Upper Peninsula Health Education Corporation

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Addiction Psychiatry Elective
PSC 608

Prerequisite: Fourth year medical students who have successfully completed their basic Psychiatry clerkship.

Objectives:

• Increase ability to assess, diagnose and stage addiction disorders.
• Learn the array of available psychosocial treatments, including group therapy, behavior modification, family therapy, individual psychotherapy and spiritual 12-step approaches.
• Become familiar with the latest pharmacotherapies for detoxification and maintenance of sobriety, as well as ineffective or dangerous pharmacotherapies.
• Explore the interactions among addiction disorders and other medical and psychiatric disorders.
• Visit and/or learn about the array of available treatment settings.

Students work directly with family physicians trained in addiction medicine. The student will participate in a broad range of patient care activities, from detox through long-term recovery. Treatment sites include general hospital units for consultation and detox care and a residential/outpatient treatment unit. The student will gain an appreciation of the pervasive impact of addictions on the individual, the family, medical care and society at large.

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