A5032167054- Substance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes
- Mental Health Treatment and Access
- Smoking Behavior and Cessation
- Alcohol Consumption and Health Effects
- Schizophrenia research and treatment
- Opioid Use Disorder Treatment
- Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
- Alcoholism and Thiamine Deficiency
- Mental Health and Psychiatry
- COVID-19 and Mental Health
- Bipolar Disorder and Treatment
- Prenatal Substance Exposure Effects
- Homelessness and Social Issues
- Digital Mental Health Interventions
- Body Image and Dysmorphia Studies
- Functional Brain Connectivity Studies
- HIV, Drug Use, Sexual Risk
- Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet
- Treatment of Major Depression
- Healthcare Decision-Making and Restraints
- Mindfulness and Compassion Interventions
- Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment
- Child Abuse and Trauma
- Cannabis and Cannabinoid Research
- Personality Disorders and Psychopathology
National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences
2016-2025
JSS Academy of Higher Education and Research
2023
National Institute of Mental Health
2023
Creative Commons
2022-2023
Christie's
2023
National Committee for Quality Assurance
2022
Government Medical College
2022
Johns Hopkins University
2022
National AIDS Control Organisation
2022
All India Institute of Medical Sciences Raipur
2021
Substance use patterns are notorious for their ability to change over time. Both licit and illicit substance cause serious public health problems evidence the same is now available in our country. National level prevalence has been calculated many substances of abuse, but regional variations quite evident. Rapid assessment surveys have facilitated understanding changing use. among women children increasing causes concern. Preliminary neurobiological research focused on identifying...
BackgroundAlthough structured psychological treatments are recommended as first-line interventions for harmful drinking, only a small fraction of people globally receive these because poor access in routine primary care. We assessed the effectiveness and cost-effectiveness Counselling Alcohol Problems (CAP), brief treatment delivered by lay counsellors to patients with drinking attending health-care settings.MethodsIn this randomised controlled trial, we recruited male drinkers defined an...
To assess the impact of COVID-19-related lockdown in India on alcohol-dependent persons.We examined change incidence severe alcohol withdrawal syndrome presenting to hospitals city Bangalore.A changepoint analysis time series data (between 01.01.20 11.04.20) showed an increase average number cases from 4 8 per day (likelihood ratio test: χ2 = 72, df 2, P < 0.001).An unintended consequence was serious illness some patients with use disorders.
Tobacco use is a major cause of preventable death and disease in India. Unfortunately, very few people India quit tobacco use. Lack awareness harm, ingrained cultural attitudes, lack support for cessation maintains the community. The significant addictive property nicotine makes quitting difficult relapse common. Health professionals have received little training, thus carry out proper assessments interventions among users. Evidence from developed countries suggests that brief delivered by...
Counselling for Alcohol Problems (CAP), a brief intervention delivered by lay counsellors, enhanced remission and abstinence over 3 months among male primary care attendees with harmful drinking in setting India. We evaluated the sustainability of effects after treatment termination, cost-effectiveness CAP 12 months, hypothesized mediator 'readiness to change' on clinical outcomes.Male aged 18-65 years screening Use Disorders Identification Test (AUDIT) were randomised either plus usual...
Arsenic, a contaminant of groundwater and irrigated crops, is global public health hazard. Exposure to low levels arsenic through food extends well beyond the areas with high content in water.
The leading mental health causes of the global burden disease are depression in women and alcohol use disorders men. A major hurdle to implementation evidence-based psychological treatments primary care developing countries is non-availability skilled human resources. aim these trials evaluate effectiveness cost-effectiveness two developed for treatment India.This study protocol parallel group, randomized controlled (Healthy Activity Program moderate severe depression, Counselling Alcohol...
Despite harmful drinking causing a significant burden on global health, there is large treatment gap, especially in low- and middle-income countries. A major barrier to care the lack of adequately skilled human resources deliver contextually appropriate treatments. This paper describes systematic process used develop Counselling for Alcohol Problems (CAP), brief psychological (PT) delivery by lay counselors routine primary settings men with India.
There is emerging evidence that there are shared genetic, environmental and developmental risk factors in psychiatry, cut across traditional diagnostic boundaries. With this background, the Discovery biology of neuropsychiatric syndromes (DBNS) proposes to recruit patients from five different (schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, obsessive compulsive Alzheimer's dementia substance use disorders), identify those with multiple affected relatives, invite these families participate study. The will...