Dr. Swati Kedia Gupta

Curriculum – Vitae

Current Affiliation

Assistant Professor, Clinical Psychology,

Department of Psychiatry, AIIMS, Delhi 

Education

• M. Phil Clinical Psychology (2004-2006)- Institute of Human Behavior and Allied Sciences, Delhi (affiliated to University of Delhi; RCI recognized) – two- year of supervised work at a psychiatric institution

• PhD, Clinical Psychology (Specialization in area of substance use disorders and two years of supervised therapeutic work – Department of Psychiatry and National Drug Dependence Treatment Centre - All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), New Delhi.

Awards/Fellowships and Special Training

• Fellow of Ramachandra N Moorthy Foundation for Mental and Neurological Disorders

• NACO- Research Fellowship of HIV/AIDS for year 2010-2011

• Nominated by the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare to attend the 11th Regional Training of Women Counselors on Treatment and Rehabilitation organized by the Colombo Plan Drug Advisory Program held at Chennai, India.

• Best Paper Award for “Technology-enhanced Learning in Psychological Interventions for Substance Use Disorders” presented at International Conference on Cognitive Behavioral Interventions held at AIIMS, New Delhi in December 2015

• Best Paper Award for “Emotional Processing and Adjustment in Depression” presented at 32nd National Annual Conference of Indian Association of Clinical Psychologist held at Kolkota in January 2008

• BMJ Awards South Asia for “Strengthening Drug De-addiction Programme (DDAP): Establishing Drug Treatment Clinics (DTCs)” under the category of Non-communicable Disease Initiative of the Year 2016

Professional Memberships

• Professional Clinical Psychologist with Rehabilitation Council of India (CRR No. A10109)

• Professional Life Member of Indian Association of Clinical Psychologist (Executive Committee member, North Zone 2012- 2014)

• Ex-General Council Member, Richmond Fellowship Society (Delhi Branch)

• Associate Member of Indian Psychiatric Society

• Associate Member of Indian Association for Social Psychiatry

• Life member of World Association of Rehabilitation Psychiatry (Indian Chapter)

• International Affiliate member with American Psychological Association

• Member of World Association of Personality Psychology

Consultancy for International NGOs

• Consultant at FHI360 (Family Health International) -Development of training module for counselors working with women drug users (28th July 2014 – 31st Dec 2014)

• Consultant at UNODC, ROSA – Development of training module for trainers working in field of Injecting Drug Use and conducting training programs (22nd Oct 2010 – 30th Nov 2010)

Publications

1. Kedia Gupta S, Mehta M. “Anxiety Management” In Mehta, M; Sagar, R (2^nd Ed.), “A Practical Approach to Cognitive Behavior Therapy for Adolescents. (In print).

2. Sood M, Kedia Gupta S (corresponding author), Gupta V. Personality & Emotional Regulation: A Comparison between Medical and Non-medical Professionals. Indian Journal of Clinical Psychology, 2021; 47 (02): 48-51.

3. Kedia Gupta S. Family Counselling, Couples Counselling and Sex Counselling. In Kumar, Navin (Ed.). Counselling Psychology: Indian and Western Pathways. 2021. Cengage India. ISBN -13 978-93-91566-57-9

4. Ambekar, A; Kedia, S (2021). Standard Policy and Practice Guidelines: For counsellors working with National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, Government of Nigeria. Funding by European Union

5. Kedia Gupta, S (2021). Quit Tobacco: A Guide on Quitting Tobacco. I Love New Me Inc.  

6. Kedia Gupta S and Khandelwal SK (2020). The “Good, Bad, and Ugly:” Challenges for the Health‐care Professionals in Wake of the COVID‐19 Pandemic. Indian J Soc Psychiatry 2020;36: S181‐6.

7. Rao R, Kedia Gupta S; Swaminathan P; Gupta V; Dhawan A, Agrawal A & Ambekar A. Predictors of long-term retention on opioid agonist treatment with buprenorphine: a 6-year, community-based retrospective cohort study in India, 2020; Substance Use. 1–6.

8. Rao R, Panda U, Kedia Gupta S, Ambekar A, Gupta S, Agrawal A. Portrayal of alcohol in Bollywood movies: A mixed methods study. Indian J Psychiatry 2020; 62:159-66

9. Sharan P, Purnima S, Rao R, Kedia Gupta S, Khoury B, Reed G. Field testing of ICD-11 proposals for female sexual dysfunctions in India: Cognitive interviews with patients. Archives of Medical Research, 2019; 50: 567-576

10. Pandey R, Puar S, Kedia Gupta S. Cognitive Behaviour Therapy for Chronic Illnesses. International Journal of Social Science Review, 2019; 7 (Special Issue-June): 73-75.

11. Kedia Gupta S. “Addictive Disorders: Needs and Methods.” In Kaloiya, GS; Singh, G; Sarkar, S; Dayal, P and Balhara, YPS (Ed.). Basics of Addiction Psychology. 2019. National Drug Dependence Treatment Centre (NDDTC), All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), New Delhi.

12. Bhargava R, Kedia Gupta S; Bhati N, Pattanaik P. “Interpersonal Bonding and Communication”. In Chadda, RK; Kumar, V; Gupta, N; Sarkar, S (Ed). Social Psychiatry: Principles & Clinical Perspectives. 2018. Jaypee Bros. Medical Publishers and Indian Psychiatric Society

13. Deb, KS; Verma, R; Kedia, S; Hans, G. Community Preparedness in Disasters: How to Minimize Post Disaster Psychological Sequele. Indian Journal of Social Psychiatry, 2018; 34 (4): 346.

14. Deb KS and Kedia Gupta S. Prevention strategies for substance use disorders in low-resource settings. Indian J Soc Psychiatry, 2017; 33:112-7

15. Kedia Gupta S, Ambekar, A, Dhawan, A, Mehta, M. “Personality Profile of Alcohol and Injecting Opioid Users: A Comparative Study from India.” Asian Journal of Psychiatry, 2017; 25: 142-146.

16. Kedia, S; Rao, R; Ambekar, A; Agrawal, A; Khandelwal, SK. Long-term Effectiveness Of Standardized Drug-treatment Training On Participant Knowledge A 12-Month Follow-up Study. Indian Journal of Psychiatry, 2017; 59 (6): S186

17. Kedia Gupta S; Dhawan, A, Ambekar, A; Mehta, M. “High- Risk Sexual Behaviors in Young Men Seeking Treatment for Alcohol Dependence: A Qualitative Study”. Journal of Psychosocial Research. 2016; 11 (1): 103-114. ISSN: 0976-3937.

18. R Rao, SK Gupta, R Prashanth, A Ambekar, A Dhawan. Factors Associated with Retention on Opioid Substitution Therapy in A Community Clinic Setting. Indian Journal of Psychiatry, 2016; 58 (5): S66

19. Lal R, Deb KS, Kedia Gupta S. “Substance Use in Women: Current Status and Future Directions.” Indian Journal of Psychiatry. 2015; 57 (Suppl. 2): 275-285.

20. Kedia Gupta S, Mehta M. “Anxiety Management” In Mehta, M; Sagar, R (Ed.), “A Practical Approach to Cognitive Behavior Therapy for Adolescents. 2015. Springer India.

21. Kedia Gupta S, Ambekar A, Dhawan A, Mehta M. Psychosocial factors associated with HIV-related high-risk injection behavior among people who inject drugs. Journal of Mental Health and Human Behaviour 2014;19: 62-8.

22. Chadda RK and Kedia Gupta S. Economic disparity and mental health. Annals of the National Academy of Medical Sciences. 2012; 48 (3&4): 65-75

23. Chaddha RK and Kedia Gupta S. Medicalization of Nervous and Emotional Problems. Annals of the National Academy of Medical Sciences. 2012; 48 (1 & 2): 19-29

24. Kedia S. “Relationship Building Strategies”. In Mehta, M; Chadha, N and Ratra, A (Ed.), “Practical Aspects of Counseling and Family Therapy-II as part of the course Counseling and Family Therapy: Applied Aspects. 2011. Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU). ISSN:

25. Kedia S. “Strategies for Facilitating and Evaluating Change.” In Mehta, M; Chadha, N and Ratra, A (Ed.), “Practical Aspects of Counseling and Family Therapy-II as part of the course Counseling and Family Therapy: Applied Aspects. 2011. Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU).

26. Bhargava R and Kedia S. “Dealing with Deliberate Self-Harm” In Verghese, M; Chadha, N and Ratra, A (Ed.), “Working with Physical Illness and Self Abuse” as part of Course Counseling and Family Therapy: Applications and Interventions. 2011. Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU).

27. Kedia S. “Substance Abuse Among Special Population Groups: Women, Adolescents, Mentally Ill and Prisoners” In Ambekar, A; Chadha, N; Yadav, D and Ratra, A (Ed.) “Problems of Substance Abuse I” as part of the course Substance Abuse: Counseling and Therapy. 2011. Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU).

28. Kedia S and Yadav, D. “Motivation Enhancement and Relapse Prevention Therapy.” In Ambekar, A; Chadha, N; Yadav, D and Ratra, A (Ed.) “Therapeutic Interventions” as part of the course Substance Abuse: Counseling and Therapy. 2011. Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU).

29. Kedia S. “Illustration of a Substance Abuse Case” In Chadha, N and Ratra, A (Ed.) “Manual for Supervised Practicum” as part of the course Substance Abuse and Family Therapy. 2011. Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU).

30. Kedia S. “Executive Functions: Assessment and Rehabilitation. In Sharma, V and Malhotra, S (ed.) “Clinical Neuropsychology”. 2011. Rashtra Bhasha Offset Press.

31. Mehta, M and Kedia S. “Neuropsychological Assessment in Children” In Sharma, V and Malhotra, S (ed.) “Clinical Neuropsychology”. 2011. Rashtra Bhasha Offset Press.

32. Ambekar A, Rao R, Mukherjee D and Kedia S (2011) “Counseling in Targeted Interventions for Injecting Drug Users- A Counselor’s Training Module. United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, ROSA UNODC-ROSA) and Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai

Technical Expert

1. 2016 – To Date: Training of counselors working in area of substance use disorders, held by National Institute of Social Defense, Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment, GOI

2. 2015-2017: Training on Psychosocial Interventions in Substance Use Disorders for Medical officers, nurses and counselors of Drug Treatment Centres under the Drug Deaddiction Program, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, organized by National Drug Dependence Treatment Centre, AIIMS

3. Workshop on Drug Abuse Prevention held at Dayal Singh College, DU organized by All India Women Education Fund Association (AIWEFA) in association with National Institute of Social Defense, Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment, GOI held on 14^th November 2017.

4. 2-3 April 2016: Workshop on “Psychosocial Rehabilitation in Resource Poor Countries” conducted in WAPR National Workshop on Psychosocial Rehabilitation, Dharan, 2016." held by Department of Psychiatry, B P Koirala Institute of Health Sciences, Nepal

5. September 2014: Master trainer for CME on “Psychosocial Assessment and Intervention in Addiction” held by Virtual Knowledge Network, Department of Psychiatry and Centre for Addiction Medicine, NIMHANS, Bengaluru

6. November 2014: One-month orientation program on “Substance Use Disorders” held by Department of Psychiatry and Centre for Addiction Medicine, NIMHANS, Bengaluru

7. Training of Trainers: Three-day program for master trainers on Counseling for Injecting Drug Users in the Context of Targeted Interventions in India organizes by UNODC-ROSA

8. Meeting of Experts to conduct an Impact Evaluation of the Ongoing Projects to Strengthen the Primary Health Care Delivery System for Mental Health Care” organized by WHO at Dhaka, Bangladesh from 1-3 December 2011

9. March 2008: “Prevention of Substance Abuse in Children: Presented in a sensitization workshop held for teachers in Vasant Valley School (Vasant- Kunj, New Delhi) organized by NDDTC, AIIMS

10. 26th April 2008: Drug Abuse among Adolescents: An Overview. Presented in the Sensitization workshop on Drug Abuse among Adolescents in Jammu, organized by Government of Jammu and International Association for Human Values

11. January 2006: Workshop on “School Mental Health Program” held for parents on how to manage their children more effectively at St. Mary’s Christian Senior Secondary School, New Delhi, India on

Reviewer

• Psychosocial Journal of Rehabilitation

• Indian Journal of Social Psychiatry

• PLOS one

The Department of Psychiatry has been a pioneer in providing mental health services in a General Hospital Setting. The department runs regular out-patient walk-in and follow-up clinics in addition to weekly specialty clinics for child and adolescent psychiatric disorders, psychosomatic disorders, common mental disorders, severe mental disorders, dual diagnosis disorders and brain stimulationtherapies. Consultation liaison services are provided for the patients admitted in other wards of the hospital andemergency psychiatric services are provided on a round-the-clock. The department also provides community outreach services 6 days a week at the CRHSP, Ballabgarh, including one day each at the Primary Health Centre at Dayalpur and Chhainsa. Besides pharmacotherapeutic interventions, psychological treatments, modified electro convulsive therapy (MECT) and advanced treatments like rTMS, tDCS and biofeedback are routinely provided. During the year 2017-18, the department provided out-patient consultation services to a total of 17, 204 new cases and 66, 333 follow up cases and in-patient management to 282 patients.

The department is at the forefront of medical education with courses for MBBS, B.Sc/M.Sc nursing, MD (Psychiatry) and PhD (Clinical Psychology) scholars. The departmentalso conducts short term training courses of residents posted from other departments (Medicine, Geriatric Medicine, Emergency Medicine, Palliative Medicine, and DM Neurology). For MBBS students, teaching includes theory lectures of 20 hours (6th semester) and clinical training of 7 hours (3rd semester), 25 days (4th-5th semester) and 40 days (in 6th/8th semester).The department undertakes regular collaborative research with national and international agencies like World Health Organization (WHO), University of California, National Institute of Health Research (UK), ICMR, and is one of the leading partners for research regarding the development of psychiatric classificatory system (ICD-11) by WHO. The department organizes year round public educational events for public dissemination of research knowledge and to promote awareness of mental health issues.

Currently primary mandate of the department is to develop highly trained manpower, and formulate curriculum and techniques for undergraduate and postgraduate medical education. Exploration of general mental health morbidity, culturally appropriate treatment of mental disordersand epidemiology of substance abuse remains the main research focus of the department.

History of the Department:

The Department of Psychiatry had informal beginning in 1958, when DrLuvia Taylor Gregg, Honorary Consultant in Psychiatry, began formal teaching in psychiatry for the first batch of MBBS students. Dr Gregg planned to introduce 100 hours of teaching in psychiatry in MBBS curriculum. Prof KL Wig, the then Head, Department of Medicine (later Director, AIIMS) was instrumental in integrating teaching of psychiatry throughout the clinical posting in medicine, so that the exposure to psychiatry was spread to all the 3 years on weekly basis. Since there was no inpatient unit in psychiatry, MBBS students were sent to the Mental Hospital, Agra for exposure to inpatients in psychiatry. DrVimlaVirmani, who later headed the Department of Neurology, had worked as clinical tutor in the initial years of the Department history.Dr SC Malik, one of the earliest post graduate pass out from AIIMS, wrote in one of his memoirs, “we had about 80-100 hours' exposure in psychiatry at the under-graduate level. Psychiatry at that time was (mostly) ‘Dynamic Psychiatry’ with highly laden emphasis on psycho-analysis and analytically oriented psychotherapy. For the undergraduates it was a very thrilling experience and many of us approached Mrs. Gregg to know about ourselves - our hidden complexes etc. Our exposure to psychiatry was spread to all the 3 years on a weekly basis”

Dr AS Mahal joined as Assistant Professor in 1962 and Dr D Satyanand as Professor and Head in Aug 1963. DrSatyanand started regular MD Psychiatry programme in psychiatry, the first in the country. Post graduate psychiatry in general hospital setting provided the groundworks for de-stigmatizing psychiatry and in moving mental disorders outside the custodial boundaries of mental asylums, within the community. The MD course also fostered integration as medical residents could now opt for Psychiatry as their specialization in general hospital settings.

Anothermilestone contribution of the department was the development of rural mental health services, through the Indian council of Medical research funded mental health project at the Comprehensive Rural Health Services Project (CRHSP), Ballabhgarh during 1964, under the leadership of DrD Satyanand. The integration of Psychiatry training in rural undergraduate medical curriculum is a continuing legacy of this project. The department continues to provide regular care at its rural centres to fulfill its obligation towards development of rural and community psychiatry.

Another first achieved by the department of psychiatry, under leadership of DrSatyanand, was the beginning of Child Guidance Clinic in Delhi in 1964. From seeing only cases of mental retardation and hyperkinetic disorders initially, this clinic, now caters to a wide variety of psychiatric disorders and behavioral issues of children.

The first batch of successful psychiatrists completed their training at AIIMS in 1964 and DrSatyanand retired in late 1966. During 1967-1968, Dr Erna Hoch, a Swiss psychiatrist, who had migrated to India, headed the Department as Honorary Professor and Head for about one and half year.From 1969-1980, she was medical director and professor of psychiatry in the only psychiatric hospital in the province of Cashmere (Kashmir). In 1988, Erna Hoch returned to Switzerland to live in the Tessin. Her famous book “Sources and Resources” represents a collections of articles written while in India propounding on the cultural influence of mental ailments and their treatment. 

Prof JS Neki, who joined the department in September 1968 as Professor and Head, introduced the concept of ‘Guru-Chela’ paradigm in the practice of psychotherapy with due consideration to Indian culture and context. He was also instrumental in opening doors for Psychiatry in other departments. Due to his efforts, posts for psychologists were created in the department of Pediatrics and Neurosciences.

Prof N N Wig (Picture courtesy: Shubh Singhvia Flikr) and Prof Rajat Ray

In 1980, Prof NN Wig joined the department. He was part of the expert group formed for preparing draft of National Mental Health Programme (NMHP), which was completed in 1982. Prof Wig also strengthened the relationship of psychiatry with neurosciences in 1984, by holding the first faculty position in Neuropsychiatry at AIIMS.

The de-addiction services started in AIIMS outpatient department in 1976.Prof D Mohan, then Head of the Department, and an AIIMS alumnus, persistently endeavored to minimize the gross imbalancebetween the resources required to meet the increasing needs for de-addiction services and those available. Thus was formed the De-Addiction Centre (DAC), initially functional from premises of DeenDayalUpadhyay Hospital. The DAC subsequently evolved to become National Drug Dependence Treatment Centre (NDDTC), a national centre and a WHO collaborating centreand became fully operational from its new premises in Ghaziabad from April 2003.

Prof R Ray, who became head of the department after the retirement of Prof D Mohan, was pioneer in carrying out the first national survey on substance use disorders under Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment, Government of India, carried out from March 2000 to November 2001. 

Prof SK Khandelwal, who became the head in 2013, developed the department further with multiple liaison services and creation of specialty clinics at AIIMS. His position as faculty of neuropsychiatryfurther strengthened the relation of psychiatry with neurosciences. DrKhandelwal is also credited with opening ofone of the first lithium clinic in India where free testing could be carried out for patient suffering from Bipolar Disorder. Under his leadership, various National CMEs and public lectures have been organized. In 2016 the department hosted the World Congress of Social Psychiatry under the leadership of Prof Khandelwal and Prof R K Chadda, who succeeded Prof Khandelwal as the Head of the Department and Chief of the National Drug Dependence Treatment Centre upon his retirement.

Personal Details:

Name:                                  Dr. Koushik Sinha Deb

Date of Birth:                        8^th October, 1977

Medical Registration:            MCI58303, DMC 67207-RRE

Qualification:                         MD (Psychiatry)

Current Affiliation:                        

Assistant Professor

Department of Psychiatry

All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS)

New Delhi, 110029

Office Address:

Room No: 4096, Department of Psychiatry,

Teaching Block,All India Institute of Medical Sciences,

Ansari Nagar, New Delhi-29

Phone no: +91-9868945171

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Essential Qualifications

2005-2008: Doctor of Medicine (MD) – Psychiatry at AIIMS, New Delhi                     

1996-2003: Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery (M.B.B.S) Medical College, Kolkata (Calcutta University).  

Academic Experience:

June 2014 – till present: Assistant Professor, AIIMS Delhi

May 2013 – June 2014:Assistant Professor, AIIMS Jodhpur

2012: June – April, 2013: Senior Research Associate (Scientists’ Pool Scheme)

Feb-May: Senior Research Officer in the WHO project: "Cross-cultural development of a Depression Identification Instrument for SEARO" Department of Psychiatry, AIIMS, New Delhi.

2011: WHO Short Term Consultant: Worked in the WHO project titled “Technical support for Audit of Mental Health Systems in Maldives”

2009-2012: Senior Resident: Department of Psychiatry and National Drug Dependence Treatment Centre, All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS)

Research Focus & Summary:

List of Publications:

Research papers

1.       Deb KS, and Singh S. (2017). “The Language of Suffering: A Commentary on VeenaDas’s ‘How the Body Speaks.’” Medicine Anthropology Theory | An Open-Access Journal in the Anthropology of Health, Illness, and Medicine 4 (3): 166. doi:10.17157/mat.4.3.483.

2.       Deb KS, Gupta SK. (2017) Prevention strategies for substance use disorders in low-resource settings. Indian J Soc Psychiatry.33:112-7

3.       Chandran N, Parmar A, Deb KS. (2017) A Rare Presentation of a Case of Obsessive–compulsive Disorder Comorbid with Bipolar Affective Disorder. Indian Journal of Psychological Medicine. 39(1): 439-440.

4.       Tuli A, Singh P, Sood M, Deb KS, Jain S, Jain A, Wason M, Chadda RK, Verma R.(2016) Harmony: close knitted mhealth assistance for patients, caregivers and doctors for managing SMIs.  Proceedings of the 2016 ACM International Joint Conference on Pervasive and Ubiquitous Computing, Adjunct (doi:10.1145/2968 219.2968301): 1144-1152.

5.       Varshney M, Mahapatra A, Krishnan V, Gupta R, Deb KS. (2016). Violence and mental illness: what is the true story? Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health, 70(3), 223–225

6.       Sood M, Chadda R K, Deb KS, Bhad R, Mahapatra A, Verma R, Mishra AK. (2016). Scope of Mobile Phones in Mental Health Care in Low Resource Settings. Journal of Mobile Technology in Medicine, 5(2), 33–37

7.       Gupta R, Krishnan V, Deb KS, Mahapatra A, Sharan P. (2016). ARFID in adults: Problems with the DSM 5 and ICD-11 conceptualization of restrictive eating disorders. European Psychiatry, 33, S184

8.       Khandelwal SK, Deb KS, Krishnan V. (2015). Restraint and seclusion in India. Indian Journal of Social Psychiatry, 31(2), 141

9.       Gupta R, Sahu A, Pawar A, Deb KS. (2015). OR-35: Trichotillomania--A proposal for change of diagnostic criteria in ICD-11. Journal of Behavioral Addictions, 4(S1), 19–20

10.   Lal R, Deb KS, Kedia S. (2015). Substance use in women: Current status and future directions. Indian Journal of Psychiatry, 57 (Suppl 2), S275-285

11.   Kushwaha V, Deb KS, Chadda RK, Mehta M. (2014). A study of disability and its correlates in somatization disorder. Asian Journal of Psychiatry, 8, 56–58

12.   Goyal S, Deb KS, Elawadhi D, Kaw N. (2014). Substance abuse as a way of life in marginalized gender identity disorder: a case report with review of Indian literature. Asian Journal of Psychiatry, 12, 160–162

13.   Thiels C, Deb KS. (2014). EDDA: an eating disorder diagnostic algorithm according to ICD-11. Eating and Weight Disorders: EWD, 19(1), 111–114

14.   Deb KS, Gupta R, Varshney M. (2014). Orlistat abuse in a case of bulimia nervosa: the changing Indian society. General Hospital Psychiatry, 36(5), 549.e3-4

15.   Balhara YPS, Deb KS. Impact of tobacco on thyroid function. Thyroid Research and Practice. 2014 Jan 1;11(1):6.

16.    Mandal P, Prakash S, Deb KS. Schizophrenia caregivers' trauma-Need to look deeper. Asian J Psychiatr, 2013; 6(5):428-429.

17.   Deb KS, Balhara YPS. (2013). Dhat syndrome: a review of the world literature. Indian Journal of Psychological Medicine, 35(4), 326–331

18.   Chadda RK, Ramshankar P, Deb KS, Sood M. (2013). Metabolic syndrome in schizophrenia: Differences between antipsychotic-naïve and treated patients. Journal of Pharmacology &Pharmacotherapeutics, 4(3), 176–186

19.   Chadda, RK, Deb KS. (2013). Indian family systems, collectivistic society and psychotherapy. Indian Journal of Psychiatry, 55(Suppl 2), S299-309

20.   Balhara YP, Deb KS. Impact of alcohol use on thyroid function. Indian J EndocrinolMetab. 2013;17(4):580-587

21.   Deb KS, Sarkar S, Sood M, Khandelwal SK. Wires in the body: A case of factitious disorder.Indian Journal of Psychological Medicine. 2013; 35(2): 209-211

22.   Ray R, Vaswani M, Deb KS, Sethi H, Kishore N, Goyal R. Post marketing surveillance of sublingual buprenophine naloxone combination tablets. Indian J PhysiolPharmacol. 2012 Oct-Dec;56(4):359-66.

23.   Sagar R, Deb KS. Review of the Mental Health Services in Maldives. Submitted to: World Health Organization, Country Office for Maldives; 2011

24.   Deb KS, Dhawan A. Extent and pattern of drug use amongst street children in India. In: A Trainer’s Manual on drug use prevention, treatment and care for street children. New Delhi: United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) and National Institute of Social Defense (NISD); 2011.

25.   Ambekar A, Deb KS. Substance Use Disorders: An Overview. In: Lal R. Ambekar A, editors. Substance Use Disorders: A Manual for paramedical professionals. New Delhi: WHO-India and Ministry of Health and Family Welfare; 2009

26.   Deb KS, Tripathi BM, Ambekar A. Substance Use among Street Children: An Overview. Drug Abuse: News-n-Views, NDDTC AIIMS. 2009;13-22.

27.   Ray R, Ambekar A, Deb KS. International Policy and Legal Framework: an Overview. Drug Abuse: News-n-Views, NDDTC AIIMS. 2009;3-8.

Chapters in Books:

1.       Deb KS, Sagar R. Anorexia and bulimia. In: Gupta P, Menon PSN, Ramji S, Lodha R. Postgraduate Textbook of Pediatrics. 1st ed. New Delhi: Jaypee Brothers; 2015: 795-8

2.       Chadda RK, Deb KS. Alternative and Indigenous Therapies. In: Chavan BS, Gupta N, Arun P, Sidana AK, editors. Comprehensive Textbook on Community Psychiatry in India. Ist Edition. Chandigarh. 2011

3.       Sagar R, Deb KS. Psychiatric education in our Country: Past, Present and Future. In: Kulhara P, Avasthi A, Thirunavukarasu M, editors. Themes and Issues in Contemporary Indian Psychiatry. Publication committee, Indian Psychiatric Society; 2011.p.102-137.

4.       Khandelwal S, Deb KS. Transcendental meditation: current status. In: Varma VK, Gupta N, editors. Psychotherapy in a Traditional Society: Context, Concept and Practice. 1st  Ed. New Delhi: Jaypee; 2008.p.190-205.

5.       Ambekar A, Deb KS. Substance Use Disorders: An Overview. In: Lal R. Ambekar A, editors. Substance Use Disorders: A Manual for paramedical professionals. New Delhi: WHO-India and Ministry of Health and Family Welfare.2009.p.7-16

6.       Ambekar A, Deb KS. Import of Narcotics for Clinical Trial Supplies. In: Kshirsagar N, Kulkarni T, Desai A, Shah J, editors. Regulatory Requirements for Drug Development and clinical Research. 1st edition. Amazon Digital Services; 2011.

7.       Ambekar A, Deb KS. Dealing with Substance Abuse. In: Varghese M, Chadha N, Ratra A, editors. Block 3: Working with Physical Illness and Self Abuse, (course material for Counselling and Family Therapy: Applications and Interventions). New Delhi: IGNOU;2011. 

Research Projects (Extramural): 

1.       AmbekarA(PI), Rao R, Agrawal A, Deb KS, Chatterjee B. Developing and Implementing Training Mechanism for use of Essential Narcotic Drugs (ENDs) for treatment of Opioid Dependence. 2016-2018. [Extramural grant from National Fund for Control Of Drug   Abuse, DOR, Govt. of India]

2.       Sood M, Chadda RK, Deb KS, Singh P, Tuli A. Development of a mobile based intervention framework for difficult to treat severe mental illnesses in low-resource settings. 2016-2018. [Collaboration with: Department of Computer Sciences, Indraprastha Institute of Informational Technology, New Delhi (IIIT-D)]

3.       AmbekarA(PI), Rao R, Agrawal A, Deb KS. Developing and testing an online training programme on implementing Opioid Substitution Therapy (OST). 2014-2016. [Extramural grant from Public Health Foundation of India]

4.       Deb KS (PI), Sagar R (Guide), Mehta M (Guide). Factors affecting Outcome of Children with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD). A 2 year long term follow up study. 2012-2014. [Extramural grant from Council for Scientific and Industrial Research, (CSIR) Government of India]  

Research Projects (Intramural):  

5.       Assessment of needs, scope and focus for Consultation Liaison Services at AIIMS, New Delhi. (Co-investigator)

6.       A clinical audit of referrals to the consultation-liaison psychiatry services in a tertiary hospital in India: Trends and emerging niche.(co-investigator)

7.       Psychosocial impact of pediatric strabismus on caregivers and the effect of strabismus surgery (co-guide)

8.       A study of the association of anxiety and depression with cardiac arrhythmia in post myocardial infarction patients. (Thesis Co-guide)

9.       A study to assess knowledge regarding identification of delirium in various ICUs patients among staff nurses working in AIIMS New Delhi with a view to develop a protocol. (Thesis Co-guide)

10.   Depression and anxiety disorders in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus and its relation with glycemic control, quality of life and disability (Thesis Co-guide)

11.   Effect of cognitive and emotional stress in patients of multi-somatoform pain disorder: A FMRI based case control study (Thesis Co-guide)

12.   Evaluation of the effect of Prosthodontic Rehabilitation on Quality of Life and Psychological Distress in Maxillectomy patients-A Preliminary study (Thesis Co-guide)

13.   Development of a mobile based intervention framework for difficult to treat severe mental illnesses in low-resource settings (Co-investigator)

14.   Feasibility of using mobile phones in improving service delivery and creating health awareness in patients with mental disorders. (Co-investigator)

15.   Technology Literacy and Technology Assistance Needs of Caregivers Managing Schizophrenia patients in Low-Resource Settings (Principal investigator)

16.   Development of a culturally appropriate health literacy instrument and assessing its validity in Hindi speaking patients receiving general and primary eye care services in New Delhi. (co-investigator, Intra-mural funded)

17.   Expressed emotions in caregivers of patients with somatic symptom disorder (Principal investigator)

18.   An observational study of side effects of selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors in patients attending psychiatric outpatient clinic (Thesis Co-guide)  

Awards & Fellowships:

1.       Dr. GC Boral Award for ‘Eminence in the area of Social Psychiatry and Allied Sciences’ at 20th National conference of the Indian Association for Social Psychiatry, for the oral presentation: “Factors affecting high risk behavior in HIV positive patients aware of their diagnosis”.

2.       Technical Expert in OST, for accreditation of De-addiction centers in our country by NABH – NACO (DAC), MoHFW, Govt. of India

3.       Fellowship of the Dr Ramachandra N Moorthy Foundation for Mental Health and Neurological Sciences and training under Prof Norman Sartorius

4.       International Travel Support Scheme for Young Scientists from Department of Science and Technology, Govt. of India for presenting at the 3rd International Congress on ADHD, Berlin

5.       Dr D B Chatterjee Memorial Award, 3rd Professional MBBS.