Psychiatry Trainees' Attitudes, Knowledge, and Training in Addiction Psychiatry-A European Survey.

ABSTRACT: Background: Although psychoactive substance use disorders (PSUDs) are a domain of mental health, addiction psychiatry is only formally recognized as a subspecialty in a few European countries, and there is no standardized training curriculum. Methods: A 76-item questionnaire was developed and disseminated through an online anonymous data-collecting system and hand-to-hand amongst psychiatric trainees from the 47 European countries of the Council of Europe plus Israel and Belarus. Results: 1,049/1,118 psychiatric trainees from 30 European countries completed the questionnaire. Fifty-nine-point nine percent of trainees stated to have training in addictions. Amongst the trainees who described having training in addictions, 43% documented a not well-structured training and

SUBMITTER: Orsolini L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7820719 | biostudies-literature | 2020

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature