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Addiction Psychiatry: Training, Certification, Online Resources
Addiction psychiatry physician residency programs accredited by the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) began training the initial group of residents in July 1996. We review addiction psychiatry subspecialty issues, primary goals of addiction psychiatry training programs, and requirements and examination schedules from the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology for Added Qualifications in Addiction Psychiatry. Included is a list of Internet links to the 13 US medical schools that are affiliated with ACGME-credentialed Addiction Psychiatry Residency programs and to addictions-related World Wide Web sites to assist clinicians, patients, and families.
The field of addiction medicine has become an increasingly complex area. This fact is reflected by the National Institutes of Health having 2 major divisions--the National Institute of Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, and the National Institute on Drug Abuse--that focus on research related to basic sciences, clinical sciences, and health care policy issues regarding substance use in this country. Addictive behaviors occur at an extremely high cost to our society due to medical, legal, and work-related expenses. Arguably, when you combine all cases of trauma, cancer, infectious disease, and other medical disorders that are either directly or indirectly associated with the use of drugs and alcohol, substance use is the nation's number one health problem. Furthermore, this high rate of substance-use-disorder comorbidity with other psychiatric and medical disorders makes addiction psychiatry a particularly complex field. A great deal of knowledge is required to provide adequate treatment for people with substance-related disorders.
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