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Specialty Description

Addiction psychiatry focuses on the prevention, evaluation, and treatment of substance-related disorders as well as related education and research. The addiction psychiatrist is proficient in techniques required in the treatment of the larger group of patients with dual diagnoses of addictive disorders and other psychiatric disorders (1).

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  1. Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME)