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addiction medicine

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addiction medicine
Substance abuse The health field that addresses the needs of individuals addicted to substances of abuse including alcohol and illicit drugs–eg, cocaine, marijuana, heroin, and others; AM focuses on prevention and treatment and mental health


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The board has begun to certify addiction medicine physicians from several specialties, including emergency medicine, family medicine, internal medicine, obstetrics and gynecology, pediatrics, preventive medicine, psychiatry, neurology and surgery.
A milestone for addiction professionals was reached this year on May 2, when National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) Director Nora Volkow, MD, gave the keynote address and participated with the leadership of the American Board of Addiction Medicine (ABAM) in conferring board certification on 1,452 physicians during ABAM's first diploma ceremony.
Pinsky, 50, an addiction medicine specialist, who appears on U.
 
 
 
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