Mdedge Psychcast

Abigail Kay, MD, MS, joins host Lorenzo Norris, MD, to discuss the treatment of patients with substance use disorders. Dr. Kay is an addiction psychiatrist at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital in Philadelphia and is associate dean of academic affairs and medical student education at Sidney Kimmel Medical College. Dr. Norris is assistant dean of student affairs, and assistant professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences at George Washington University, Washington. Dr. Kay disclosed no conflicts of interest for the past year. Before that, she reported receiving payment from the American Society of Addiction Medicine, through a grant from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, to teach a free training to clinicians to be certified to prescribe buprenorphine. Dr. Norris, who also serves as medical director of psychiatric and behavioral sciences at George Washington University Hospital, disclosed no conflicts. Take-home points Substance use disorders have genetic and environmental f