American Academy of Addiction Psychiatry

The American Academy for Addiction Psychiatry (AAAP) is a professional organization and an accredited Continuing Medical Education (CME) provider, based in East Providence, Rhode Island. USA. Its members are specialists in addiction psychiatry and other health care professionals who treat patients with addictions. AAAP provides medical education programs in the field of addiction psychiatry.[1]

History

The AAAP was founded in 1985.[2] It was originally called the American Academy of Psychiatrists in Alcoholism and Addiction; the name was changed in 1996.[3] In 2015 it is operated by a 21-member medical board, including one person from outside the United States and two students.

Activities

As well as its educational programs, the AAAP provides information about treatment and support organizations and rehabilitation programs to families and individuals dealing with addiction. It also works with government organizations and sponsors addiction treatment programs.The AAAP produces a quarterly peer-reviewed clinical publication, its newsletter, The American Journal on Addictions.

The AAAP conducts and reports studies related to substance abuse.[4] The organization also advocates for funding for addiction treatment and research programs.[5]

AAAP holds an annual meeting at which presentations,[6][7][8] and poster sessions are held.[9]

Special Projects

AAAP administers two three-year grants funded by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration. One of these is the Center for Substance Abuse Treatment grant, "Providers’ Clinical Support System for Opioids" (PCSS-O), which funds a training and mentoring project which educates health professionals about the use and misuse of opioids for treatment of chronic pain and about opioid dependence treatment. It is operated by a group of stakeholder organizations, including AAAP.[10]

The second grant funds the Providers’ Clinical Support System for Medically Assisted Treatment (PCSS-MAT), is a project led by AAAP in conjunction with other healthcare professional organizations. It provides training and resources to help prescribers and health care providers keep up to date with information about medication-assisted treatment of opioid addiction.[10]

AAAP also directs a grant from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) which uses social media platforms to inform and assist physicians who are completing their Maintenance of Certification (MOC) Performance in Practice, a requirement of the American Board of Medical Specialties.

References

  1. ↑ Richard K. Ries; Shannon C. Miller; David A. Fiellin (2009). Principles of Addiction Medicine. Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. pp. 333–. ISBN 978-0-7817-7477-2.
  2. ↑ Committee on Prevention, Diagnosis, Treatment, and Management of Substance Use Disorders in the U.S. Armed Forces; Board on the Health of Select Populations; Institute of Medicine (21 February 2013). Substance Use Disorders in the U.S. Armed Forces. National Academies Press. pp. 6–. ISBN 978-0-309-26055-8.
  3. ↑ Pedro Ruiz; Eric C. Strain (2011). Lowinson and Ruiz's Substance Abuse: A Comprehensive Textbook. Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. pp. 939–. ISBN 978-1-60547-277-5.
  4. ↑ "Why It’s Getting Harder and Harder to Cheat a Drug Test". Fox 40 News, November 25, 2015, by Ali Wolf
  5. ↑ "Addiction experts decry LePage plan to cut methadone funds". March 3, 2015. Bangor Daily news, By Jackie Farwell
  6. ↑ "Emerging and Current Issues in the Treatment of Substance Use Disorders". Psychiatric Times, December 18, 2014 By Christina Brezing, MD
  7. ↑ "Push on to thwart overdoses". By SHAWNE K. WICKHAM, New Hampshire Sunday News, May 9, 2015.
  8. ↑ "Special Populations in Addiction Psychiatry: The Elderly and Women". Psychiatric Times, December 05, 2014 By Louis A. Trevisan, MD
  9. ↑ "Rural Meth Users More Likely to Be Women, Poor". Parker Brown, Staff Writer, MedPage Today
  10. 1 2 "Opioids: Proper Prescribing and Treating Addiction". Medscape, Charles E. Argoff, MD | July 08, 2014

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