The american academy of addiction psychiatry was formed to:
Promote accessibility to highest quality treatment for all who need it.
Promote excellence in clinical practice in addiction psychiatry.
Educate the public to influence public policy regarding addictive illness.
Provide continuing education for addiction professionals.
Disseminate new information in the field of addiction psychiatry.
Encourage research on the etiology, prevention, identification, and treatment of the addictions.
Issues of general interest to the membership include:
Assuring that new discoveries, research findings and technologies in the area of addictions become available to patients and are applied to clinical practice.
With comorbidity at approximately 50%, assuring that every patient with an addictive disorder has a psychiatric evaluation to assure accuracy of diagnosis and proper treatment.
Exploring the relationships of addiction psychiatrists to reimbursement systems, to managed care and to third and fourth party payers.
Maintenance of quality control and risk management in an era emphasizing cost containment.
Relationship between psychiatrists and primary care physicians in treating the addicted as well as dually diagnosed patient.
Support for adequate research funding in the addictions.

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