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The Addiction Psychiatry Residency Program at the Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine is a 1-year training program
for graduates of residency training programs in General Psychiatry.
The Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine has
the oldest Addiction Medicine program in the United States having
been established in 1936 and in continuous operation since.
This program has served as a model program for the establishment
of similar services at other academic centers. The Addiction
Medicine Program merged with the Department of Psychiatry two
years ago to become the Division of Addiction Psychiatry and
has established an Addiction Psychiatry Residency Training Program.
This program meets training requirements that can lead to subspecialty
certification through the Added Qualifications in Addiction
Psychiatry Examination offered by the American Board of Psychiatry
and Neurology. Additionally, the program offers state-of-the-art
training experiences in areas of current importance in the field
of Addiction Psychiatry. Some of these experiences include buprenorphine
treatment for opioid addiction, treatment of prescription narcotic
abuse and dependence, research in medications development for
substance use disorders and psychosocial therapies, treatment/monitoring
of health professionals with addiction and management of chronic
pain syndromes in those with addiction as well as differentiation
of chronic pain syndromes from addiction. The Addiction Psychiatry
Residency Training Program offers a unique training experience
that will introduce the psychiatrist to varied career paths
including clinical addiction psychiatry, administrative addiction
psychiatry, research in addiction psychiatry and academics in
addiction psychiatry.
Applicants must have satisfactorily completed an accredited General Psychiatry Residency, have passed the USMLE, and must be
eligible for licensure in Virginia. Interested residents may call (804) 828-5404 for more information.
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Virginia Commonwealth University, School of Medicine, Dept of Psychiatry
Last Update: August, 2011 according to departmental policy
1200 East Broad Street, P.O. Box 980710, Richmond, VA 23298-0710
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