Workforce information on addiction psychiatry graduates.
OBJECTIVE
The aim of this paper is to report workforce information about graduates from accredited training programs in addiction psychiatry.


METHODS
As of June 30, 2002 there were 44 ACGME-accredited addiction psychiatry programs. The author asked the directors of these programs to complete a workforce survey about their graduates.


RESULTS
Seventy-three percent of program directors responded, providing information about 186 addiction psychiatrists. Forty-one percent of the graduates were employed in academic settings. Sixty-four percent of graduates employed in clinical settings dealt primarily with substance abuse patients. A majority of respondents described graduates as satisfied with compensation packages.


CONCLUSIONS
Addiction psychiatry offers opportunities in a variety of settings that allow new graduates to utilize their subspecialty training.
Tinsley
Joyce A
JA
University of Connecticut, Farmington, Connecticut, USA. tinsley@psychiatry.uchc.edu
D000068:Accreditation; D003625:Data Collection; D004501:Education, Medical / Q000592:standards*; D008511:Medicine; D011570:Psychiatry / Q000193:education*; D013038:Specialization; D019966:Substance-Related Disorders; D014481:United States; D000078329:Workforce