Origin The American Board of Medical Specialties formally recognized addiction medicine as a subspecialty in October 2015, though clinical practice addressing substance dependence long predates that formal recognition.
Addiction medicine is the medical subspecialty concerned with the diagnosis, prevention, evaluation, treatment and recovery of persons with substance-related and addictive disorders, including alcohol, nicotine, prescription medicine and other licit and illicit drugs. This atlas records what the historical record supports and is not medical advice.
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Origin PeriodSourced to the subject's own accountThe American Board of Medical Specialties formally recognized addiction medicine as a subspecialty in October 2015, though clinical practice addressing substance dependence long predates that formal recognition. 2 Classification
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When was addiction medicine recognized as a medical subspecialty?
The American Board of Medical Specialties recognized it in October 2015.
The American Board of Medical Specialties formally recognized addiction medicine as a subspecialty in October 2015. Clinical practice addressing substance-related disorders is older; for example, the first inebriate homes for alcoholics opened around the 1850s. This atlas records what the historical record supports and is not medical advice.
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Source Addiction Research Center (Wikipedia)
Source Leslie Keeley (Wikipedia)
Source Thomas Trotter (physician) (Wikipedia)
Source William Duncan Silkworth (Wikipedia)
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1. Wikipedia: Medical specialty
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Medical specialties that focus on the diagnosis and non-surgical treatment of disease.
2. Addiction Medicine (Wikipedia)
WikipediaLead section
Addiction medicine is a medical subspecialty that deals with the diagnosis, prevention, evaluation, treatment, and recovery of persons with addiction, of those with substance-related and addictive disorders, and of people who show unhealthy use of substances including alcohol, nicotine, prescription medicine and other illicit and licit drugs.
History of Addiction Medicine section, 1800s subsection
The first inebriate homes for alcoholics opened around the 1850s.
View the Source Addiction Research Center (Wikipedia)
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is a center of addiction research that was founded in 1935
Leslie Keeley (Wikipedia)
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he opened a sanatorium for persons addicted to the immoderate use of alcohol and opium
William Duncan Silkworth (Wikipedia)
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specialist in the treatment of alcoholism
Thomas Trotter (physician) (Wikipedia)
Notable Specialists: Thomas Trotter (physician), Lead, second paragraphQuote, Notable Specialists: Thomas Trotter (physician), Lead, second paragraph
describing habitual alcohol consumption as a 'disease of the mind'
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