Addiction psychiatry

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The study and treatment of addiction and substance abuse, including the underlying mechanisms of addiction and approaches to treatment and recovery.

"Addiction psychiatry is a medical subspecialty within psychiatry that focuses on the evaluation, diagnosis, and treatment of people who have one or more disorders related to addiction."
"This may include disorders involving legal and illegal drugs, gambling, sex, food, and other impulse control disorders."
"Addiction psychiatrists are substance use disorder experts."
"Growing amounts of scientific knowledge, such as the health effects and treatments for substance use disorders, have led to advancements in the field of addiction psychiatry."
"These advancements in understanding the neurobiology of rewarding behavior."
"Federal funding has allowed for ample opportunity for research in the discipline of addiction psychiatry."
"Addiction psychiatry is an expanding field."
"Currently, there is a high demand for substance use disorder experts in both the private and public sector."
"Addiction psychiatry focuses on the evaluation, diagnosis, and treatment of people who have one or more disorders related to addiction."
"This may include disorders involving legal and illegal drugs, gambling, sex, food, and other impulse control disorders."
"Addiction psychiatrists are substance use disorder experts."
"Growing amounts of scientific knowledge, such as the health effects and treatments for substance use disorders, have led to advancements in the field of addiction psychiatry."
"Advancements in understanding the neurobiology of rewarding behavior."
"Federal funding has allowed for ample opportunity for research in the discipline of addiction psychiatry."
"Addiction psychiatry is an expanding field."
"Currently, there is a high demand for substance use disorder experts in both the private and public sector."
"This may include disorders involving legal and illegal drugs, gambling, sex, food, and other impulse control disorders."
"Addiction psychiatry focuses on the evaluation, diagnosis, and treatment of people who have one or more disorders related to addiction."
"Federal funding has allowed for ample opportunity for research in the discipline of addiction psychiatry."
"Federal funding has allowed for ample opportunity for research in the discipline of addiction psychiatry."