SUBSTANCE-ABUSE TRAINING IN APA-ACCREDITED DOCTORAL PROGRAMS IN CLINICAL-PSYCHOLOGY - A SURVEY

A survey addressing training provided in the area of substance abuse w as mailed to all 160 doctoral clinical psychology programs provisional ly and fully accredited by the American Psychological Association (APA ). A total of 95 replies were received, yielding a response rate of 59 %. This study was conducted to ascertain whether levels of doctoral tr aining in this area have changed appreciably since comparable surveys in 1979 and 1984. Because of the considerable increase in number of AP A-accredited PsyD programs since the previous two surveys, it was also possible to compare relative levels of training in substance abuse in PhD, PsyD, and combined PhD/PsyD programs. Survey results did not sug gest that substance abuse training either has changed markedly over ti me or differs substantially across types of degree programs.