Why this doctor is drawn to the treatment of addiction
I’m a psychiatrist. I’ve been practicing for 30 plus years. I’ve worked in inpatient and outpatient settings seeing the typical mix of general psychiatric patients. About five years ago, I was asked to take the training for a buprenorphine license to serve as a backup for our addiction psychiatrist in her suboxone clinic. I did the training, doubting that I would every really use it on a consistent basis. But …
