Presentations From The International Benzodiazepine Symposium
A panel of experts from The International Symposium on Benzodiazepines gives a quick overview of the problems with benzodiazepines.
Click on the titles to link to the presentations. We are working to integrate the audio recordings that are associated with the presentations, and will post them as they become available.
Was the Evidence Ignored? The Long History of Research Documenting the Harm from Benzodiazepines
Robert Whitaker
President of Mad in America Foundation
Author of “Mad in America: Bad Science, Bad Medicine and the Enduring Mistreatment of the Mentally Ill” (2002), “Anatomy of an Epidemic: Magic Bullets, Psychiatric Drugs, and the Astonishing Rise of Mental Illness in America” (2010), and “Psychiatry Under the Influence: Institutional Corruption, Social Injury and Prescriptions for Reform” (2015).
Benzodiazepines: The 30,000 Foot View
Steven Wright, MD
Family Medicine, Addiction Medicine, Medical Pain Management
The Neuropharmacology of Benzodiazepines and Drugs with Similar Mechanism of Action
Robert B. Raffa, PhD
Professor Emeritus, Temple Univ, Philadelphia PA
Adjunct Professor, Univ Arizona College of Pharmacy, Tucson AZ
NEMA Research Group, Naples, FL
Exploring the Benzodiazepine Opioid Co-prescription Dilemma
Joseph Pergolizzi, M.D.
Co-founder and Chief Operating Officer of NEMA Research. He was previously the Director of Business Development and Financial Affairs for The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine’s Clinical Trials Unit. Dr. Pergolizzi was unable to attend TIBS, but has graciously agreed to allow the Alliance to post his presentation.
Anxiety States and Benzodiazepines
Michael M. Miller, MD, DFASAM, DLFAPA
Professor, Clinical Adjunct Faculty, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health
Coming soon:
THE WORRY SOLUTION A Cognitive/Emotional Approach to Reducing Anxiety and Stress
Martin Rossman, MD
Author of “The Worry Solution: Using Your Healing Mind to Turn Stress and Anxiety into Better Health and Happiness“
Non-Benzodiazepine Pharmacologic Approaches to Anxiety
Steven Wright, MD
Family MedicineAddiction MedicineMedical Pain Management
Anna Lembke, MD
Associate Professor, Stanford University School of Medicine
Author of “Drug Dealer, MD: How Doctors Were Duped, Patients Got Hooked, and Why It’s So Hard to Stop“Note: the embedded videos in this presentation are not working
Coming soon:
Life Beyond Benzos: Taper and Discontinuation
Mark Sullivan, MD
Considering Trauma: What We Know, What We Don’t, and How Best to Help
Elaine Walters, MS
Executive Director, The Trauma Healing Project
