Addiction Awareness – Dr. Steve Lynn prt.05 – Thursday, October 1, 7 pm. Dr. Steve Lynn, board certified in Psychiatry and Addiction Psychiatry, spoke on the evaluation and treatment of individuals with alcohol, drug, or other substance-related disorders, and of those with the diagnosis of co-occurring substance-related disorders. He discussed issues surrounding prescription medicine abuse, adolescent addiction, adult pain medication abuse, kids’ discovery of drug use through the family medicine cabinet, and he fielded questions from those in attendance. Dr. Lynn is a graduate of Wayne State Medical University in Detroit, Michigan, completed his residency at Emory University in Atlanta, and has been in private practice and an attending psychiatrist at Ridgeview Institute and Peachford Hospital for 17 years. Dr. Lynn is certified by the American Society of Addiction Medicine (ASAM), is the Director of Adult Addiction and Impaired Professional Programs at Ridgeview Institute, and served as past President of Ridgeview’s Medical Staff (1995-1996).
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