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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 been 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.
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Addiction Psychiatry Fellowship (Adobe Acrobat Reader Required)
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: February, 2008 according to departmental policy
1200 East Broad Street, P.O. Box 980710, Richmond, VA 23298-0710
(804) 828-9157, Email Webmaster
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