F13: Mental and behavioural disorders due to use of sedatives or hypnotics
F13.7: Mental and behavioural disorders due to use of sedatives or hypnotics : residual and late-onset psychotic disorder
Sedatives have a tranquilizing effect. Sedatives include, for example, the benzodiazepine group. Sleeping pills help people to sleep. Sleeping pills include, for example, the barbiturates class of drugs.
When you consume sedatives or sleeping pills, some symptoms can occur some time after ingestion. Your mood, behavior or personality alters after you have consumed sedatives or sleeping pills some time ago.
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