title: Workforce information on addiction psychiatry graduates.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: University of Connecticut, Farmington, Connecticut, USA. tinsley@psychiatry.uchc.edu
authors.forename: Joyce A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Tinsley
mesh_terms: 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