Physiological and psychological symptoms associated with withdrawal from the use of a drug after prolonged administration or habituation. The concept includes withdrawal from smoking or drinking, as well as withdrawal from an administered drug.
    

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"They say it will kill me... but they won't say when!" / Denny O'Neil, writer ; Neal Adams & Dick Giordano, artists.

Smoking : young people's pocket-guide to being smoke-free / Milton Keynes Primary Care Trust.

Coming off tranquillisers / S.A. Trickett.

Helping you cope : a guide to starting and stopping tranquillisers and sleeping tablets / [The Mental Health Foundation].

Withdrawal : the evocation of a confinement / text and photographs by David Chapman.

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"They say it will kill me... but they won't say when!" / Denny O'Neil, writer ; Neal Adams & Dick Giordano, artists.

Smoking : young people's pocket-guide to being smoke-free / Milton Keynes Primary Care Trust.

Coming off tranquillisers / S.A. Trickett.

Helping you cope : a guide to starting and stopping tranquillisers and sleeping tablets / [The Mental Health Foundation].

Withdrawal : the evocation of a confinement / text and photographs by David Chapman.