Outpatient

Outpatient Services

 

 

Information for patients

Ø  The outpatient clinic of the centre functions from Monday to Friday.

Ø  Both, new as well as old patients are seen in the outpatient department.

Ø  TheOPD registration timings are from 9:00 AM to 11:30 AM.

Ø  No referral from anywhere is required. The patients are expected to get registered at the registration counter and wait for their turn in the waiting area.

Ø  The registration fee for new patients is Rs. 10/- only (valid for the duration of one year). There is no fee for subsequent (follow-up) visits.

 

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Specialty Clinics

Recently the centre has introduced three specialty clinics. These are

(i)   Tobacco Use Cessation,

(ii)   Adolescent Drug Use Clinic

(iii)  Dual Diagnosis Clinic (Substance Use Disorder and Psychiatric Illness)

 

Tobacco Cessation Clinic (TCC) (Faculty in-charge:Dr. S. Jhanjee; Dr.PrabhuDayal; Dr Gauri ShankerKaloiya)

Tobacco is a powerfully addictive drug and is a major preventable cause of
morbidity and mortality.  A focused approach on tobacco cessation greatly
helps patients to quit this harmful addiction. To help patients quit tobacco use, NDDTC offers Tobacco cessation clinic in the OPD on every Monday at 9.00 A.M. This clinic offers pharmacotherapy, psycho-education and counseling services.

 

Adolescent Clinic (Faculty in-charge:Dr. Anju Dhawan; Dr Rachana Bhargava; DrBiswadip Chatterjee; DrPiyali Mandal)

A growing number of adolescents are falling prey to substance use. Since this group of population has special treatment needs the centre offers a specialty clinic the Adolescent Drug Use Clinic, every Tuesday at 9:00 AM in the OPD.

 

Dual Diagnosis Clinic (Faculty in-charge: Dr. Rakesh Lal; Dr. Yatan Pal Singh Balhara; Dr Siddharth Sarkar)

Many people who are dependent on psychoactive drugs suffer simultaneously from mental (psychiatric) disorders. “Dual Diagnosis” is the term commonly used to describe this group of patients. Since this group has special needs for treatment, a specialty clinic is functional to cater to this group of patients, every Wednesday at 9:00 AM at NDDTCOPD  

 Women Clinic (Faculty-in-charge: Dr AtulAmbekar; DrPiyali Mandal)

Substance use disorders are increasingly being recognized among women. Keeping in mind the special needs of women substance users a clinic has been started at NDDTCOPD on Saturdays from 9:00 am onwards.

Behavioural Addictions Clinic (BAC) (Faculty in-charge: Dr. Yatan Pal Singh Balhara; Dr Rachana Bhargava)

The Behavioral Addictions Clinic (BAC) is aimed at catering to those experiencing behavioral addictions. This includes various conditions including Internet addiction, (video) gaming addiction, smartphone addiction, screen addiction, excessive use of social media, pathological gambling among others. The clinic offers treatment services for the behavioral addictions and the co-occurring psychiatric and substance use disorders that are commonly observed in this population.

Dual Diagnosis Clinic at AIIMS, New Delhi campus (Faculty in-charge: Dr. Yatan Pal Singh Balhara)

The Dual Diagnosis Clinic is aimed at catering to the needs of those suffering from co-occurring disorders. This includes those who have medical disorder or psychiatric disorder in addition to the substance use (addictive) disorders. Some of the commonly seen co-occurring disorders in the clinic include alcoholic liver disease, diabetes, viral hepatitis, cancers, depression, anxiety disorders, psychosis, co-occurring with alcohol, cannabis, opioids (heroin and prescription opioids), tobacco and benzodiazepine use disorders. The clinic offers medicine based (pharmacological) as well as psycho-social treatment for the co-occurring disorders.

 

 

 

 

National Drug Dependence Treatment Centre (NDDTC), Ghaziabad, Delhi-NCR

All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), New Delhi

 

Days	OPD Services			Ward
	Unit 1 Prof Rakesh Chadda, Chief, NDDTC Prof Atul Ambekar Dr Prabhu Dayal Dr Alok Agrawal Dr  Piyali Mandal Walk-in Admission Days: Wednesday & Saturday	Unit II Prof Rakesh Lal Prof Sonali Jhanjee Dr Ravindra Rao Dr Roshan Bhad Dr Shalini Singh Walk-in Admission Days: Tuesday & Friday	Unit III Prof Anju Dhawan Dr Yatan Pal Singh Balhara Dr. Biswadip Chatterjee Dr. Siddharth Sarkar   Walk-in Admission Days: Monday & Thursday
	General OPD	Specialty OPD	Community Clinic	Rounds
Monday	Unit III	Tobacco Cessation Clinic (TCC)	Sundernagari Community Outreach Clinic	Unit III (Service Rounds : Dr Biswadip Chatterjee)
	Prof Anju Dhawan Dr Biswadip Chatterjee	Prof Sonali Jhanjee (In-charge) Dr Prabhu Dayal Dr Gauri Shanker Kaloiya	Dr Roshan Bhad
Tuesday	UNIT II	Adolescent Clinic	Sarai Kale Khan Community Clinic	Unit I (Service Rounds : Prof Rakesh Chadda, Dr Piyali Mandal)
	Prof Rakesh Lal Dr Ravindra Rao	Prof Anju Dhawan (In-charge) Dr Rachna Bhargava Dr Biswadip Chatterjee Dr Piyali Mandal	Dr Alok Aggarwal
		Consultation Liaison Addiction Psychiatry (CLAP) Clinic at AIIMS, New Delhi
		Dr Roshan Bhad
Wednesday	UNIT I	Dual Diagnosis Clinic (DDC)	Trilokpuri Community Clinic	Unit II Grand Rounds
	Dr Prabhu Dayal Dr Gauri Shanker Kaloiya Dr Alok Agrawal Dr Piyali Mandal	Dr Yatan Pal Singh Balhara Dr Siddharth Sarkar	Dr Biswadip Chatterjee
		Consultation Liaison Addiction Psychiatry (CLAP) Clinic at AIIMS, New Delhi
		Dr Shalini Singh
Thursday	Unit III	Family Empowerment Clinic (FEC)	Sundernagari Community Outreach Clinic	Unit I Grand Rounds
	Dr Yatan Pal Singh Balhara Dr Siddharth Sarkar	Dr Gauri Shanker Kaloiya Dr Siddharth Sarkar	Dr Ravindra Rao
Friday	UNIT II		Sarai Kale Khan Community Clinic	Unit III Grand Rounds
	Prof Rakesh Lal Prof Sonali Jhanjee Dr Rachna Bhargava Dr Roshan Bhad Dr Shalini Singh		Prof Atul Ambekar (In-charge)
Saturday	UNIT I	Women’s Clinic	Trilokpuri Community Clinic	Unit II (Service Rounds : Dr Shalini Singh)
	Prof Atul Ambekar Dr Prabhu Dayal Dr Alok Agrawal	Prof Atul Ambekar Dr Piyali Mandal	Dr Siddharth Sarkar
		Behavioral Addictions Clinic (at AIIMS, New Delhi)
		Dr Yatan Pal Singh Balhara Dr Rachna Bhargava
		Consultation Liaison Addiction Psychiatry (CLAP) Clinic at AIIMS, New Delhi
		Dr Ravindra Rao
Psychology clinical services: Referral to a clinical psychology faculty to be decided based upon the  corresponding F/U day of the treating psychiatry faculty: Mon / Wed / Thu for Dr. Kaloiya and Tue / Fri/Sat for Dr. Bhargava
Methadone Mobile Dispensing Unit will be stationed at * 1.        Seemapuri Location, East Delhi every  day 8.30 AM-10.30 AM 2.        Gokulpuri/Babarpur Location, East Delhi every day 11.00 AM-13.00 PM *Timings and locations are subject to change