SummaryThe author outlines his clinical experiences with the use of lorazepam since Autumn 1971, in approximately 150 adult male and female psychiatric patients. Typical case histories are given. The importance of increasing the dosage of lorazepam gradually where ambulant patients are concerned is stressed. The author suggests that, in his experience, lorazepam suppresses anxiety better and faster than other benzodiazepines or the phenothiazines.