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We sought to identify clinical variables associated with first BZD prescription in a large sample of patients with affective disorders.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title><jats:p>Four hundred sixty patients with mood or anxiety disorders attending different psychiatric services were assessed comparing those who received BZD as first treatment (BZD w\/) and those who did not (BZD w\/o).<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Results<\/jats:title><jats:p>More than one third (35.7%) of the total sample had received BZDs as first prescription. In relation to mood disorders, BZD w\/ subjects more frequently (a) had not a psychiatrist as first therapist, (b) had anxious symptoms at onset, (c) had adjustment disorder as first diagnosis, (d) were treated as outpatients. In relation to specific diagnoses, (a) personal decision of treatment for major depressive disorder, (b) outpatient status for bipolar disorder and (c) longer duration of untreated illness for adjustment disorder were more frequently associated with first BZD prescription. 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