Dr.Rajat Ray

Professor & Chief,

National Drug Dependence Treatment Centre

M.D.(Psychiatry) 
rayrajat2004@yahoo.co.in

      Field of interest: Addiction Medicine

Total number of publication over last 5 years:

Book/Book chapters-   11
Research papers-       10                   

             Total                21
 

Details of publication:

Journals:

1.H.Pal, R. Ray and Braham Prakash: Relapse precipitants in opiate addiction: Assessment in Community Treatment Setting. Indian Journal of Psychiatry   (2000) 42, 253-257.

2.K. Ballakoor, R. Ray, S. Dube, R. Jain, M. Vaswani and A. Dhawan: An experimental study of tolerance among alcohol dependent individuals. Indian Journal of Medical Research (2001), 113, 26-31.

3.R. Ray: Addiction Treatment: Theory and Practice. (Book Review).  The National Medical Journal of India (2001), 14, 115-116.

4.R.Ray and P. Bajaj. Addiction in the Elderly. Quarterly Bulletin of Geriatric Services. Special Issue. G. S. Medical College, Mumbai 2001, 21-28.

5.R.K.L.Singh, Raka Jain, R. Ray and Y. K. Gupta: Abuse liability of diazepam through different routes. Indian Journal of Physiology and Pharmacology (2001) 45, 181-190.
 

6.P.S.Prasad, R. Ray, R. Jain and B. S. Chavan: Abuse liability of nitrazepam: A study among experienced drug user. Indian Journal of Pharmacology (2001), 33, 357-362.

7.H. R. Pal, N. Berrry, S. Rajesh and R. Ray: Ketamine Dependence: Case Report and Brief Review. Anaesthesia and Intensive Care (2002), 30(3), 382-384.

8.H. Pal, S. Yadav, P. S. Joy, S. Mehta and R. Ray: Treatment non-seeking in alcohol users-A community based study from North India. Journal of Studies on Alcohol (2003), 64,631-633.

9.R. Jain, and R. Ray: Blocking of Enhanced Sensitivity to Behavioural Effects of Naloxone Induced by Narcotic Agonists in Rats. Indian Journal of Physiology and Pharmacology. (2003), 47,407-414.

10.R. Ray, H. Pal, R. Kumar, P. Maulick and R. Mangla. Post-marketing surveillance of buprenorphine. Pharmacoepidemiology and Drug Safety (2004), 13, 615-619.

Books/Monographs:

1.R. Ray (Editor). Substance Use Disorder: A Manual for Physicians. Drug Dependence Treatment Centre, AIIMS, 2000.

2.R. Ray, I. Gupta, D. Dutt, A. Dhawan and H. K. Sharma. Illegal Drug Market in Delhi.  De-Addiction Centre, AIIMS and UNDCP, 2001.

3.R. Ray: (Editor). Women and Drug Abuse: The Problem in India.  Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment and United Nations International Drug Control Programme, 2002.

4.R. Ray (Editor). Rapid Assessment Survey of drug Abuse in India. Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment and United Nations International Drug Control Programme, 2002.

5.R. Ray (Editor). Drug Abuse Monitoring System- A Profile of Treatment Seekers. Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment and United Nations International Drug Control Programme, 2002.

6.R. Ray (Editor). Drug Abuse among Prison Population, Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment and United Nations International Drug Control Programme, 2002.

7.R. Ray & S. Malhotra. Sensitization to Drugs of Abuse. In Trends in Clinical Biochemistry & Laboratory Medicine. Association of Clinical Biochemist of India, (2003).655-659.

8.R.Ray (Principal author and Scientific Editor) The Extent, Pattern and Trends of Drug Abuse in India: National Survey.  Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment and United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, 2004.

9.R.Ray (Editor). Injecting Drug Use and HIV/AIDS in India-An Emerging Concern, Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment and United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, 2004.
 

10.R.Ray. Substance Abuse and the Growth of De addiction Centres: The Challenge of Our Times. In Mental Health, An Indian Perspective, 1946-2003, S. P. Agarwal et. al. (Ed.) Elsevier, New Delhi. (2004). 284-289.

11.R. Ray, R. Jain, M. Mongia & R. Kumar. Substance Abuse in Young People: Biological Considerations. In Mental Disorders in Children and Adolescents, Need and Strategies for Intervention. S. Malhotra et. al. (Ed.). CBS Publishers & Distributors, Delhi. (2005). 82-87.

From yr. 2000 onwards

                             Number of funded projects: 10                                

Number of Non-funded projects along with completed/ongoing: 4  

Thesis supervised as MD
a)         As Chief Guide:            12      
b)         As Co guide:                4

Awards and Honours:

Appointed as member of the executive council of the National Institute of Social Defence, Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment, Government of India, May 2005

Appointed as a member of global expert group to develop worldwide network of Addiction Training Resource Centres. UNODC, Vienna and UCLA, USA, August 2005

Appointed as a member of global expert group – Technical Guideline Development Group to develop pharmacological intervention for Opiate Dependence, WHO, Geneva, November 2005

Appointed as head of the Technical resource Group on Injecting Drug Use, National AIDS Control Organisation, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Government of India

International Assistant Editor of the journal Addiction Biology published by Taylor & Francis, UK. (1997-2004).

Member, International Advisory Board of the Journal “Mental Health

and Substance Use- Dual Diagnosis” March 2007-onwards

Member and Chairperson of the Technical Resource Group (TRG), to develop intervention of IDUs. NACO, Government of India, September 2006

2007-Member Sub-Committee, Postgraduate Medical Education, Medical Council of India

2007-Member of Expert Advisory Panel, Punjab State Planning Board, Govt. of Punjab

Significant events/others: 

1.Organiser and Principal Collaborator of Joint Scientific Indo-US Workshop (AIIMS-NIAAA, USA) on Alcoholism, 2001.

2.Principal Collaborator-HIV/AIDS and Substance Use Disorder, National Drug Dependence Treatment Centre, All India Institute of Medical Sciences (NDDTC, AIIMS) and Centre for International Research in Immunology and Diseases (CIRID) University of California, Los Angeles  (UCLA), USA.

3.Participated in the first India-China bilateral meeting on Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances, New Delhi, 14-16 January 2006.
 

4.Participated and gave a talk in the National Seminar on Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances, hosted by the government of NCT of Delhi and High Court of Delhi, 25-26 March 2006.

 5.Honorary member of the WHO Expert Advisory Panel on Drug Dependence and Alcohol

Problems, WHO, Geneva.