The Addiction Psychiatrist as Dual Diagnosis Physician: A Profession in Great Need and Greatly Needed.
Addiction is the number one cause of premature illness and death in the U.S., especially among people with mental illness. Yet American medicine lacks sufficient workforce capacity, expertise, training, infrastructure, and research to support treatment for people with co-occurring addictions and mental illness. This essay argues that the addiction psychiatrist is essential in dual diagnosis care.
Lab for Translational Neuroscience of Dual Diagnosis & Development, Department of Psychiatry, Indiana University School of Medicine, Institute of Psychiatric Research, 791 Union Drive, Indianapolis, IN 46202, USA, robchamb@iupui.edu.
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addiction psychiatry; physician workforce shortages; public health crisis