PMID- 32902056

OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20210205
LR - 20210205
IS - 1521-0391 (Electronic)
IS - 1055-0496 (Linking)
VI - 29
IP - 5
DP - 2020 Sep
TI - Addiction Psychiatry and Addiction Medicine: The Evolution of Addiction
Physician
Specialists.
PG - 390-400
LID - 10.1111/ajad.13068 [doi]
AB - Addiction Psychiatry and Addiction Medicine are two physician subspecialities
recognized by the American Board of Medical Specialties (ABMS) that focus on
providing care for patients with substance use disorders. Their shared and
distinct historical roots are reviewed, and their respective ABMS board
examination content areas and Accreditation Council on Graduate Medical
Education
(ACGME) fellowship training program requirements are compared. Addiction
Psychiatry, a subspecialty under the American Board of Psychiatry and
Neurology,
began certifying diplomates in 1993, currently has 1202 active diplomates,
and
certifies around 150 diplomates every 2 years through 50 ACGME-accredited
fellowships. Addiction Medicine, a subspecialty under the American Board of
Preventive Medicine, began certifying diplomates in 2018, has 2604 diplomates
with more expected before the practice pathway closes (anticipated in 2021),
after which a fellowship training becomes required. Currently there are 78
accredited Addiction Medicine fellowships and more under development. The
fields
display substantial overlap between their respective examination content
areas
and fellowship training requirements, covering similar knowledge and skills
for
evaluation and treatment of substance use disorders and psychiatric and
medical
comorbidities across the full range of clinical settings, from general
medical to
addiction specialty settings. Key differences include that Addiction
Psychiatry
is open only to Board-certified psychiatrists and places extra emphasis on
psychotherapeutic and psychopharmacological management strategies. Addiction
Medicine is open to any ABMS primary specialty, including psychiatry.
Opportunities for collaboration are discussed as both fields pursue the
common
goal of providing a well-trained workforce of physicians to meet the public
health challenge presented by addiction. (Am J Addict 2020;00:00-00).
CI - © 2020 American Academy of Addiction Psychiatry.
FAU - Nunes, Edward V
AU - Nunes EV
AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-2055-3425
AD - Division on Substance Use Disorders, New York State Psychiatric Institute,
Columbia University Irving Medical Center, New York, New York.
FAU - Kunz, Kevin
AU - Kunz K
AD - American College of Academic Addiction Medicine, Chevy Chase, Maryland.
FAU - Galanter, Marc
AU - Galanter M
AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-1978-4453
AD - New York University Langone Medical Center, New York, New York.
FAU - O'Connor, Patrick G
AU - O'Connor PG
AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-3296-8644
AD - Section of General Internal Medicine, Yale University School of Medicine, New
Haven, Connecticut.
LA - eng
PT - Historical Article
PT - Journal Article
PT - Review
PL - England
TA - Am J Addict
JT - The American journal on addictions
JID - 9208821
SB - IM
MH - Accreditation/standards
MH - Addiction Medicine/*education/*history
MH - Behavior, Addictive
MH - Certification/standards
MH - Education, Medical, Graduate
MH - Fellowships and Scholarships
MH - History, 18th Century
MH - History, 19th Century
MH - History, 20th Century
MH - History, 21st Century
MH - Humans
MH - Psychiatry/*education/*history
MH - Specialization
MH - Specialty Boards/standards/trends
MH - United States
EDAT- 2020/09/10 06:00
MHDA- 2021/02/07 06:00
CRDT- 2020/09/09 08:50
PHST- 2020/02/24 00:00 [received]
PHST- 2020/06/04 00:00 [revised]
PHST- 2020/06/07 00:00 [accepted]
PHST- 2020/09/09 08:50 [entrez]
PHST- 2020/09/10 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2021/02/07 06:00 [medline]
AID - 10.1111/ajad.13068 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO - Am J Addict. 2020 Sep;29(5):390-400. doi: 10.1111/ajad.13068.