Psychiatry and Mental Health

Biography

He is working with an NGO “Amrit Drug De-addiction and Research Foundation” . He has 15 years experience in drug de addiction field with more than 2500 patients.He is a member of various national and international Institutions which are working on drug de-addiction namely ASAM , NAADAC , ISAM , IPS , IMA , ISA , ISCCM , ISSM.- In addition to a MBBS and MD degree , he is certified by ISAM ( International Society of Addiction Medicine ) in substance use disorders scoring 82% marks.ISAM is funded by World Health Organization and NIDA (USA).He has attended many national and international conferences ( Netherlands , Germany , Australia , Spain , Malaysia , Thailand ) and has presented his research works on de-addiction . Recently he presented his work in WPA conference held at Madrid(Spain) and IPS conference at Hyderabad and AIIMS New Delhi . His research papers has been published in Intentional journals of repute with high impact factor.He is a reviewer of Buprenorphine website “Buppractice” which has trained more than 3000 doctors and which is funded entirely by SAMHSA (American Govt. ) He has won 3000 US Dollars fellowship award at ISAM 2013 conference held at Kuala lumpur where more than 1000 doctors from 100 countries of the world had participated.In year 2014 he has been nominated for prestigious “Voice” awards of SAMHSA (American Govt.)He has been given state award on 15 August 2015 by Govt. for his services in field of Drug de-addiction.He has written two story books on drug addiction . These books for which he has copy right are considered reference books in Punjabi on de-addiction . More than 30000 copies of his first book (sixth edition) and more than 7000 copies of his second book ( third edition ) have been distributed so far . Based on these stories a large number of award winning plays have been dramatized.6. A film against drug addiction “COME BACK JEETU” has been written and produced by him which is based on one of the stories of his first book . This film has broken all the records of success in the history of Punjabi cinema . In six months of its release this movie has won numerous awards and has been screened in 17international ( USA , Australia , Romania , Singapore , Indonesia , Canada ) and five national festivals ( Kolkata , Delhi , Shimla , Jaipur ,Bhopal ) . This movie has become a landmark movie in history of drug deaddiction . In first three month of its release this movie has got half million views on YouTube.7. He has developed an interactive software “SANTAM” helping patients as well as physicians in diagnosis and treatment of Substance Use Disorder . This software is first of its kind in Punjabi . This software is available for free download .This software has been translated in many languages and at present being used at premier mental health institute NIMHANS , Banglore.In addition his articles and stories are being published regularly in various leading newspapers , magazines and International Journals of repute . He is appearing regularly on Television and Radio shows for live interactive talk against drug addiction.

Research Interest

Opioid use disorder.