Blended Care for the Discontinuation of Benzodiazepine Use

Exclusion Criteria

• •Presence of any severe psychiatric and neurologic condition that in the judgment of the treating GP implies a contraindication for (z-)BZD withdrawal
• •Presence of terminal illness
• •Any cases where stopping of (z-)BZDs might be harmful
• •Unwillingness or inability to provide informed consent
• •Not having e-literacy (being familiar with email and internet use)
• •Patients with a substance use disorder (other than (z-)BZD) will also be excluded from the study because in these cases there is often a sub-therapeutic (z-)BZD dependence and/or comorbid psychological/psychiatric comorbid conditions requiring specialist care.