Study, Jan. 2016: "Discontinuing benzodiazepines: best practices"

The first link is a 2016 abstract is based on a 2015 Canadian study by the Canadian Agency for Drugs and Technologies in Health (CADTH) on how to encourage people to discontinue benzodiazepines. The study reviewed existing literature on the topic and drew its conclusions from those. The second link is the actual study itself.

From my perspective, it's sorely lacking in any real discussion of the withdrawal syndrome. Although the introduction of the study indicates that patients might experience some physical or psychological distress while coming off the medication, there isn't much on offer to help them. And when the numbers show certain percentages of people do not or cannot get off the medication, there's no explanation as to why.

It's referred to as a "Rapid Response" report summary, so perhaps what's needed is a more in-depth approach that provides a better understanding of what patients go through when they discontinue benzodiazepines.

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26818890

https://www.cadth.ca/sites/default/files/rc0682-bzd_discontinuation_strategies_final_0.pdf