Do you do much as an addiction psychiatrist?

I write this not to be disparaging, but just because I am a clueless intern with little experience. A little background: One of our rotations as interns (probably the best, in terms of hours certainly, but also cool attendings) is at the VA substance abuse program. It's basically an intensive outpatient program that meets within the hospital. Anyway, besides prescribing some naltrexone or methadone, I didn't really see us doing much. I mean, sure, we'll talk to the patients and see them... Do you do much as an addiction psychiatrist?
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