Dr. Anju Dhawan
Associate Professor,
National Drug Dependence Treatment Centre
MBBS, MD Psychiatry
anjudh@hotmail.com

      Field of interest: Drug Abuse among Adolescents and street children, Community Based Treatment, Abuse Liability studies, Agonist maintenance treatment, Psychotropic Substance Abuse, Drug abuse and HIV/AIDS, Qualitative research.

     Total number of publication till date: 34

     Details of publication from year 2000 onwards till to date:25

Journal Articles

1.Ballakoor K, Ray R, Dube S, Raka J, Vaswani M, Dhawan A (2001). An experimental study of tolerance among alcohol
  dependent individuals. I J Med Res 113 (1), 26-31.

2.Jain R, Dhawan A, Kumar R, Rajat Ray, Rajveer Singh (2001). Patients in treatment centres: Are they all dependents?
   Indian Journal of Psychiatry, 43(4),327-329.

3.Dhawan A, Kumar R, Yadav S, Tripathi B M (2002). The enigma of Craving. Indian Journal of Psychiatry, 44,138-143. 

4.Kumar R, Dhawan A (2002). Reasons for transition and reverse transition in patients with heroin dependence. Indian
   Journal of Psychiatry, 44(1), 19-23.

5.S Malhotra, Dhawan A, Prakash B (2002). Social support in treatment seeking heroin dependent and alcohol
   dependent patients. Ind. J. Med. Sci, 56 (12), 602-6.

6. Dhawan A, Jain R, Maullick P (2002). Comparison of accuracy of self-report and urinanalysis results in opiate
    dependent patients, Indian Journal of Pharmacology, 34, 130-132.

7.Prasad, Khaitan, Ramam, Sharma, Pandhi, Agarwal, Dhawan A, Jain R, Singh  (2003) Diagnostic clinical features of 
   pentazocine induced ulcers, International Journal of Dermatology, accepted for publication.

8.Sharma M, Dhawan A and Tripathi BM (2003). Ketamine- Can its use Impair memory? Indian Journal of Clinical
   Psychology, 30, 76-78.

9.Sharma M, Dhawan A. Personality Correlates of Heroin User and non-users. Indian Journal of Clinical Psychology  2005 (1)

10.Rao Ravindra, Dhawan A, Sapra N (2005). Opioid maintenance therapy with Slow Release Oral Morphine (SROM) –
     Experience from India. Journal of Substance Use 2005; 10(5): 259-261.
 

      11. Mohan D, Dhawan A, Chopra A, Sethi H. A 24 week outcome following buprenorphine maintenance among opiate
     users in India.  J Subs Use  2006, 11: 409-415.

       Chapter in books/project reports/proceedings of workshop
 

 1.Mohan D, Dhawan A (2000). Rapid Assessment Survey Project on Alcohol, Tobacco and other    substances in Districts
    of Aizawl, Kohima, Darjeeling– Report on ethnography, DDTC, AIIMS, submitted to WHO (I), New Delhi.

2.Mohan D, Dhawan A (2001). Rapid Assessment Survey Project on Alcohol, Tobacco and other substances in Districts of
   North Goa, Jodhpur, Madras– Report on ethnography, DDTC, AIIMS, submitted to WHO (I), New Delhi.

3.Mohan D, Dhawan A, Chopra A and Sethi H (2001). Buprenorphine maintenance programme in Kohima district, report
   submitted to WHO (I), New Delhi.

4.Ray R, Gupta I, Dutt D, Dhawan A and Sharma HK (2001). Global Study on Illegal Drug Markets, Report: Delhi. Report
  submitted to United Nations Interregional Crime and Justice Research Institute, Rome.

5.Dhawan A, Bhattacharji R, Vijayraghavan S.D., Roy R (2001). Project on Psychotropic substance abuse. Draft report 
   submitted to UNDCP (ROSA), New Delhi.

6.Jain R, Dhawan A (2001). Proceedings of National Workshop on Treatment of Opiate Dependence with special focus
     on maintenance therapy, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi.

7. Mohan D, Dhawan A, Sethi H, Chopra A (2002). A survey of prevalence of drug dependence and comorbidity in the
    general population of Thrissur, report submitted to WHO (I), New Delhi.

8. Mohan D, Dhawan A, Tripathi BM, Sathianathen R, Parkar SR, Das PD, Chaudhry PK, Malhotra A, Malhotra Sharma HK
    (2002) Evaluation of functioning of government de-addiction centres, report submitted to WHO (I), New Delhi.

9. Ray R, Dhawan A (2003) Monograph on Oral Buprenorphine Substitution Therapy (draft report), sponsored by UNODC
    (ROSA), AIIMS, New Delhi.

10.Dhawan A, Jain R, Nand Kumar (2004) Proceedings of the Workshop on “Assessment of Role of Tobacco as a
     Gateway Substance and Information available on Evidence Relating to Tobacco, Alcohol and other Forms of
     Substance abuse” held in Sept, 2002, AIIMS and WHO (I), New Delhi.

 
11. Dhawan A, Kumar A (2005) Long term treatment of Opioid Dependence Syndrome. In Lal (ed) Substance Use  
      Disorder –Manual for Physicians, pp.77-85.

   12. Dhawan A, Kumar A (2005) Substance Use in Adolescents. In Lal (ed) Substance Use Disorder –Manual for
         Physicians,  pp.174-180.

    13. Dhawan A, Balhara Yatan Singh (2005) Inhalant Abuse. In Hemraj Pal (ed) Case Book on Substance Use Disorder –
          Manual for Physicians, pp.62-65.

    14. Dhawan A, Jhanjee S (2007), editors, Manual for Long Term Pharmacotherapy 

   Number of funded and non-funded projects along with year completed/ongoing: 19
Investigator in ongoing funded projects

Oral Substitution Treatment with Buprenorphine funded by United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, Regional Office for South Asia, New Delhi 

Co-Investigator in ongoing funded projects

Database on Drug Abuse and HIV/AIDS, funded by United Nations Office of Drugs and Crime, Regional Office for South Asia, New Delhi.

Investigator in funded projects (till 2004)

Psychotropic substance abuse funded by UNDCP (ROSA)

1) Evaluation of functioning of de-addiction centres in the country funded by WHO (I).
 

   2) 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 funded by WHO (I).

Co- investigator in funded projects (1997-2002)

·  A survey of prevalence of drug dependence and comorbidity in the general population of Thrissur funded by WHO (I).  

·  Rapid Assessment Survey Project on Alcohol, Tobacco and other substances in Districts of Darjeeling, Kohima, Aizwal -
   ethnographic study -funded by WHO (I).

·  Rapid Assessment Survey Project on Alcohol, Tobacco and other substances in Districts of North Goa, Jodhpur, Madras
   -ethnographic study -funded by WHO (I).

·   Global study on illegal drug markets funded by UNDCP.

·   Buprenorphine maintenance programme in Kohima district funded by WHO (I).

Investigator in non-funded projects
·   Social support among drug and alcohol dependent patients

·   Reasons for reverse shift of route of drug use

·   Personality profile of heroin dependent patients

·   Comparison of accuracy of self-repot and urinanalysis results in opiate dependent patients in community outreach
    clinic

·   Self-repot and urinanalysis results in opiate dependent patients in outpatient department, De-addiction centre

·   Profile of female drug users

·   Causes of mortality in opiate dependent patients in a community clinic

·   Drug abuse among Adolescent drug users in  a Drug Dependence Treatment Centre

·   Opiate Maintenance Therapy with Slow Release Morphine

Thesis supervised as MD/PhD
As Chief Guide: 1
As Co Guide: 8

Significant events:
 

  a.Coordinator training programmes funded by WHO (I) for General Duty Medical Officers in different parts of the
  country
§ WHO Fellowship for General Duty Medical Officers for 4 months duration

§ Training for trainers programme for substance use disorders of 2 weeks duration funded by Ministry of Health and
   Family Welfare and WHO (I)- 3 programmes in year 2005

§ Training by Trainers Programme for substance use disorders of 6 days duration funded by Ministry of Health and Family
  Welfare and WHO (I)- 2 programmes in year 2005

§  Refresher programme of 3 days duration funded by Ministry of Health and Family Welfare and WHO (I)- 4 programmes
   in year 2005

Organizing Secretary for several workshops in the Department
WORKSHOPS

1.Organizing secretary for SAARC meeting on Relapse Prevention and Management, 21st-24th Sept, 1997 at AIIMS.

2.Organizing secretary for workshop on ‘Psychotropic substance abuse', sponsored by UNDCP (ROSA), 15th March,
   2001, AIIMS, New Delhi.

3.Organizing secretary for National Workshop on ‘Assessment of Role of Tobacco as a Gateway Substance and
   Information available on Evidence Relating to Tobacco, Alcohol and other Forms of Substance abuse’ on 4-6th Sept,
   2002 at AIIMS (sponsored by WHO (I) and Ministry of Health and Family Welfare).
 

   4.Organizing secretary for National Workshop on ‘Responsible Drinking-Review of Evidence and Formulation of
   Recommendations’ on 1st and 2nd September, 2003 at AIIMS (sponsored by WHO (I) and Ministry of Health and
   Family Welfare).

5.Organizing secretary for National Workshop to review training programme for General Duty Medical Officers and the
   National De-Addiction Programme on 27th Nov, 2003 and 28th Nov, 2003 at AIIMS  (sponsored by WHO (I) and
   Ministry of Health and Family Welfare).
 

6. Organizing Secretary for the Public Symposium on ‘Drug Use among Youth’ held on 15th April 2005.
 

7. Organizing Secretary for the Workshop “Control of drug abuse and HIV risk reduction”, at NDDTC AIIMS, August 2006
   (sponsored by WHO (I) and Ministry of Health and Family Welfare).