INGESTION OF BENZODIAZEPINES AND ASSESSME NT OF THE VIGILANCE

Volontary drug ingestion with benzodiazepine represent today the most frequent method of attempt of autolysis. One must note the difficultie s the doctor may find in front such problems to judge the reliability of interviews made in such difficult conditions. Residual disturbances of superior functions, more precisely of vigilance during the period with follow the suicidal action must not be overlooked. Thanks to a cl inical scale easely used the residual disturbances have been put in ev idence on a sample of 20 subjects who had been admitted with this aim in view in a university ward specialized in psychiatrie emergencies. T he possibility of continuity within middle range care must allow an im provement of minimum care of such pathologies.