PSYCHTRY 443C
Addiction Psychiatry
Teresa Purdy
Description from DukeHub
Students are based at the Durham VA Health Care System's Substance Use Disorders Clinic. Experiences include diagnostic evaluation, pharmacological management, and individual, group, and family psychotherapy. Emphasis is placed on motivational interviewing, medication-assisted treatment for alcohol- and opioid-use disorders, and understanding the relationships between addictive disorders and other psychiatric and medical conditions. Students function as members of the multidisciplinary treatment team. For more information, please contact Dr. Teresa Purdy, (contact listed in DukeHub). For permission to enroll, please contact Cathy Lefebvre. Credit: 4. Enrollment max 1. Prerequisites: obtain verbal or email approval from the instructor at least 4 weeks in advance and satisfactory completion of PSYCHTRY 205C. Students must complete required VA paperwork 60 days prior to the first day of their scheduled rotation. For questions about the paperwork, please contact Clyde Meador. Teresa Purdy, MD; Wales George, MD
Skills
- clinicalSchool of Medicine clinical course
AI-resilient: 3 of 5
- Yes: Physical, lab or field work · clinical rotation
- Yes: Live work with people · "psychotherapy"
- Yes: Judgment someone is accountable for · "diagnostic"
- No: A craft you practice with your hands or body
- No: Small, in-person format
The checks lean on Microsoft Research, Working with AI (2025), which found generative AI applies least to physical work and hands-on work with people. A signal, not a promise. How the score works
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