Non-Abstinent Approaches to Substance Use Disorders

Iannucci began his psychiatric career at Massachusetts General Hospital and McLean Hospital, where he served as chief resident in addiction psychiatry and as assistant director of psychiatric residency training. He then practiced general community and hospital psychiatry for 5 years at Berkshire Medical Center, an experience that shaped his collaborative approach to working with patients and other health care providers. Dr. Iannucci returned to McLean Hospital in 2012 as director of the McLean Fernside residential treatment program, where he continues to focus his career on the integrated treatment of people with substance use disorders and co-occurring mental health conditions. For 10 years, he also directed Fernside’s postdoctoral fellowship in addiction psychology, teaching and learning from the many outstanding psychology trainees at McLean Hospital. He has published on the treatment of people with stimulant use disorder, with co-occurring bipolar disorder and addiction, and with co-occurring borderline personality disorder and substance use disorders.

Kosiba earned his doctorate in clinical psychology from Syracuse University. He completed predoctoral training at McLean Hospital/Harvard Medical School and a postdoctoral fellowship in psychology for the treatment of substance use disorders and co-occurring conditions at McLean Hospital. He joined the staff at Fernside in 2021. Kosiba also serves as an instructor in psychology in the Department of Psychiatry, part-time, at Harvard Medical School. Kosiba has over a decade of experience working with individuals with substance use disorders and co-occurring conditions (dual diagnosis). He specializes in acceptance and commitment therapy with an emphasis on exposure-based treatments when indicated. Kosiba’s research has been published in numerous peer-reviewed journals, and he has presented on topics related to substance use, anxiety, and behavioral medicine.