmacology and effects of cannabis: a brief review, The British Journal of Psychiatry, February 2001.
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