This special issue of Substance Abuse reviews postgraduate training programs for addiction
medicine and their development in several model countries. It is an opportune time for this …

Translation of increasing international awareness of dependence and substance misuse,
including harmful and hazardous use, into action has been symbolized by the World Health …

Substance use disorders pose a significant global social and economic burden. Although
effective interventions exist, treatment coverage remains limited. The lack of an adequately …

Objective The primary purpose of this article is to review the findings of a 2017 survey of
psychiatry training program directors to identify current gaps and barriers in addictions …

When examining training programs in psychiatry, we often find that while these programs
aim to provide trainees with speciality-specific training, they often do not emphasise training …

Background: Current curriculum guidelines for addiction training in psychiatry need to be
adapted to the competency by design framework to integrate clinical skills in addiction …

Background: Over the past decade, addiction medicine training curricula have been
developed to prepare physicians to work with substance use disorder patients. This review …

In Canada, the qualification of physicians is the jurisdiction of the College of Family
Physicians and the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons. The Colleges have …

Addictive disorders are one of the leading causes of disability and disease burden in Europe
and beyond [1]. Unfortunately, this is not reflected in how resources for prevention and …

Background: Although psychoactive substance use disorders (PSUDs) are a domain of
mental health, addiction psychiatry is only formally recognized as a subspecialty in a few …