Addiction Psychiatry

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Students are based at the Durham VA Health Care System's Substance Use Disorders Clinic. Experiences include diagnostic evaluation, pharmacological management, and individual, group, and family psychotherapy. Emphasis is placed on motivational interviewing, medication-assisted treatment for alcohol- and opioid-use disorders, and understanding the relationships between addictive disorders and other psychiatric and medical conditions. Students function as members of the multidisciplinary treatment team. For more information, please contact Dr. Teresa Purdy, [email protected]. For permission to enroll, please contact Cathy Lefebvre, ([email protected]). Credit: 4. Enrollment max 1. Prerequisites: obtain verbal or email approval from the instructor at least 4 weeks in advance and satisfactory completion of PSYCHTRY 205C. Students must complete required VA paperwork 60 days prior to the first day of their scheduled rotation. For questions about the paperwork, please contact Clyde Meador ([email protected]). Teresa Purdy, MD; Wales George, MD