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Addiction Training for US Physicians
August 4th, 2011 / Education / Betty Ford Institute
According to a recent article, accredited residency programs in addiction are only available for psychiatrists specializing in addiction psychiatry (ADP ). Of the 40 accredited ADP residency programs in the United States, only 7 offer training to non-psychiatrist physicians . The 2008 National Survey of Drug Use and Health found that over 23 million people in the USA need treatment for drug or alcohol use of whom 20.8 million receive no specialized care. To meet this gap in treatment this study examines the need to expand office-based treatment by training both primary care...
August 4th, 2011 / Education / Betty Ford Institute
According to a recent article, accredited residency programs in addiction are only available for psychiatrists specializing in addiction psychiatry (ADP ). Of the 40 accredited ADP residency programs in the United States, only 7 offer training to non-psychiatrist physicians . The 2008 National Survey of Drug Use and Health found that over 23 million people in the USA need treatment for drug or alcohol use of whom 20.8 million receive no specialized care. To meet this gap in treatment this study examines the need to expand office-based treatment by training both primary care...
One Hundred Alcoholic Doctors: A 21-Year Follow-up
January 31st, 2003 / Professionals in Recovery / Betty Ford Institute
Few reports on substance misuse and recovery among medical professionals exist, and the results of these published reports shed little light on recovery rates and other issues over a long period of time. However, a recent study on one program in England surveyed the recovery results of 100 alcoholic doctors (general practitioners and hospital doctors) over a 21-year period (1980-2001). With abstinence as its primary goal toward recovery, England’s North West Doctors and Dentists Group (NWDDG), a self-help program founded in 1980, found an especially high recovery rate of 73% among its...
January 31st, 2003 / Professionals in Recovery / Betty Ford Institute
Few reports on substance misuse and recovery among medical professionals exist, and the results of these published reports shed little light on recovery rates and other issues over a long period of time. However, a recent study on one program in England surveyed the recovery results of 100 alcoholic doctors (general practitioners and hospital doctors) over a 21-year period (1980-2001). With abstinence as its primary goal toward recovery, England’s North West Doctors and Dentists Group (NWDDG), a self-help program founded in 1980, found an especially high recovery rate of 73% among its...
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