3. Designation- Professor, National Drug Dependence Treatment Centre (NDDTC)
4. Qualifications- MBBS, MD Psychiatry
5. Email ID-
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6. Field of Interest- Adolescent Substance Use, Meditation Research
7. Total number of publications till date- 144
8. Details of publications since 2010 onwards (the full citation)- these should be divided into journal articles (peer reviewed publications) and books/monographs/project reports/ proceedings from workshops (non-peer reviewed publications)
Articles
Ray Rajat, Dhawan A (2010). Drug Scheduling-Science and Cultural Perspective. Addiction, 105, 1150-55.
Balhara YPS, Jain R, Dhawan A, Mehta M (2010). Assessment of Abuse Liability of Pheniramine among Opioid Dependent Human Subjects. Journal of Substance Use, Posted online on December 7, 2010. (doi:10.3109/14659891.2010.513753).
Jain Kushal, Jain R, Dhawan A (2011). Double-Blind, Double-Dummy Randomized Controlled Study of Memantine versus Buprenorphine in Naloxone Precipitated Acute Withdrawal in Heroin Addicts. Journal of Opioid Management 7(1), 11-20.
Yadav D, Dhawan A, Balhara YPS, Yadav S (2010). Occupational Rehabilitation of Opiate Users on Maintenance Treatment. Journal of Social Work Practice in the Addictions, 10 (4), 413 – 422.
Ray Rajat, Dhawan A (2011). Diagnostic Orphans. Addiction, 106(5), 891-892.
Verma R, Balhara YPS, Dhawan A (2011). Inhalant abuse: An exploratory Study. Ind Psychiatry J, 20(2): 103-106.
Gupta T, Shah N, Mathur VP, Dhawan A (2012). Oral health status of a group of illicit drug users in Delhi, India. Community Dent Health, 29(1): 49-54.
Rao RV, Ambekar A, Yadav S, Sethi H, Dhawan A (2012). Slow release oral morphine as a maintenance agent in opioid dependence syndrome: an exploratory study from India. Journal of Substance Use, 17(3), 294-300.
Jyotsna VP, Joshi A, Ambekar S, Kumar N, Dhawan A, Sreenivas V (2012). Comprehensive yogic breathing program improves quality of life in patients with diabetes. Indian J Endocrinol Metab, 16(3): 423-8.
Dhawan A, Chopra A (2013). Does buprenorphine maintenance improve the quality of life of opioid users? Indian J Med Res, 137: 130-135.
Ray R, Dhawan A, Chopra A (2013). Addiction Research Centres and the Nurturing of Creativity, National Drug Dependence Treatment Centre - A profile. Addiction, 108(10):1705-10.
Gupta K, Ambekar A, Dhawan A, Mehta M (2014) Psychosocial Factors Associated with HIV‑Related High‑risk Injection Behavior among People Who Inject Drugs. Journal of Mental Health and Human Behaviour, 19(2): 62-68.
Ranjan R, Kumar S, Pattanayak RD, Dhawan A, Sagar R (2014). (De-) criminalization of attempted suicide in India: A review. Ind Psychiatry J, 23(1):4-9.
Bhad R, Jain R, Dhawan A, Mehta M (2014). Biochemical Assessment of Inhalant Use among Adolescents: A Pilot Study from Tertiary De-Addiction Center of India. J Subst Abuse Alcohol, 2(3): 1021-1024.
Dhawan A, Chatterjee B, Balhara YPS, Bhargava R (2015). Issues in Child and adolescent substance use. Indian Journal of Psychiatry, 57(5): S186.
Ambekar A, Dhawan A, Lenin Singh RK, Rao R (2015). How to deliver Methadone Maintenance Treatment (MMT) for Opioid Dependence. Indian Journal of Psychiatry 57(5): S180.
Dhawan A, Chopra A, Ray R (2016). Preference for Treatment Setting by Substance Users in India. Indian J Psychol Med, 38(1): 42-45.
Bhad R, Jain R, Dhawan A, Mehta M (2016). Why do young people sniff? An exploratory study of adolescent inhalant abuse from north India. Journal of Substance Use, Published online 24 Mar 2016.
Bhad R, Jain R, Dhawan A, Mehta M (2016). A Clinic Based Study in Treatment Seeking Adolescent Inhalant Users in India: Implications for Management. Journal of Child and Adolescent Substance Abuse, Published online 22 Sept 2016, DOI: 10.1080/1067828X.2016.1222977
Dhawan A, Pattanayak R , Chopra A, Tikoo VK, Kumar R (2016) Injection drug use among children and adolescents in India: Ringing the alarm bells. Ind J Psy, 58:387-93.
Gupta P, Mandal P, Singh D,Pattanyak R, Bhargava R, Dhawan A (2016). Detection of Optic Neuropathy and 3-month Follow-up of an Adolescent Inhalant User: Are we Paying Enough Attention? Indian J Psychol Med, 38(5): 486–488.doi: 10.4103/0253-7176.191390
Gupta K, Dhawan A, Ambekar A, Mehta M (2016) High- Risk Sexual Behaviors in Young Men Seeking Treatment for Alcohol Dependence: A Qualitative Study. Journal of Psychosocial Research, 11(1): 103-114.
Gupta K, Ambekar A, Dhawan A, Mehta M (2017) Personality profile of alcohol and injecting opioid users: A comparative study from India. Asian Journal of Psychiatry, 25: 142–146.
Dhawan A, Pattanayak RD, Chopra A, Tikoo VK, Kumar R (2017) Pattern and profile of children using substances in India: Insights and recommendations. Natl Med J India, 30(4): 224-229.
Jain S, Dhawan A, Kumaran SS, Pattanayak RD, Jain R (2017) Cue-induced craving among inhalant users: Development and preliminary validation of a visual cue paradigm. Asian J Psychiatr 30: 202-207.
Dhawan A, Rao R, Ambekar A, Pusp A, Ray R (2017) Treatment of substance use disorders through the government health facilities: Developments in the "Drug De-addiction Programme" of Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Government of India. Indian J Psychiatry 59(3): 380-384.
Dhawan A, Mandal P (2017) Preventive Strategies for Substance Use. Indian Journal of Social Psychiatry 33 (2): 108-111.
Dhawan A, Modak T, Sarkar S (2019). Transdermal buprenorphine patch : Potential for role in management of opioid dependence. Asian J Psychiatr 40:88-91.
Mandal P, Parmar A, Ambekar A, Dhawan A (2019). Substance use among treatment seeking Indian adolescent girls: Are they unique? Asian J Psychiatr 41:17-19.
Chawla N, Mandal P, Chatterjee B, Dhawan A (2019). Tramadol-associated pica. Psychiatry ClinNeurosci. 2019;73(1):43.
Tripathi R, Dhawan A, Rao R, Mishra AK, Jain R, Sinha S (2019). Assessment of Subjective Sleep Problems in Men With Opioid Dependence Maintained on Buprenorphine. Journal of Addiction Medicine doi: 10.1097/ADM.0000000000000539
Tripathi, R., Rao, R., Dhawan, A., Jain, R., &Sinha, S. (2020). Opioids and sleep–a review of literature. Sleep medicine, 67, 269-275.
Kethawath, S. M., Jain, R., Dhawan, A., &Sarkar, S. (2020). A review of peripheral brain-derived neurotrophic factor levels in alcohol-dependent patients: Current understanding. Indian journal of psychiatry, 62(1), 15.
Dhawan, A., Mishra, A. K., Ambekar, A., Chatterjee, B., Agrawal, A., &Bhargava, R. (2020). Estimating the size of substance using street children in Delhi using respondent-driven sampling (rds). Asian journal of psychiatry, 48, 101890.
Gupta, S., Bhatia, G., Sarkar, S., Chatterjee, B., Balhara, Y. P. S., &Dhawan, A. (2020). Adult attention-deficit hyperactivity disorders and its correlates in patients with opioid dependence: An exploratory study. Indian Journal of Psychiatry, 62(5), 501.
Kethawath, S. M., Jain, R., Dhawan, A., &Sarkar, S. (2020). Trajectory of liver function tests during the initial alcohol detoxification period: A preliminary analysis. Indian journal of psychiatry, 62(2), 225.
Jain, S., Dhawan, A., Kumaran, S. S., Deep, R., & Jain, R. (2020). BOLD activation during cue induced craving in adolescent inhalant users. Asian Journal of Psychiatry, 52, 102097.
Kethawath, S. M., Jain, R., Dhawan, A., Sarkar, S., & Kumar, M. (2020). An Observational Study of Serum Brain Derived Neurotrophic Factor Levels in Patients with Alcohol Dependence during Withdrawal. Journal of Psychoactive Drugs, 52(5), 440-446.
Verma, V., Mishra, A. K., Dhawan, A., &Nath, D. C. (2020). Diversity in substance use behaviour among street children of Delhi under Bayesian paradigm. BMC Medical Research Methodology, 20(1), 1-9.
Rao R, Dhawan A, Parmar A, Yadav D, Bhad R. (2021) Improving treatment of substance use disorders through community drug treatment clinics: An experiential account. IJCM.
Raghav, R., Jain, R., Jacob, T. G., Dhawan, A., & Roy, T. S. (2021). Co-administration of nalbuphine attenuates the morphine-induced anxiety and dopaminergic alterations in morphine-withdrawn rats. Psychopharmacology, 238(4), 1193-1211.
Batra P, Dhawan A, Pandey RM, Mehta M, Sagar R, Chopra A (2021). Substance use and its associated factors among school students. National medical journal of India, 1;34(2).
Singh, S., & Dhawan, A. (2021). Problematic substance and internet use among medical students. Indian Journal of Social Psychiatry, 37(2), 172.
Gupta, S., Jhanjee, S., & Dhawan, A. (2021). Effectiveness of Interventions Based on Yogic Breathing Practices (IB-YBP) on Substance Use Disorders—A Systematic Review of the Randomized Control Trials and Quasi-Experimental Trials. Substance Use & Misuse, 56(11), 1624-1641.
Singh, V. V., Dhawan, A., Chadda, R. K., Mishra, A. K., & Sarkar, S. (2022). A Prospective Three-Months Naturalistic Follow-Up Study of Outcomes of Patients with Opioid Dependence Discharged on Buprenorphine or Oral Naltrexone. Indian Journal of Psychological Medicine, 02537176211066739.
Sharma, R., Dhawan, A., Kaminer, Y., & Chopra, A. (2022). Teen Addiction Severity Index (T-ASI): Hindi Translation and Validation for Use in India. Indian Journal of Psychological Medicine, 02537176221090467.
Gupta, S., Dhawan, A. (2022). Methodological issues in conducting yoga- and meditation-based research: A narrative review and research implications. Journal of Ayurveda and integrative medicine, 13(3), 100620. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jaim.2022.100620
Singh, V. V., Sarkar, S., Chadda, R. K., Mishra, A. K., & Dhawan, A. (2022). Reasons for leaving treatment among patients with opioid dependence: A 3-month prospective follow-up study. Journal of opioid management, 18(5), 455–466. https://doi.org/10.5055/jom.2022.0739
Abstracts
Pawar A., Dhawan A., Kr A., Varshney M. Profile of patients presenting to the child and adolescent substance use clinic at a tertiary care de-addiction center. .Indian J Psychiatry. 2013; 55(5:) 42-43.
Kr A, Pawar A, Dhawan A. Profile of substance using women presenting to a tertiary care de-addiction facility. Indian J Psychiatry. 2013; 55(5): 79.
Dhawan A, Chopra A, Balhara YPS. Building National Capacity For Management Of Substance Use Disorders. Alcohol and Alcoholism. 2014; 49 (suppl 1): i12 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/alcalc/agu052.51
Chapter in Books
Ray Rajat, Dhawan A (2011) Substance Dependence: National policies and priorities. In Kulhara P, Avasthi A, Thirunavukarasu M, Grover S, Chankrabarti S (eds) Themes and issues in Contemporary Indian Psychiatry, Publication Committee, Indian Psychiatric Society, pg 70-101.
Dhawan A, PattanayakRamandeep (2011) Community based addiction psychiatry. In Chavan BS (ed) Textbook of Community Psychiatry.
Dhawan A, Deb KaushikSinha (2011). Situation update on the extent, pattern of drug abuse in street children. In A Trainers Manual on Drug Use Prevention, Treatment and Care for Street Children, Published by UNODC (ROSA).
Dhawan A, Prashanth R (2011). Brief orientation to medical management of drug abuse among street children. In A Trainers Manual on Drug Use Prevention, Treatment and Care for Street Children, Published by UNODC (ROSA).
Pattnayak R, Dhawan A (2013). Pharmacotherapy in Substance Use Disorder. In: Rakesh Lal, Sandhya Gupta (eds) Substance Use Disorders – Manual for Nursing Personnel, 2nd edition. New Delhi, Published by NDDTC, AIIMS, pp 25-45.
Dhawan A, Kumar A. Long term Pharmacotherapy of opioid dependence syndrome. In: RakeshLal (eds) Substance Use Disorders – Manual for Physicians, 2nd edition. New Delhi: Published by NDDTC, AIIMS; 2013: 77-85.
Dhawan A, Balhara YPS, Mohan I. Substance abuse in adolescents. In: Rakesh Lal (eds) Substance Use Disorders – Manual for Physicians, 2nd edition. New Delhi: Published by NDDTC, AIIMS; 2013: 191-198.
Sri Sri Ravi Shankar, Kenneth Paul Rosenberg, Anju Dhawan, AcharVedamurthachar. Meditation and Spirituality-Based Approaches for Addiction. In: Kenneth Paul Rosenberg, Laura Curtiss Feder (eds) Behavioral Addictions: Criteria, Evidence, and Treatment. UK: Published by Elsevier Inc; 2014: 343-360.
Renu Sharma, Mehta M, Dhawan A. Treatment of Substance Abusing Adolescents. In: Manju Mehta, Rajesh Sagar (eds) A Practical Approach to Cognitive Behaviour Therapy for Adolescents, New Delhi: Published by Springer; 2014: 331-361. ISBN 978-81-322-2241-5
Dhawan A, Pattanyak R (2014 Clinical Practice Guidelines on Management of Inhalant Use Disorders. In: Debashish Basu, PK Dalal (eds) Clinical Practice Guidelines for the Assessment and Management of Substance Use Disorders. Published by Indian Psychiatric Society.
Dhawan A, Pattanyak R (2015). Synopsis of the Clinical Practice Guidelines on Management of Inhalant Use Disorders. In: PK Dalal, Debashish Basu (eds) Synopsis of the Clinical Practice Guidelines on Substance Use Disorders. Published by Indian Psychiatric Society
Anju Dhawan, BiswadipChatterjee. Substance Use Disorders in Training handbook on counseling essential for staff of Child Care Institutions, published by NCPCR, New Delhi, 2016.
Dhawan A, Mongia M. Spirituality and Mental Health. In: RK Chadda, Vinay Kumar, Nitin Gupta, SiddharthSarkar (eds) Social Psychiatry: Principles and Clinical Perspective, New Delhi: Published by Jaypee Brothers; 2018: 133-140.
Dhawan A, Singh Shalini. Social Dimensions of Substance Use Disorders. In: RK Chadda, Vinay Kumar, Nitin Gupta, SiddharthSarkar (eds) Social Psychiatry: Principles and Clinical Perspective, New Delhi: Published by Jaypee Brothers; 2018: 217-226.
Dhawan A., Patil V., Gupta S., Chugh G. Mindfulness and Mental Health. In: Okpaku S.O.(eds) Innovations in Global Mental Health. Springer, Cham, 2021. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-70134-
Dhawan A, Mittal S. Spirituality and Mental Health. In: Rakesh Chadda, Pratap Sharan, Mamta Sood, Koushik Sinha Deb (eds), Mental Health at Cross-roads : Published by White Falcon Publishing 2022: page 229-233
Monographs/Books
Ray R, DhawanA, Ambekar A (2010). A manual for Quality Assurance of OST in Government Health Care settings, NACO.
Ray Rajat, Dhawan A, Ambekar A, Yadav D, Chopra A (2011). Coordination & convergence of Delhi District Health Services programmes & drug use intervention for the out of school children-Final Report. Submitted under the Government of India and WHO Collaborative Programme.
Ray Rajat, Dhawan A, Ambekar A, Jhanjhee S, Chopra A, Malhotra S (2011). Developing a network of de-addiction services from the Government, NGO & Private sector - Final Report. Submitted under the Government of India and WHO Collaborative Programme.
Ray R, Dhawan A, Ambekar A, Implementing OST: A Training Manual for service providers, DFID TAST and National AIDS Control Organisation, Government of India, New Delhi 2011.
Yadav D, Ambekar A, Dhawan A, Aggarwal A, Mehra J, Sethi H, OST program in Government health-care settings: treatment compliance and retention, report submitted to DFID TAST and NACO, Government of India 2011.
Report of the study on Assessment of pattern, profile and correlates of substance use among children in India. Conducted by NDDTC for the National Commission on Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR), India; 2013.
10. Investigator/ Co-investigator in funded projects along with year completed/ongoing
Projects as Chief Investigator
Source of funding
Year
Psychotropic substance abuse
United Nations Drug Control Programme, Regional Office for South Asia (UNDCP ROSA)
2001-02
Evaluation of functioning of de-addiction centres in the country
WHO (India)
2001-2002
Opioid Substitution Treatment with Buprenorphine
United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, Regional Office for South Asia (UNODC-ROSA)
2006-2009
Assessment of feasibility and effectiveness of Methadone Maintenance Treatment in India
UNODC (ROSA)
2011-2013
Effectiveness of Yoga in patients of Opioid Dependence
Central Council for Research in Yoga and Naturopathy, AYUSH, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
2009-2011
Assessment of pattern, profile and correlates of substance use in children
NCPCR
2012-2013
Training of doctors on Substance Use Disorders
Department of Revenue, Ministry of Finance
2010-15
Mapping and Size Estimation of Street Children Who Use Drugs in Delhi
Department of Women and Child development, Delhi Govt
2015-16
Extent of Mental Health issues & Addictive Behavior among Adolescents seeking help in Adolescent Friendly Health Clinics in Delhi
Adolescent Health Division, Directorate of Family Welfare, Govt of NCT of Delhi
2019-2020
Survey on Substance use among School and College Students
Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment, Government of India
2019-20
Screening and Intervention for Drug/Substance Use among Secondary School going Children
UEE Mission, Education Department Delhi
2020-21
A prospective double blind, randomized clinical study to evaluate the antibody response after Covid-19 vaccine when provided along with KabasuraKudineer, a siddha medicine
SSIAR
2021-22
A prospective double blind, randomized clinical study to evaluate the antibody response after Covid-19 vaccine when provided along with NOQ19, an Ayurvedic medicine
SSIAR
2022
Research Projects as co-investigator-
Projects as Co-Investigator
Source of funding
Year
Rapid Assessment Survey Project on Alcohol, Tobacco and other substances in Districts of Darjeeling, Kohima, Aizwal
WHO (India)
1999
Rapid Assessment Survey Project on Alcohol, Tobacco and other substances in Districts of North Goa, Jodhpur, Madras
WHO (India)
2000
Buprenorphine maintenance programme in Kohima district
WHO (India)
2000
Global study on illegal drug markets
UNDCP and UNICRI
2000-2001
A survey of prevalence of drug dependence and comorbidity in the general population of Thrissur
WHO (India)
2001-2002
Advance Statistical Analysis of National Survey Data using new methodologies without the addition of data
WHO (India)
2001-2002
To undertake a study to examine the relationship of tobacco as a gateway drug and to determine the prevalence of substance use behavioural disorders including tobacco in Metropolis Delhi
WHO (India)
2002-2003
Database on Drug Abuse and HIV/AIDS
UNODC (ROSA)
2005-2009
Assessment of drug use in out of School Adolescents
WHO (India)
2008
Development of intervention for drug use in out of school adolescents
WHO (India)
2008-2009
Coordination & convergence of Delhi District Health Services programmes & drug use intervention for the out of school children
WHO (India)
2010-2011
Developing a network of de-addiction services from the Government, NGO & Private sector
WHO (India)
2010-2011
Extent of internet use amongst adolescents with non-psychotic disorders: A case control study
AIIMS
2016
Validation of Teen Addiction Severity Index
AIIMS
2016
Screening and Intervention for Drug/Substance Use among Elementary School going Children
UEE Mission, Education Department Delhi
2020-21
A study to examine dependence, harm perception and motivation to quit amongst Indian areca nut users and pilot test an intervention module
WHO (India)
2020-22
Real World Effectiveness of add-on Yoga for patients with opioid dependence stabilized on treatment
DST SATYAM
2022-23
A study to examine psych-social and behavioral domains among school going adolescents during covid-19 pandemic: Mixed study design
ICMR
2022-24
11. Investigator/Co-investigator in non-funded projects along with year and title completed/ongoing Substance use among adolescents seeking treatment at NDDTC (2014-15)
Adult attention-deficit hyperactivity disorders and its correlates in patients with opioid dependence (2018-19)
Retrospective study to analyze the profile, the pattern of substance
use and outcome of treatment of adolescent patients who sought
treatment for opioid use (on-going)
To assess the effect of intervention of yoga and meditation-based structured programme for youth on the psychological functioning of medical students (on-going)
12. Thesis supervised for MD/ DM/PhD
- as guide (number only)- 8
-as co-guide (number only)-PhD thesis-8, MD and DM thesis-16
13. Awards and Honors
NATIONAL
Member of the Working Group on Drug Abuse and Addiction among children constituted by NCPCR (2012)
Awarded membership of the Technical Resource Group of the Adolescent Health Division, MOHFW for contribution to public health strategy for adolescent health (2015-16)
INTERNATIONAL
Awarded Fogarty International Training and Research Fellowship for HIV AIDS- UCLA (2004)
Member WHO Expert Committee on Development of Treatment Guidelines for Management of Drug Use in Pregnant Women (2013)
Contributed as an expert to the expert and authors meeting organized by Colombo Plan and US Department of State to the Development of Training Curricula for Service Providers to Address Child Drug Addiction on held at Washington DC for development of a module for children 2014-15(22 –24 October, 2014)
Awarded Membership of the International Society of Addiction Medicine Education and Training Committee (2015-22)
