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A medication used in the treatment of anxiety disorders and also as a nonspecific sedative. It is a more precise term for the drugs used to lessen anxiety than its synonyms. The distinction from sedative is not a clear one. Minor tranquilizers lie on a continuum from mild antianxiety effects through more pronounced effects and induction of sleep and relaxation to anesthesia of increasing depth.
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Lader, M. (2010). Minor Tranquilizer. In: Stolerman, I.P. (eds) Encyclopedia of Psychopharmacology. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-68706-1_1821
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