Blended Care for the Discontinuation of Benzodiazepine Use

Inclusion Criteria: * Patients aged 18 and older capable of giving informed consent, * Having his/her Global Medical File managed by one of the participating general practitioners * Receiving prescriptions of (z-)BZDs from participating GP for use on a daily basis * Reporting daily intake (≥ 80% of days) of (z-)BZDs in the last 6 months for a primary indication of sleeping problems Exclusion Criteria: * Presence of any severe psychiatric and neurologic condition that in the judgment of the treating GP implies a contraindication for (z-)BZD withdrawal * Presence of terminal illness * Any cases where stopping of (z-)BZDs might be harmful * Unwillingness or inability to provide informed consent * Not having e-literacy (being familiar with email and internet use) * Patients with a substance use disorder (other than (z-)BZD) will also be excluded from the study because in these cases there is often a sub-therapeutic (z-)BZD dependence and/or comorbid psychological/psychiatric comorbid conditions requiring specialist care.