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Dr.Roshan Bhad

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1. Name: Dr. Roshan Bhad

2. Designation: Additional Professor of Psychiatry
3. Qualifications: MD DNB (Psychiatry) MNAMSInternational Certification in Addiction Medicine 
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5. Field of Interest: i. Addictive disorders among youthii. Consultation Liaison in Addiction Psychiatryiii. Digital interventions in Addiction Psychiatryiv. Drug Policyv. Psychedelic drug research
6. Speciality Clinics: Community drug treatment clinic at Sundernagri; Mobile Methadone Dispensing Unit; Consultation Liaison Addiction Psychiatry Clinic at AIIMS, Delhi 
7. Total number of publications till date: 82
8. Details of publications since 2020 onwards (https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=n9E_V_0AAAAJ&hl=en) 
  • Patel V, Rao R, Bhad R, Mishra AK, Quraishi R, Gupta Y. Prevalence & predictors of sexual functioning & sex hormone profiles among men with opioid dependence: A community-based, cross-sectional study. Indian Journal of Medical Research. 2025: 162 (6); 754-763
doi:10.25259/IJMR_1525_2025
  • Seth N, Afroz O, Ramawat RB, Kaur A, Karna S, Singh S, Bhad R, Verma R, Rao R. Analyzing the Relationship Between Chronic and Occasional Alcohol Consumption Patterns and Their Association with Attentional Bias: An Eye-tracking Methodology. Indian Journal of Psychological Medicine. 2025 Sep 19:02537176251376317.
  • Kaur Brar M, Jain R, Bhad R, Dhawan A, Raghav R. Cortisol/DHEA-S Ratio Normalization by Buprenorphine: Associations with Stress, Coping, and Social Support in Youth with Opioid Use Disorder. Journal of Psychoactive Drugs. 2025 Sep 12:1-2.
  • Bhad R, Brar MK. Substance Use and Forensic Psychiatry in South Asia. Forensic Psychiatry and Prison Mental Health in South Asia.:163.
  • Singh YC, Bhad R, Kandaswamy A. Substance use among Indian Physicians: A narrative review. Indian Journal of Psychiatry. 2025 Jun 1;67(6):553-9.
  • Swami MK, Sarkar S, Nebhinani N, Bhad R, Rajpurohit SS, Sood E, Singh P, Ramawat RB, Mishra AK. A comparison of the severity of substance use disorder in patients with natural opium use versus heroin use. Indian Journal of Psychiatry. 2025 Jun 1;67(6):622-6.
  • DeJong CA, Welle-Strand G, Hanafi E, Pinxten L, Bhad R, Arunogiri S. Global Assessment of Training Needs in Addiction Medicine. European Addiction Research. 2025 Apr 21;31(1):75-85.
  • Al-Ansari B, Narasimha VL, Matanje BL, Hanafi E, Fonseca F, Butner JL, Long J, Moussa D, Orsolini L, Farokhnia M, Melby K. Global overview of short-term alcohol policies: need for global exchange of experience and impact measurement. BJPsych International. 2025:1-5.
  • Bhad R, Shukla S. Understanding Substance Use Disorder and Comorbidities: Insights from South Asia. InCurrent Perspectives on Substance Use Disorders in South Asia: Public Mental Health Aspects 2024 Nov 26 (pp. 225-244). Singapore: Springer Nature Singapore.
  • Singh YC, Singh S, Bhad R, Rao R. Buprenorphine ‘microdosing’method for switching patients with opioid dependence from methadone to buprenorphine. BMJ Case Reports CP. 2024 Nov 1;17(11):e259716.
  • Shakya P, Jangra J, Rao R, Mishra AK, Bhad R. Assessment of treatment retention rates and predictors of retention on opioid agonist treatment among adolescents. Drug and Alcohol Review. 2024 Nov;43(7):1835-44
  • Kanabar M, Chickering M, Kofos M, Kofos LA, Bhad R, Frank E. The Digital World and Addiction Treatment. InLifestyle Medicine, Fourth Edition 2024 Sep 20 (pp. 1168-1176). CRC Press.
  • Elkholy H, Bhad R, Ekhtiari H, Baldacchino AM. Addictive disorders through the lens of the WPA Section on Addiction Psychiatry. World Psychiatry. 2024 Sep 16;23(3):459.
  • Gupta A, MB D, Rao R, Bhad R. COVID-19 vaccine acceptability in patients with opioid dependence–a cross-sectional, community-based study. Journal of Substance Use. 2024 Sep 2;29(5):869-74.
  • Kanabar M, Kathiresan P, Elkholy H, Zonoozi AK, Orsolini L, Long J, Farokhnia M, Bhad R, Butner JL, Fonseca F, Phan V. Spirituality and behavioural addictions: narrative review. BJPsych International. 2024 Aug;21(3):59-61.
  • Basu A, Bhad R, Bharadwaj B, Bharti A, Choudhury S, Das P, Dinesh M, Guin A, Joshi T, Krishnan V, Kumar P. Assessment of Severity of Substance use for Outcomes Research and Treatment (ASSORT): A substance use severity scale developed and validated across six tertiary care centers in India. Indian Journal of Psychiatry. 2024 Jul 1;66(7):614-20.
  • Rao R, Chadda R, Kathiresan P, Gupta R, Bhad R, Mishra AK, Deb KS, Rajhans P, Ganesh R. Prevalence of substance use and substance use disorder in medically ill patients: A cross-sectional, hospital-based study from India. National Medical Journal of India. 2024 May 1;37(3).
  • Kathiresan P, Patel V, Jangra J, Chattopadhyay A, Abdus S, Jadhav M, Rao R, Arya A, Bansal PD, Chinggouman C, Bhad R. Experience of patients on methadone maintenance treatment receiving take-home methadone doses during COVID-19 pandemic: A multi-site study from India. Asian Journal of Psychiatry. 2024 May 1;95:103979.
  • Ekhtiari H, Khojasteh Zonoozi A, Rafei P, Abolghasemi FS, Pemstein D, Abdelgawad T, Achab S, Ghafri HA, Al’Absi M, Bisch M, Conti AA. World addiction medicine reports: formation of the International Society of Addiction Medicine Global Expert Network (ISAM-GEN) and its global surveys. Frontiers in Psychiatry. 2024 Mar 11;15:1230318.
  • Bhad R, Deepak MB, Patel V, Jangra J, Rao R, Shakya P. A community-based telemedication-assisted treatment (TMAT) for delivery of methadone maintenance treatment (MMT) during the COVID-19 pandemic in India: A single-arm, prospective feasibility study. Heroin addiction and related clinical problems. 2024 feb 1;26(1).
  • Shakya P, Rao R, Agrawal A, Bhad R, Ambekar A, Yadav D. Are people with opioid dependence who inject opioids different from those who do not?–Findings from a cross-sectional, observational, community-based study from North India. Indian Journal of Social Psychiatry. 2024 Jan 1;40(1):21-9.
  • Bhad, R., Achab, S., Rafei, P., Kathiresan, P., Ardabili, H. M., Butner, J., ... & ISAM NExT Consortium. (2023). An online global survey and follow-up expert groups on the scope and needs related to training, research, and mentorship among early-career addiction medicine professionals. Cambridge Prisms: Global Mental Health, 10, e44.
  • Goyal, P., Kattula, D., Rao, R., Bhad, R., Mishra, A. K., & Dhawan, A. (2023). Trazodone for sleep disturbance in opioid dependent patients maintained on buprenorphine: A double blind, placebo-controlled trial. Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 250, 110891.
  • Melby K, Farokhnia M, Tolomeo S, Bhad R, Bramnes JG, Baldacchino A, Rao R, Kandasami G, Butner JL, Phan V, Fonseca F. International perspectives on opioid use disorder and treatment: Results from an online convenience sample. Heroin Addiction and Related Clinical Problems. 2024;26(1):5.
  • Elkholy, H., Tay Wee Teck, J., Arunogiri, S., Asaad, M. R., Baessler, F., Bhad, R., ... & Baldacchino, A. M. (2023). Substance Use Disorders Among Forcibly Displaced People: a Narrative Review. Current Addiction Reports, 1-12.
  • Kainth D,Kathiresan P,Bhad R, Rao R, Verma A; A Hyperalert Newborn. Neoreviews June 2022; 23 (6): e413–e415. https://doi.org/10.1542/neo.23-6-e413
  • Ekhtiari H, Zonoozi AK, Rafei P, Abolghasemi FS, Pemstein D, Gawad TA, Achab S, Al Ghaferi H, Al'Absi M, Bisch M, Conti AA. World Addiction Medicine Reports: Study Protocol for the International Society of Addiction Medicine (ISAM) Global Expert Network (ISAM-GEN) Surveys (2022).
  • Narasimha, V., Butner, J., Hanafi, E., Farokhnia, M., Bhad, R., Chalabianloo, F., . . . Arunogiri, S. (2022). Harm reduction and abstinence-based models for treatment of substance use disorders during the COVID-19 pandemic: A global perspective. BJPsych International, 1-4. doi:10.1192/bji.2022.1
  • Long, J., Bhad, R., Potenza, M., Orsolini, L., Phan, V., Kanabar, M., & Achab, S. (2021). Public health approaches and policy changes after the inclusion of gaming disorder in ICD-11: Global needs. BJPsych International, 1-4. doi:10.1192/bji.2021.57
  • Ganesh R,Rao R, Deb KS, Bhad R, Yadav D. Digital Capacity and Interest in mHealth Interventions Among Individuals on Opioid Agonist Maintenance Treatment: A Cross-Sectional Community-Based Study. Indian Journal of Psychological Medicine, 2021. 02537176211027239
  • Sarkar S, Sood E, Bhad R, Mishra A. Validated scales for substance use disorders in the geriatric population: A scoping review. Journal of Geriatric Mental Health. 2022. 8 (2), 70
  • Parmar A, Gupta P, R Bhad R. An exploratory study of clinical profile, stigma and pathways to care among primary cannabis use disorder patients in India. Journal of Substance Use, 2022, 27 (1), 74-79
  • Ganesh R,Rao R, Deb KS, Bhad R, Yadav D. Digital Capacity and Interest in mHealth Interventions Among Individuals on Opioid Agonist Maintenance Treatment: A Cross-Sectional Community-Based Study. Indian Journal of Psychological Medicine, 2021. 02537176211027239
  • Schaub MP, Tiburcio M, Martínez-Vélez N,Ambekar A, Bhad R, Wenger A, ... The effectiveness of a web-based self-help program to reduce alcohol use among adults with drinking patterns considered harmful, hazardous, or suggestive of dependence in four …Journal of medical Internet research, 2021, 23 (8), e21686
  • Rao R, Yadav D, Bhad R, Rajhans P. Mobile methadone dispensing in Delhi, India: implementation research. Bulletin of WHO. 2021; 99(6): 422
  • Radfar et al., Reorganization of substance use treatment and harm reduction services during the COVID-19 pandemic: a global survey. Frontiers in Psychiatry. 2021; 12:349
  • Parmar A, Gupta P, Bhad R. An exploratory study of clinical profile, stigma and pathways to care among primary cannabis use disorder patients in India. J Sbst Use, 2021; https://doi.org/10.1080/14659891.2021.1897695
  • Kathiresan P, Bhad R, Rao R. What's in a name? Nosological issues in substance use and addictive disorders: Perspective from ICD-11. Asian J Psychiatr, 2021; DOI: 10.1016/j.ajp.2021.102585
  • Bhad R, Gupta R, Balhara YPS. A study of pathways to care among opioid dependent individuals seeking treatment at a community de-addiction clinic in India. J Ethn Subst Abuse. 2020;19(3):490-502
  • Mathur R, Parmar A, Rajpurohit SS, Tundup T, Bhad R. Sildenafil Misuse for its Psychoactive Properties? A Case Report. Journal of Addiction Medicine, 2020; DOI: 10.1097/ADM.0000000000000805
  • Tripathi R, Singh S, Bhad R. The need, scope, challenges, and potential solutions for enhancing addiction psychiatry training in India. Indian Journal of Psychiatry. 2020; 62(6): 728
  • Kathiresan P, Rao R, Joshi T, Bhad R, Bhatnagar S, Deb KS, Chadda RK. Chronic noncancer pain and opioid addiction: Diagnostic and management challenges. Indian J Palliat Care 2020;26:544-7
9. Presentations made at scientific meetings/ conferences/ workshops 50
10. Co-investigator in funded/non funded projects 16
11. Funded/Non funded projects: 
  • Funded research projects: 10 (As a PI 4 projects & as Co-I 6 projects)
1. Comparative assessment of stress and coping among adolescent with recent inhalant abuse: A case control study (Funded by AIIMS Intramural research grant)2. Field Testing of the International Standards for the Treatment Drug Use Disorders (The Standards) in India (Funded by WHO-UNODC grant)3. Service -based field testing of ICD-11:Public Health/Clinical Utility and Comparability with ICD-10 in India (Funded by WHO, Geneva)4. “Alcohol e-Help” – A Study to explore the efficacy of the World Health Organization Internet self-help intervention for the reduction of alcohol consumption (Funded by WHO, Geneva)5. Rates and pattern of psychoactive substance use among prisoners in India(Funded by Ministry of Social Justice & Empowerment, GOI)6. An explorative study of knowledge, perceived attitude and risk of addiction potential among different stakeholders concerning recreational cannabis use among youth in India (Funded by AIIMS Intramural research grant) 7. Development and validation of an Indian scale to assess severity of substance related problems(Funded by Indian Council of Medical Research-ICMR)8. A pilot study of assessment of behavioral markers for treatment seeking substance use disorder patients through digital phenotyping: A cross sectional comparative study from Delhi-NCR, India
  • Non-funded projects: 20 (As a PI 89projects & as Co-I 11 projects)
  • Thesis titled “Clinical assessment and biochemical validation of adolescents inhalant users in treatment setting” completed in National Drug Dependence Treatment Centre, (NDDTC), AIIMS.
 
12. Memberships of professional bodies 
  • Founder member and Assistant Secretary General of Addiction Psychiatry Society of India (APSI)
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  • Distinguished Fellow of International Society of Addiction Medicine (DFISAM)
 
  • Fellow of Indian Psychiatric Society (FIPS)
 
  • Member of National Academy of Medical Sciences (MNAMS)
 
  • Member of International Society for the Study of Drug Policy (ISSDP)
13. Important awards & honours 
  • Presented plenary lecture at 18th Addiction Science Congress Iran on the topic “The Digital Interventions for Overcoming Barriers in Substance Use Disorder Treatment: Implications for Developing Countries.”
  • Invited to present at the “Third WHO Forum on Alcohol, Drugs and Addictive Behaviours (FADAB)” on behalf of International Society of Addiction Medicine (ISAM)and presented on “Addiction Medicine Training in India & Training Needs of Young Professionals: Perspective from ISAM NExT
  • Recipient of “Young Psychiatrist Award” for the paper titled “Preliminary investigation of stress biomarker responses to stress and coping in adolescent inhalant users from india: a case control study” presented at 2nd Research and Education Center of Bridging Asian Mental Health and Psychiatry (REBAMP) Conference, Taiwan, 11, 18, 25 July 2020.
  • Recipient of “Early Career Research Scholarship Award” to attend 1st Asian Regional meeting of International Society for Study of Drug Policy, Hong Kong, PRC (2019)
  • Recipient of ICMR “International Travel Award” for paper titled “Assessment of perceived barriers affecting adherence to Methadone Maintenance Treatment (MMT) in India: a retrospective cohort study” (2018)
  • Recipient of “NIDA-ISAM Fellowship Award” for paper titled “Study of factors related to the dropouts in Methadone maintenance treatment programme of India: A retrospective chart review ” (2015)
  • Recipient “Asian Scholar Award ” for paper titled “A study of pathway of care among opioid dependent individuals seeking treatment at a community de-addiction clinic in India” (2015)
  • Received ‘Best Poster Award’ for poster titled “Psychological management of a chronic case of irritable bowel syndrome” in International Conference on Cognitive Behavioral Interventions (ICCBI AIIMS) at AIIMS, New Delhi, India in 2015.
14: Other relevant information: Currently Board of Director of International Society of Addiction Medicine (ISAM) 2023 till date and Chair Person, ISAM NExT (2020-23)Secretary, Addiction Psychiatry Section, World Psychiatric Association (WPA) form 2024 onwards

 

 

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