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A 1983 study by Rickels et al. published in JAMA found that long-term diazepam therapy is generally appropriate for treating psychiatric conditions, though discontinuation causes higher relapse rates in patients on short half-life benzodiazepines. The study highlighted that while withdrawal severity is linked to higher doses, patients who successfully stopped medication for five weeks reported lower anxiety levels. Read the full study at JAMA Network.