Details of publications since 2010 onwards (the full citation)- these should be divided into journal articles (peer reviewed publications) and books/monographs/project reports/ proceedings from workshops (non-peer reviewed publications):

Papers And Articles (In Peer Reviewed Scientific Journals)

• Teck JTW, Zlatkute G, Perez A, Dritschel H, Ghosh A, Potenza MN, Ambekar A, Ekhtiari H, Stein D, Khazaal Y, Arunogiri S, Torrens M, Ferri M, Galea-Singer S, Baldacchino A. Key implementation factors in telemedicine-delivered medications for opioid use disorder: a scoping review informed by normalisation process theory. Lancet Psychiatry. 2023 Jan;10(1):50-64. 
• Forget P, Patullo C, Hill D, Ambekar A, Baldacchino A, Cata J, et al (2022). System-level policies on appropriate opioid use, a multi-stakeholder consensus. BMC Health Serv Res. 2022 Mar 12;22(1):329. doi: 10.1186/s12913-022-07696-x
• Ambekar A (2022). Decriminalisation of drug use in India: A long overdue legal reform (editorial). Ind J Soc Psy. 2022, 38(3): 209-212. DOI: 10.4103/ijsp.ijsp_183_22
• Ambekar A, Gautam M, Matcheswalla Y, Kar S, Kadam K (2022). Medicolegal Issues with Reference to NDPS and MHCA in Management and Rehabilitation of Persons with Substance Use Disorders. Indian J Psychiatry 2022 Mar;64(Suppl 1):S146-S153. doi: 10.4103/indianjpsychiatry.indianjpsychiatry_724_21
• Quraishi R, Varshney M, Rao RV, Ambekar A (2022). Evaluation of alcohol use pattern among OST patients using alcohol biomarkers: Report from community clinics in India. Indian J Psychiatry 2022 May-Jun;64(3):312-315
• Singh R, Gupta R, Grover T, Ambekar A, Jain R, Vaswani M, Mishra A, Sharma A. Role of the Serotonin and GABAA Receptor Gene Polymorphisms in patients with Alcohol Dependence. Asian J Psychiatry,  2022 Nov 12;80:103326. doi: 10.1016/j.ajp.2022.103326.
• Quraishi R, Sarkar S, Parmar A, Jain R, Das BK, Ambekar A (2022). Exploring the clinical variables among drug-dependent HIV-Positive patients: Implications for treatment strategies. Indian J Public Health 2022 Jul-Sep;66(3):331-333.
• Choudhary N, Singh S, Rathore P, Ambekar A, Bhatnagar S (2021). Opioid Use Disorders among patients on long-term morphine for management for chronic cancer pain: A pilot study from a tertiary palliative care facility. Indian Journal of Palliative Care, 27(2); 264-268
• Saini R, Parmar A, Rao R, Mishra AK, Ambekar A, Agrawal A (2021). Psychiatric and Substance Use Comorbidities among People who Inject Drugs in India: A Cross-Sectional, Community-Based Study. World Soc Psychiatry 2021;3:195-202.
• Singh A, Rao R, Chatterjee B, Mishra AK, Kaloiya G, Ambekar A (2021). Cognitive functioning in patients maintained on buprenorphine at peak and trough buprenorphine levels: An experimental study, Asian Journal of Psychiatry, 61, 102697, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ajp.2021.102697
• Singh et al (India State-Level Disease Burden Initiative Neurological Disorders Collaborators) (2021). The burden of neurological disorders across the states of India: the Global Burden of Disease Study 1990–2019. The Lancet Global Health, https://doi.org/10.1016/S2214-109X(21)00164-9
• Schaub MP, Tiburcio M, Martínez-Vélez N, Ambekar A, Bhad R, Wenger A, Baumgartner C, Padruchny D, Osipchik S, Poznyak V, Rekve D, Landi Moraes F, Monezi Andrade AL, Oliveira Souza-Formigoni ML; WHO E-Health Project On Alcohol And Health Investigators Group (2021).  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 Low- and Middle-Income Countries: Randomized Controlled Trial. J Med Internet Res. 2021 Aug 27;23(8):e21686. doi: 10.2196/21686.
• Quraishi R, Sharma J, Jain R, Ambekar A (2021). Influence of catechol‑O‑methyltransferase enzyme gene polymorphism on alcohol and tobacco consumption in North Indian treatment seeking population. Indian J Psychiatry 2021;63:240-4
• Manomy PA, Yenamandra VK, Dabas G, Joshi P, Ambekar A, Sreenivas V, Sharma VK, Vatsa M, Ravindran S, Sethuraman (2021). Impact of a psychodermatological education package on the subjective distress, family burden, and quality of life among the primary caregivers of children affected with epidermolysis bullosa. Indian Dermatol Online J 2021;12:276-80.
• Chawla N, Verma S, Ganesh R, Sarkar S & Ambekar A (2021). Sexual relationship, self-esteem, dysfunction, and sexual satisfaction in treatment naïve men with heroin dependence. Journal of Psychoactive Drugs, doi.org/10.1080/02791072.2020.1870779
• Castro‐Calvo, J., King, D. L., Stein, D. J., Brand, M., Carmi, L., Chamberlain, S. R., Demetrovics, Z., Fineberg, N. A., Rumpf, H.‐J., Yücel, M., Achab, S., Ambekar, A., Bahar, N., Blaszczynski, A., Bowden‐Jones, H., Carbonell, X., Chan, E. M. L., Ko, C.‐H., de Timary, P., Dufour, M., Grall‐Bronnec, M., Lee, H. K., Higuchi, S., Jimenez‐Murcia, S., Király, O., Kuss, D. J., Long, J., Müller, A., Pallanti, S., Potenza, M. N., Rahimi‐Movaghar, A., Saunders, J. B., Schimmenti, A., Lee, S.‐Y., Siste, K., Spritzer, D. T., Starcevic, V., Weinstein, A. M., Wölfling, K., and Billieux, J. (2021) Expert appraisal of criteria for assessing gaming disorder: An international Delphi study. Addiction, https://doi.org/10.1111/add.15411.
• Radfar SR, De Jong CAJ, Farhoudian A, Ebrahimi M, Rafei P, Vahidi M, Yunesian M, Kouimtsidis C, Arunogiri S, Massah O, Deylamizadeh A, Brady KT, Busse A; ISAM-PPIG Global Survey Consortium, Potenza MN, Ekhtiari H, Baldacchino AM (2021). Reorganization of Substance Use Treatment and Harm Reduction Services During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Global Survey. Front Psychiatry. 2021 Apr 29;12:639393. doi: 10.3389/fpsyt.2021.639393. PMID: 34025471; PMCID: PMC8135096.
• Farhoudian A, Radfar SR, Mohaddes Ardabili H, Rafei P, Ebrahimi M, Khojasteh Zonoozi A, De Jong CAJ, Vahidi M, Yunesian M, Kouimtsidis C, Arunogiri S, Hansen H, Brady KT; ISAM Global Survey Consortium (ISAM-GSC), Potenza MN, Baldacchino AM, Ekhtiari H (2021). A Global Survey on Changes in the Supply, Price, and Use of Illicit Drugs and Alcohol, and Related Complications During the 2020 COVID-19 Pandemic.Front Psychiatry. 2021 Aug 6;12:646206. doi: 10.3389/fpsyt.2021.646206. PMID: 34421664; PMCID: PMC8377291.
• Mohan, A., & Ambekar, A. (2020). Telepsychiatry and Addiction Treatment.Indian Journal of Psychological Medicine, 42(5_suppl), 52S-56S. https://doi.org/10.1177/0253717620958169
• Sartaj D, Krishnan V, Rao R, Ambekar A, Dhingra N, Sharan P. (2020). Mental illnesses and related vulnerabilities in the Hijra community: A cross-sectional study from India.Int J Soc Psychiatry. 2020 Aug 20:20764020950775. doi: 10.1177/0020764020950775.
• Gupta R, Grover S, Basu A, Krishnan V, Tripathi A, Subramanyam A, Nischal A, Hussain A, Mehra A, Ambekar A, Saha G, Mishra KK, Bathla M, Jagiwala M, Manjunatha N, Nebhinani N, Gaur N, Kumar N, Dalal PK, Kumar P, Midha PK, Daga R, Tikka SK, Praharaj SK, Goyal SK, Kanchan S, Sarkar S, Das S, Sarkhel S, Padhy SK, Sahoo S, Satyanarayana Rao TS, Dubey V, Menon V, Chhabra V, Lahan V, Avasthi A (2020). Changes in sleep pattern and sleep quality during COVID-19 lockdown.Indian J Psychiatry. 2020 Jul-Aug;62(4):370-378. doi: 10.4103/psychiatry.IndianJPsychiatry_523_20
• Grover T, Gupta R, Arora G, Bal CS, Ambekar A, Basu Ray S, Vaswani M, Sharma A (2020).Dopamine transporter availability in alcohol and opioid dependent subjects - a ^99m Tc-TRODAT-1SPECT imaging and genetic association study.Psychiatry Res Neuroimaging. 2020 Sep 10;305:111187. doi: 10.1016/j.pscychresns.2020.111187
• Dhagudu, N.K., Ambekar, A., Agrawal, A., Rao, R., Mishra, A.K., Jain, R. and Singh, S (2020). Is there enough naloxone to deter the diversion? Effect of concurrent administration of intravenous naloxone on opioid agonist effects of intravenous buprenorphine: A randomised, double‐blind, within‐subject, crossover study among opioid‐dependent subjects.Drug Alcohol Rev. 2020; 39: 595-603 doi:10.1111/dar.13057
• Sagar R et al (India State-Level Disease Burden Initiative Mental Disorders Collaborators) (2020). The burden of mental disorders across the states of India: the Global Burden of Disease Study 1990–2017,The Lancet Psychiatry; 7 (2): 148-161
• Rao R, Panda U, Gupta SK, Ambekar A, Gupta S, Agrawal A (2020). Portrayal of alcohol in Bollywood movies: A mixed methods study.Indian J Psychiatry, 62(2): 159-166
• Goyal SG, Ambekar A, Jain R, Mehta M, Mishra AK (2020). Intravenous buprenorphine does not impair psychomotor and cognitive functioning in opioid-dependent patients using oral dextropropoxyphene: A randomized, double-blind, crossover study.J Mental Health Hum Behav 2020;25:45-52
• Chawla N, Verma S, Sarkar S, Ambekar A (2020). Assessment of sexual behavior among patients seeking treatment for opioid dependence and their knowledge and attitude about high-risk sexual behavior: A cross-sectional observational study.Indian J Soc Psychiatry 2020;36:29-36
• Vishwakarma A, Tarwani J, Chawla N, Dayal P, Agrawal A, Mandal P & Ambekar A (2020) Mephentermine dependence with induced psychosis: a series of two cases, Journal of Substance Use, 25:6, 569-571, DOI: 10.1080/14659891.2020.1749949
• Rao R, Gupta SK, Swaminathan P, Gupta V, Dhawan A, Agrawal A & Ambekar A (2020) Predictors of long-term retention on opioid agonist treatment with buprenorphine: a 6-year, community-based retrospective cohort study in India, Journal of Substance Use, 25:5, 489-494, DOI: 10.1080/14659891.2020.1736666
• Gupta S, Lal R, Ambekar A, Mishra AK, Rao R (2020). The pattern of alcohol use and its relationship with consequences among problem alcohol users: A community-based cross-sectional study from India. Indian J Psychiatry. 2020;62(2):152‐158. doi:10.4103/psychiatry.IndianJPsychiatry_194_19
• Srivastava P, Mehta M, Sagar R, Ambekar A. Smartteen- a computer assisted cognitive behavior therapy for Indian adolescents with depression- a pilot study. Asian J Psychiatr. 2020;50:101970. doi:10.1016/j.ajp.2020.101970
• Dhawan A, Mishra AK, Ambekar A, Chatterjee B, Agrawal A, Bhargava R (2020). Estimating the size of substance using street children in Delhi using Respondent-Driven Sampling (RDS),Asian Journal of Psychiatry: 48 (2020) 101890
• Ambekar A, Mishra A, Parmar A, Kumar R, Kumar M, Rao R, Agrawal A (2019), Are non-injecting opioid users at risk of transition to injecting drug use? A multi-site study from India Asian Journal of Psychaitry, 42:79-84.
• Jyani G, Prinja S, Ambekar A, Bahuguna P, Kumar R (2019). Health impact and economic burden of alcohol consumption in IndiaInternational Journal of Drug Policy, 69; 34-42
• Kathiresan P, Ambekar A, Sarkar S. (2019). Opioid Substitution Treatment Using Buprenorphine for Management of Dependence on Natural Opioids: Case Series,Indian J Psychol Med 11;41(6):586-588
• Sood A, Mishra A, Ambekar A (2019), Trends in alcohol consumption and expenditure: Analysis of household data from nationally representative sample from India,Asian Journal of Psychaitry, 22;40:116-123.
• Saini R, Rao R, Parmar A, Mishra AK, Ambekar A, Agrawal A, Dhingra N. (2019), Rates, knowledge and risk factors of non-fatal opioid overdose among people who inject drugs in India: A community-based study.Drug Alcohol Rev.. doi: 10.1111/dar.13016.
• Jain R, Quraishi R, Verma A, Ambekar A. (2019). Development and clinical evaluation of a dried urine spot method for detection of morphine among opioid users.Indian J Pharmacol; 51(1):40-44.
• Rao R, Varshney M, Singh S, Agrawal A, Ambekar A(2019), Mental Healthcare Act, 2017 and Addiction Treatment: Potential Pitfalls and Trepidations Indian J Psychiatry, 61(2); 208-212
• Mandal P, Parmar A, Ambekar A, Dhawan A(2019), Substance use among treatment seeking Indian adolescent girls: Are they unique? Asian Journal of Psychaitry22;41:17-19
• Ambekar A, Rao R, Agrawal A, Kathiresan P (2019) Research on opioid substitution therapy in India: A brief, narrative review. Indian J Psychiatry; 60:265-70
• Quraishi R, Varshney M, Singh A, Singh D, Kumar M, Rao R, Jain R, Ambekar A. (2019). Use of Filter Paper to Measure Alcohol Biomarkers among Opioid-Dependent Patients on Agonist Maintenance Treatment: A Community-Based Study. Indian J Psychol Med. Nov 11;41(6):529-534.
• Chattopadhyay A, Gupta S, Dayal P, Mandal P, Agrawal A, Ambekar A (2019). Butorphanol dependence in a health-care professional: A case report with narrative review. Journal of Substance Use, doi.org/10.1080/14659891.2019.1604839
• Dandona R, Kumar GA, Dhaliwal RS, Naghavi M, Vos T, Shukla DK, Vijayakumar L, Gururaj G, Thakur JS, Ambekar A, Sagar R, Arora M, Bhardwaj D, Chakma JK, Dutta E, Furtado M, Glenn S, Hawley C, Johnson SC, Khanna T, Kutz M, Mountjoy-Venning WC, Muraleedharan P, Rangaswamy T, Varghese CM, Varghese M, Reddy KS, Murray CJL, Swaminathan S, Dandona L (2018). Gender differentials and state variations in suicide deaths in India: the Global Burden of Disease Study 1990-2016. Lancet Public Health.  Oct;3(10):e478-e489. doi: 10.1016/S2468-2667(18)30138-5.
• Ambekar A, Mongia M, (2018). Planning research in psychosocial interventions. Indian Journal of Psychiatry; 60 (8): 575-582
• Rumpf HJ, Achab S, Billieux J, Bowden-Jones H, Carragher N, Demetrovics Z, Higuchi S, King DL, Mann K, Potenza M, Saunders JB, Abbott M, Ambekar A, Aricak OT, Assanangkornchai S, Bahar N, Borges G, Brand M, Chan EM, Chung T, Derevensky J, Kashef AE, Farrell M, Fineberg NA, Gandin C, Gentile DA, Griffiths MD, Goudriaan AE, Grall-Bronnec M, Hao W, Hodgins DC, Ip P, Király O, Lee HK, Kuss D, Lemmens JS, Long J, Lopez-Fernandez O, Mihara S, Petry NM, Pontes HM, Rahimi-Movaghar A, Rehbein F, Rehm J, Scafato E, Sharma M, Spritzer D, Stein DJ, Tam P, Weinstein A, Wittchen HU, Wölfling K, Zullino D, Poznyak V (2018). Including gaming disorder in the ICD-11: The need to do so from a clinical and public health perspective. J Behav Addict.:1-6. doi: 10.1556/2006.7.2018.59.
• Sahni S, Tickoo M, Gupta R, Vaswani M, Ambekar A, Grover T, Sharma A. (2018). Association of serotonin and GABA pathway gene polymorphisms with alcohol dependence: A preliminary study. Asian J Psychiatry. pii: S1876-2018(17)30466-5. doi: 10.1016/j.ajp.2018.04.023
• Ambekar A, Parmar A, Mandal P & Therthani S. (2017) High proportion of pentazocine dependence among treatment-seeking female injecting drug users (FIDUs) in India: A distinct population? Journal of Substance Use. DOI: 10.1080/14659891.2017.1364306
• Dandona L. et al, (India State-level Disease Burden Initiative Collaborators). (2017) Nations within a nation: variations in epidemiological transition across the states of India, 1990–2016 in the Global Burden of Disease Study. LANCET, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(17)32804-0
• Ambekar A, Murthy P, Basu D, Rao GP & Mohan A. (2017) Challenges in the scale-up of Opioid Substitution Treatment (OST) in India (Guest Editorial), Indian Journal of Psychiatry;59:6-9
• Dhawan A,Rao R, Ambekar A, Pusp A & Ray R. (2017) Treatment of substance use disorders through the government health facilities: Developments in the Drug De-addiction Programme of Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Government of India Indian Journal of Psychiatry. DOI:10.4103/psychiatry.IndianJPsychiatry_19_17 
• Gupta S, Lal R, Rao R, Mishra A K & Ambekar A. (2017) Pattern of alcohol use among problem alcohol users in a community-based setting in India: A cross-sectional study. Journal of Substance Use. DOI: 10.1080/14659891.2017.1366557
• Schaub MP, Tiburcio M, Martinez N, Ambekar A, Balhara YPS, Wenger A, Andrade ALM, Padruchny D, Osipchik S, Gehring E, Poznyak V, Rekve D & Souza-Formigoni MLO, WHO e-health project on Alcohol and Health Investigators Group (2017) Alcohol e-Help: Study protocol for a Web-based self-help program to reduce alcohol use in adults with drinking patterns considered harmful, hazardous, or suggestive of dependence in middle-income countries. Addiction. doi: 10.1111/add.14034
• Saunders J B, Hao W, Long J, King DL, Mann K, Fauth-Bühler M, Rumpf HJ, Bowden-Jones H, Rahimi-Movaghar A, Chung T, Chan E, Bahar N, Achab S, Lee HK, Potenza M, Petry N, Spritzer D, Ambekar A, Derevensky J, Griffiths MD, Pontes HM, Kuss D, Higuchi S, Mihara S, Assangangkornchai S, Sharma M, Kashef A E, Ip P, Farrell M, Scafato E, Carragher N & Poznyak V. (2017) Gaming disorder: Its delineation as an important condition for diagnosis, management, and prevention J Behav Addict:1-9. doi: 10.1556/2006.6.2017.039
• Singh R, Grover T, Gupta R, Ambekar A, Jain R and Sharma A. (2017) An Association Study of the COMT and GABA Gene Variants with Alcohol Dependence. J Addict Res Ther, 8:6 DOI: 10.4172/2155-6105.1000350
• Gupta R, Grover T, Ambekar A, Singh R, Vaswani M and Sharma A. (2017) An Association Study on the Glutamate Pathway GRIN2A Gene Polymorphisms with Heroin Dependence. J Addict Res Ther, 8:6 DOI: 10.4172/2155-6105.1000348
• Qureshi R, Jain R, Ambekar A & Mishra AK. (2017) Association of ankyrin repeats & kinase domain containing 1 (ANKK1) polymorphism with co-morbid alcohol and nicotine dependence: A pilot study from a tertiary care treatment center in North India. Indian Journal of Medical Research, (145); 33-38
• Gupta SK, Ambekar A, Dhawan A & Mehta M (2017). Personality profile of alcohol and injecting opioid users: A comparative study from India, Asian Journal of Psychatry, 25: 142-146
• Mandal P, Parmar A, Therthani S & Atul Ambekar (2016). Profile of elderly women seeking treatment for substance use disorders at a tertiary care treatment center, Journal of Substance Use, DOI: 10.1080/14659891.2016.1217092
• Kuppili PP, Bhad R, Rao R, Dayal P & Ambekar A, (2016)The mis-adventurous use of prescription opioids in chronic non-cancer pain, National Medical Journal of India DOI: 10.3109/14659891.2015.1040092
• Rao R, Ambekar A, Agrawal A, Pawar AK, Mishra AK & Khandelwal S. (2016) Evaluation of a five-day training programme on opioid substitution therapy in India, Drugs: Education, Prevention and Policy: DOI: 10.3109/09687637.2016.1167166
• Rao R, Mandal P, Gupta R, Ramashankar P, Mishra AK, Ambekar A, Jhanjee S & Dhawan A. (2015) Factors affecting drug use during incarceration: a cross-sectional study of opioid-dependent persons from India, Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment: DOI:10.1016/j.jsat.2015.08.009
• Bhad R, Dayal P, Kumar S & Ambekar A, (2015) The drug ketamine: a double edged sword for mental health professionals J Subst Use; DOI: 10.3109/14659891.2015.1040092
• Varshney M, Ambekar A, Lal R, Yadav D, Rao R & Mishra AK, (2015) Brief Interventions for harmful alcohol use in opioid-dependent patients on maintenance treatment with buprenorphine: A prospective study from India, Addictive Disorders and Their Treatment,: doi: 10.1097/ADT.0000000000000076
• Ambekar A, Rao R, Agrawal A, Mishra AK, Kishore K, Mukherjee D & Albertin C, (2015) Pattern of drug use and associated behaviours among female injecting drug users from northeast India: a multi-centric, cross-sectional, comparative study, Substance Use and Misuse,: 50:10, 1332-1340; DOI: 10.3109/10826084.2015.101313
• Prakash S, Ambekar A & Dayal P, (2015) Occasional alcohol use, relapse to opioids and the role of disulfiram, Journal of Substance Use,DOI: 10.3109 / 14659891. 2015. 1029024
• Ramdurg S, Ambekar A & Lal R. (2015) Co-relationship between sexual dysfunction and high-risk sexual behavior in patients receiving buprenorphine and naltrexone maintenance therapy for opioid dependence. Ind Psychiatry J;24:29-34
• Dhawan A, Chopra A, Ambekar A & Ray R. (2015) Treatment seeking behavior of inhalant using street children: Are we prepared to meet their treatment needs. Indian J Psychol Med;37:282-7
• Ambekar A, Rao R, Mishra AK & Agrawal A, (2014) Type of opioids injected: Does it matter? A multicentric cross-sectional study of people who inject drugs, Drug Alcohol Rev 34: 97-104. doi: 10.1111/dar.12208
• Gupta SK, Ambekar A, Dhawan A & Mehta M, (2014) Psychosocial factors associated with HIV-related high-risk injection behavior among people who inject drugs; 19 (2): 62-68
• Bhad R, Ambekar A, and Dayal P, The lizard: an unconventional psychoactive substance?, Journal of Substance Use, Early Online: 1–2, DOI: 10.3109/14659891.2014.987836
• Goyal S, Ambekar A & Ray R. Jul - Sep 2014 Ketamine Dependence in an Anesthesiologist: An Occupational Hazard? Indian Journal of Psychological Medicine,; Vol 36; 3
• Pal A, Ambekar A & Bera SC, (2014) Pharmacovigilance in psychiatry: time to take notice Journal of Drug Discovery and Therapeutics, 2 (20), 38-39
• Ambekar A, Rao R, Pun A, Kumar S & Kishore K (2013), The trajectory of Methadone Maintenance Treatment in Nepal, International Journal of Drug Policy 2013 Jul 8. doi:pii: S0955-3959(13)00094-7. 10.1016/j.drugpo.2013.06.001
• Ambekar A, Rao R, Agrawal A (2013). India’s National Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Policy 2012: A 20th Century Document in 21st Century. International Journal of Drug Policy 2013 Jul;24(4):374-5
• Rao R, Agrawal A, Kishore K & Ambekar A (2013). Delivery models of opioid agonist maintenance treatment in South Asia: A good beginning. Bulletin of the World Health Organisation, Volume 91, Number 2, February 2013
• Prasad P, Ambekar A & Vaswani M,(2013) Case–control association analysis of Dopamine receptor polymorphisms in alcohol dependence: a pilot study in Indian males, BMC Research Notes, 6:418
• Quraishi R, Jain R & Ambekar A (2013), The Use of Dried Blood Spot Samples in Screening Drugs of Abuse Pharmacology & Pharmacy,4 (2); 152
• Ambekar A & Pawar A, (2012) Low Dead-Space Syringes for HIV prevention among people who inject drugs: Interesting, but a much stronger case is required. International Journal of Drug Policy. pii: S0955-3959(12)00149-1. doi: 10.1016/j.drugpo.2012.09.009.
• Singh RR & Ambekar A, (2012) Opioid substitution treatment in a public health setting: A collaboration between hospitals and NGOs in the Punjab. International Journal of Drug Policy, 23; 169– 171
• Rao R, Ambekar A, Yadav S, Sethi H & Dhawan A, (2011)Slow-release oral morphine as a maintenance agent in opioid dependence syndrome: an exploratory study from India Journal of Substance Use; Early Online:1–7
• Larance B, Ambekar A, Azim T, Murthy P, Panda S, Degenhardt L & Mathers B,(2011) The availability, diversion and injection of pharmaceutical opioids in South Asia, Drug Alcohol Rev. May;30(3):246-54.
• Ramdurg S, Ambekar A & Lal R.(2011) Sexual Dysfunction among Male Patients Receiving Buprenorphine and Naltrexone Maintenance Therapy for Opioid Dependence J Sex Med. Mar 2. doi: 10.1111
• Sood M & Ambekar A,(2011) Giving ‘fresh fruit juice’ to patient as a metaphor for giving care by family members / care takers. National Medical Journal of India, 24 (6): 375
• Mathers BM, Degenhardt L, Ali H, Wiessing L, Hickman M, Mattick RP, Myers B, Ambekar A & Strathdee SA, (2010) HIV prevention, treatment, and care services for people who inject drugs: a systematic review of global, regional, and national coverage, LANCET, 375(9719)  1014-1028; DOI:10.1016/S0140-6736(10)60232-2
• Prasad P, Ambekar A & Vaswani M, (2010) Dopamine D2 receptor polymorphisms and susceptibility to alcohol dependence in Indian males: a preliminary study, BMC Med Genet. 11;11:24  

Books And Monographs (authored / Edited): Training Manuals / Resource Materials

• National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (2021) [lead authors: Ambekar A & Kedia S]. Standard Policy and Practice Guidelines for NDLEA counselling centres. Lagos: United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime and National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), Government of Nigeria
• Ambekar A & Mohan A (2019). Guidelines:Treatment of Opioid Dependence using Opioid Agonists (Buprenorphine),with focus on operational procedures Gurugram:Indian Psychiatric Society
• Ambekar A et al (2018) Dealing with Substance Abuse (Block 1), MCFTE-003, Substance Abuse Counselling and Therapy, New Delhi: Indira Gandhi National Open University
• Ambekar A et al (2018) Therapeutic Interventions (Block 2), MCFTE-003, Substance Abuse Counselling and Therapy. New Delhi: Indira Gandhi National Open University
• Ambekar A, Rao R & Agrawal A. (2017).Methadone Maintenance Treatment under National AIDS Control Programme: Training Manual. New Delhi: National AIDS Control Organisation and Emmanuelle Hospital Association
• Rao R, Ambekar A & Agrawal A. (2017).Methadone Maintenance Treatment under National AIDS Control Programme: Clinical Practice Guidelines. New Delhi: National AIDS Control Organisation and Emmanuelle Hospital Association
• Mohan A, Ambekar A, Basu D, Narayanan D, Rao GP, Saha G, Kumar MS, Kumar P, Murthy P, Singh RKL, Gupta R, Nagpal R & Rao TSS, (2017).Buprenorphine as OST. Opioid Substitution Therapy (OST) Using Buprenorphine. IPS-IAPP Task Force Recommendation for Organizing, Implementing and Scaling up of OST in India (with particular reference to policy and legal issues). Chandigarh: Indian Association of Private Psychiatry, April 2017
• Agrawal A, Kumar M, Rao R & Ambekar A (2015).QUALITY ASSURANCE IN IMPLEMENTATION OF HARM REDUCTION SERVICES: A field manual for supervising and mentoring Targeted Interventions and OST centres working with Injecting Drug Users and their spouses under the National AIDS Control Programme. New Delhi: National AIDS Control Organisation, India.
• Rao R, Agrawal A & Ambekar A (2014), Opioid Substitution Therapy under National AIDS Control Programme: Clinical Practice Guidelines for treatment with Buprenorphine . New Delhi: National AIDS Control Organisation, India.
• Ambekar A, Rao R, Agrawal A, Ray R & Dhawan A (2013), Quality Assurance for OST Programmes: A Field Guide for Mentors, New Delhi: National Drug Dependence Treatment Centre, All India Institute of Medical Sciences and National AIDS Control Organisation, India
• Ambekar A & Rao R (2013), Substance Use Disorders: A Manual for Facilitators,. New Delhi: National Drug Dependence Treatment Centre, All India Institute of Medical Sciences
• Lal R & Ambekar A (Eds), (2013), Substance Use Disorders: A Manual for paramedical professionals, New Delhi: NDDTC, AIIMS, WHO-India and Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
• Ambekar A (2012). Capacity Building Needs Assessment in the context of IDU Interventions in India New Delhi: United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) Regional Office for South Asia, and National AIDS Control Organisation
• Ray R, Dhawan A & Ambekar A (2011), Training on OST with Buprenorphine: A Training manual for service providers. New Delhi: National AIDS Control Organisation, India
• Ambekar A (2010), Reaching out to female partners of Injecting Drug Users: A Training manual for service providers. New Delhi: United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, Regional Office for South Asia
• Ambekar A, Rao R, Kedia S & Mukherjee D (2011), A manual for counsellors in the context of Injecting Drug Use – Targeted Intervention New Delhi: United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) Regional Office for South Asia, New Delhi and the Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS)
• Tripathi B. M. & Ambekar A (Eds), (2010), Minimum Standards of Care for Government De-addiction Centres, New Delhi: NDDTC, AIIMS, WHO-India and Ministry of Health and Family Welfare

Books And Monographs (authored / Edited): Research reports

• Ambekar A, Agrawal A, Rao R, Mishra AK, Khandelwal SK, Chadda RK on behalf of the group of investigators for the National Survey on Extent and Pattern of Substance Use in India (2019). Magnitude of Substance Use in India . New Delhi: Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment, Government of India
• Atul Ambekar, Ravindra Rao, Alok Agrawal, Ashwani Mishra, Rajesh Kumar, Manish Kumar (2016) Punjab Opioid Dependence Survey. New Delhi: SPYM and NDDTC, AIIMS
• Atul Ambekar, Viswanathan Arumugam, Umesh Sharma, Rajkumar Raju, Shalini Singh (2014), Drug Use Patterns among Clients Receiving Services from Targeted Interventions for People Who Inject Drugs: Findings from Bihar, Haryana, Jammu and Uttarakhand, New Delhi:India HIV/AIDS Alliance, 2014.
• Anju Dhawan, Ravindra Rao, Atul Ambekar, Anita Chopra, Raka Jain, Deepak Yadav, Rajat Ray, (2014). Methadone Maintenance Treatment in India: A Feasibility and Effectiveness Report . New Delhi: United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) Regional Office for South Asia
• Atul Ambekar (2012),  Factors Influencing the performance of Targeted Interventions among IDUs. New Delhi: United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) Regional Office for South Asia, and National AIDS Control Organisation, India
• Atul Ambekar (2012), Association of Drug Use Pattern with vulnerability and service uptake among IDUs, New Delhi: United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) Regional Office for South Asia, and National AIDS Control Organisation
• United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (multiple contributors) (2012) National Drug Use Survey in Maldives Male’: UNODC, Maldives Project Office
• Atul Ambekar (2012), HIV Prevention among IDUs and their female sex partners – Implementation Gaps and Barriers: A Study in Punjab, Haryana and Chandigarh New Delhi: United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) Regional Office for South Asia
• Anne Bergenstrom, Dean Lewis, Jyoti Mehra, Kunal Kishore, M. Suresh Kumar, Atul Ambekar and Ravindra Rao (2010) IDU and HIV: India Country Advocacy Brief.Bangkok:United Nations Regional Task Force on Injecting Drug Use and HIV/AIDS for Asia and the Pacific, UNAIDS.

Chapters In Books / Monographs

• Ambekar A, Singh S (2022). “Dealing with Drug Addiction”. In Chadda RK, Pratap S, Sood M, Deb KS (eds) Mental Health at Crossroads: Challenges and Solutions. New Delhi: White Falcon Publishing
• Ambekar A (2021), “Challenges in managing substance use disorders during COVID19 pandemic”. In Bhattacharyya R, Dalui A, Bandhopadhyay T, Sen A (eds)Guidelines for managing mental health issues during COVID 19 pandemic. Kolkata: Indian Medical Association – Bengal State Branch
• Ambekar A., Rao R., Agrawal A. (2021). “Contribution towards national policies and programs related to addiction treatment services during COVID-19 pandemic: An experiential account” (pp 70-74). In Chadda R, Sood M, Deep R (eds),COVID19 pandemic and Mental Health: Experiences of organizing services at a tertiary care healthcare institution. New Delhi: Dept. of Psychiatry and NDDTC, AIIMS, New Delhi
• Ambekar A, George A (2020). “Integrating the biological basis and the pharmacotherapy of Alcohol dependence: Focus on current and potential interventions.” In Gupta N, Kumar P, Mohan A (eds)Recent Advances in Biological Psychiatry – Theme: Addiction Psychiatry (2^nd ed). Mumbai: Indian Association of Biological Psychiatry
• Ambekar A, Mandal P (2020). “Substance related disorders” In Singh PK, Singh OP, Kumar V (eds)IPS Text book of Undergraduate Psychiatry. New Delhi: Jaypee brothers medical publishers
• Qureshi R, Ambekar A (2018). “Genetics of Alcohol Use Disorders” in Bhuyan D (Ed).Psychiatry Update. Dibrugarh: Assam Medical College
• Ambekar A, Chawla N (2018). “Cannabis: From Neurobiology to Policy” in Bhuyan D (Ed).Psychiatry Update. Dibrugarh: Assam Medical College
• Dabholkar H, Ambekar A & Benegal V,(2017) “Psychiatric Emergencies in Substance Abuse” in Thara R, Vijayakumar L (eds), Emergencies in Psychiatry in Low and Middle Income countries, Edition - II, New York: Routledge
• Qureshi R, Jain R & Ambekar A. (2017) “Dried Blood Spots for Testing Drugs of Misuse”, in Wolff K (Ed),Detection of Drug Misuse : Biomarkers, Analytical Advances and Interpretation, Cambridge: Royal Society of Chemistry
• Ambekar A & Goyal S (2016), “Clinical Practice Guidelines for treatment of Amphetamine Type Stimulants”, in Basu D, Dalal PK (eds),Clinical Practice Guidelines on Newer and Emerging Addictive Disorders in India, New Delhi: Indian Psychiatric Society
• Srivastava P, Mehta M, Ambekar A & Sagar R (2015), “Depression” in Mehta M, Sagar R (eds),A Practical Approach to Cognitive Behaviour Therapy for Adolescents, New Delhi: Springer India
• Ambekar A & Pawar A (2015), “Epidemiology of Substance Use in India: Emerging insights”. Hyderabad: Souvenir of Annual National Conference of Indian Psychiatric Society, 2015 (ANCIPS-2015).
• Ambekar A & Goyal S (2015), “Clinical Practice Guidelines for treatment of Opioid Use Disorders”, in Basu D, Dalal PK (eds), Handbook -Clinical Practice Guidelines for Substance Use Disorders, New Delhi: Indian Psychiatric Society
• Ambekar A (2014), “Management of Substance Use in India: Where we are and where do we need to go?”.Souvenir of Annual Conference of Indian Psychiatric Society – East Zone, 2014 (CEZIPS-2014), Dibrugarh:Department of Psychiatry, Assam Medical College
• Ambekar A & Deb KS , (2013). “Import of Narcotics for Clinical Trial Supplies”, in Kshirsagar N, Kulkarni T, Desai A, Shah J (eds), Emergencies in Psychiatry in Low and Middle Income countries , New Delhi: Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR)
• Ambekar A (2013), “Pharmacotherapy for opioid dependence”, in Rakesh Lal, Ramandeep Pattnayak (eds), Substance Use Disorders: Handbook for Physicians. New Delhi: National Drug Dependence Treatment Centre, All India Institute of Medical Sciences
• Ambekar A & Goyal S (2013), “Methadone Maintenance Treatment” in Dhawan A, Jhanjhi S (eds) Manual for Long-term pharmacotherapy of alcohol and opiate dependence New Delhi: National Drug Dependence Treatment Centre, All India Institute of Medical Sciences
• Ambekar A & Kattimani S (2013), Anti-craving medications for long-term treatment of alcohol dependence, in Dhawan A, Jhanjhi S (eds) Manual for Long-term pharmacotherapy of alcohol and opiate dependence . New Delhi: National Drug Dependence Treatment Centre, All India Institute of Medical Sciences
• Dabholkar H, Ambekar A & Benegal V, “Psychiatric Emergencies in Substance Abuse” in Thara R, Vijayakumar L (eds), Emergencies in Psychiatry in Low and Middle Income countries , (2012), Manipal: Byword Books

Details of publications since 2004 onwards (the full citation)- these should be divided into journal articles (peer reviewed publications) and books/monographs/project reports/ proceedings from workshops (non-peer reviewed publications)

Journals

• Jhanjee S, Lal R, Mishra A, Yadav D. A Randomized Pilot Study of Brief Intervention versus Simple Advice for Women Tobacco Users in an Urban Community in India. Indian Journal of Psychological Medicine(Accepted for publication).
• Jhanjee S. Putting tobacco harm reduction in perspective: is it a viable alternative? Indian Journal of Medical Research. 2016; 143(1): 25-9
• Rao R, Mandal P, Gupta R, Ramshankar P, Mishra A, Ambekar A, Jhanjee S, Dhawan A. Factors Affecting Drug Use During Incarceration: A Cross-Sectional Study of Opioid-Dependent Persons from India. Journal of substance abuse treatment. 2016; 61:13-7
• Jhanjee S. Sethi H. Characteristics of opioid drug users in an urban community clinic. Indian Journal of Social Psychiatry. 2016;32(2): 154-57
• Jhanjee S, SuruchiP ,Girdhar N,  Gunasekhar R, Jain R,  Sethi H, Sarangi J. Opioid Substitution Treatment in Tihar prisons, India: Process of implementation. International Journal on Drug Policy 2015; 26: 890–891
• Jhanjee S, Lal R, Mishra A, Yadav D. Tobacco use and dental myths In India: need for specific intervention Gerodontology 2015; doi: 10.1111/ger.12200
• Jhanjee S, Jain R, Jain V, Gupta T, Mittal S, Goelz P, Schnoll RA. Evaluating the effects of varenicline on craving, withdrawal and affect in a randomized double-blind placebo-controlled clinical trial of varenicline for smokeless tobacco dependence in India. Journal of Psychoactive Drugs. 2015 ;47(4):331-5.
• Jain R, Jhanjee S, Jain V, Gupta T, Mittal S, Chauhan, P, Raghav R, Goelz P, Schnoll RA. Biochemical Validation of Self-Reported Smokeless Tobacco Abstinence among Smokeless Tobacco Users: Results from A Clinical Trial of Varenicline in India Journal of Psychoactive Drugs 2015;47(4):331-5.
• Jhanjee S. Sethi H. Characteristics of opioid drug users in an urban community clinic. Indian Journal of Social Psychiatry. 2016;32(2): 154-57
• Jhanjee S. Dyslexia and Substance abuse: the under-recognized link. Indian Journal of Psychological Medicine. 2015;37 3 374-5
• Piyali M, Jain R, Jhanjee S, Sreenivas V. Psychological barriers to tobacco cessation in Indian buprenorphine-naloxone maintained patients -A pilot study. Indian Journal of Psychological Medicine. 2015; 37(3):299-304
• Sethi H, Jhanjee S. Use of Alcohol among treatment seeking illicit drug users in India. Journal of Mental Health and Human Behaviour 19(1): 2014: 19(1). 29-31
• Jhanjee S. Evidence Based Psychosocial Interventions in Substance Use. Indian Journal of Psychological Medicine. 2014;36:112-8
• Jain R, Jhanjee S, Jain V, Gupta T, Mittal S, Goelz P, Wileyto EP, Schnoll RA (2014). A Double-Blind Placebo-Controlled Randomized Trial of Varenicline for Smokeless Tobacco Dependence in India. Nicotine and Tobacco Research.16(1):50-7.
• Jhanjee S, Kumar R (2013). Mobile clinic services for opioid users: a feasible treatment modality. Asian Journal of Psychiatry 6(6):626.
• Jhanjee S (2012). Providing Drug abuse Treatment in prison: A call for action. Asian Journal of Psychiatry 5 : 114-115
• Arora S, Gupta S, Jhanjee S (2012): A descriptive study to assess dysthymia and select variables associated with tobacco use among adolescents. Indian Journal of Psychiatric Nursing Volume 3(1): 13-15
• Jain R, Balhara Y P, Jhanjee S &Sethi HM(2012): Concordance Between Urinary Cotinine Levels and Self-Reported Tobacco Use Among Drug-Dependent Persons: A Pilot Study, Substance Abuse, 33:2, 99-102
• Goyal S, Jhanjee S (2011): Opioid use in prison population and its relationship to crime: A review . Journal of Mental Health and Human Behaviour, 16(2).
• Jhanjee S. Sethi H (2011): Tobacco use in drug dependent patients- an even greater dilemma. Indian journal of Medical Specialities, 2(2):165-166
• Jhanjee S, Lal T, Mondal A, Jain K (2011):  Heroin dependent family: A biopsychosocial context. Substance Abuse, 32:157–158
• Jhanjee S (2011):   Tobacco control in India- Where are we now? Delhi Psychiatry journal. 14(1), 26-32.
• Jhanjee S, Sethi H (2010): The Fagerström Test For Nicotine Dependence in An Indian Sample of Daily smokers With Poly Drug Use. Nicotine and  Tobacco  Research.12(11):1162-6.
• Jhanjee S, Prakash B (2010):BuprenorphineMaintainence in pregnancy. Asian Journal of Psychiatry. 3(3), 157
• Basu A, Jhanjee S (2010). Review of current pharmacotherapy for nicotine dependence. Delhi Psychiatry journal 13(2): 240-246
• Jhanjee S, Balhara Y P, Sethi H (2009) Tobacco use among drug dependent patients in treatment setting Delhi Psychiatry journal. 12(2), 247-251.
• Jhanjee S (2007) Substance use among women: Indian Scenario.In Drug Abuse: News-n-Views; 3-5
• Varghese S. Sagar R, Jhanjee S. (2006) Chronic renal failure and Electroconvulsive Therapy Indian Journal of Medical Science 60 : 114-115
• Jhanjee S, Goyal P, Kattimani S. (2006) Recent pharmacological Term treatment of Alcohol dependence: a review. Delhi Psychiatry Bulletin Vol.9 No.2 pg 111-118

Principal author

• Principal Author: Scientific report- Rolling out OST in Tihar prisons India(2013)
• Principal Author:  Monograph Scientific. Community based brief Intervention vs simple advice for women tobacco users.

Book Co-editor

• Dhawan A, JhanjeeS(eds)(Revised 2013). Manual for long term pharmacotherapy. Sponsored by WHO (India) and Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Government of India
• Kochupillai V, Dhawan A, Jhanjee S, Pattanayak R (eds). Book of Abstracts. Conference on Stress reduction skills. Scientific update, 30th and 31st august, 2014

Chapter in Books

• Jhanjee S (2015). Behavioural and Psychological Approaches for Cessation. In Tobacco cessation for primary care providers in India. Public Health Foundation of India (under publication)
• Jhanjee S (2013). Nicotine dependence. In Lal R, PattanayakR(eds). Substance use disorders: Handbook for physicians, NDDTC, AIIMS. pp 88-97.
• Jhanjee S, Mohan I (2007) Long term use of naltrexone for opiate dependence. In Dhawan A, Jhanjee  S(eds)   Manual for long term pharmacotherapy pp.38-50.
• Jhanjee S,  Agrawal A (2005) Opioid intoxication and management of withdrawal state. In Hemraj Pal (ed) Case Book on Substance Use Disorder –Manual for Physicians, pp.41-44

Abstracts published

• Jhanjee S, Bhad R,  Sethi H, Rao R. Tobacco use in Opioid Dependent Patients on Buprenorphine Maintenance Treatment. Indian Journal of Psychiatry. 2016; 58(Suppl): S48-49
• Jhanjee S, Lal R, Mishra A, Yadav D. Tobacco use characteristics amongst women in an urban community.Indian Journal of Psychiatry. 2015 Jan; 57(Suppl 1): S11–S112.
• Jhanjee S, SuruchiP ,Girdhar N,  Gunasekhar R, Jain R,  Sethi H. In-prison outcomes of Buprenorphine maintenance for prisoners: results from a pilot intervention in Tihar prisons, India. Alcohol and Alcoholism 2014 vol 49, supp1 i64
• Mandal P, Jain R, Jhanjee S,  Sreenivas V. Barriers of tobacco cessation among Indian Buprenorphine- naloxone maintained patients. Alcohol and Alcoholism  2014 vol 49, supp1i6
• Jhanjee S, Lal R, Mishra A, Yadav D. Tobacco use characteristics amongst women in an urban Community. Indian J Psychiatry 2015 57 (Supplement) S60-61
• Jhanjee S, Mandal P, Singh D. Tobacco use in opioid dependent patients maintained on Buprenorphine naloxone treatment. Indian Journal of Psychiatry. 2014; 56 Suppl, S55
• Jhanjee S. Prevalence and correlates of tobacco use among youth: In Symposium “Opportunities and challenges for youth Tobacco cessation” Indian Journal of Social Psychiatry,  2014, 30 (3-4):  A10
• Jhanjee S. Putting tobacco harm reduction in perspective: Is  there any evidence?: SonaliJhanjee Indian Journal of Social Psychiatry, 2013, 29 (3-4), A9-A16
• Jhanjee S. Efficacy of psychosocial  interventions in substance  use. Indian Journal of Social Psychiatry.2012; 28(3-4),  A-19
• Jhanjee S, Sethi H. Differential characteristics of injectable drug users in community setting. Indian Journal of Psychiatry. 2011;53:S 38
• Jhanjee S, Sethi H. Oral substitution with buprenorphine in a community mobile clinic for opioid dependent patients. Indian Journal of Psychiatry. 2010; 52: S 19
• Jhanjee S, Balhara Y.P, Sethi H. Tobacco use pattern and severity of dependence in drug dependent patients. Relation of Opioid use and the use of Tobacco products Indian Journal of Psychiatry. 2009;51: S135
• Jhanjee S, Sethi H. Demographic and clinical characteristics of Opiod Drug Users In A Community Mobile Clinic Canadian Journal of Addiction Medicine. 2009;1(1):P 23
• Balhara Y.P, Jhanjee S, Majumdar P. Relation of Opioid use and the use of Tobacco products Indian Journal of Psychiatry.2008; 50 Suppl, P14
• Balhara Y.P, Jhanjee S, VermaR : Factors associated with Initiation, Maintenance and Decision to quit in Tobacco Indian Journal of Psychiatry. 2008; 50 Suppl, P14
• Jhanjee S , Goyal P, Chopra A(2007); One year profile of patients attending tobacco cessation clinic in a National level de-addiction center. Indian Journal of Psychiatry. 2007; 49 Suppl, P27
• Kushwaha V, Verma R, Jhanjee S, Ambekar A. Amphetamine type stimulants: Forewarned is forearmed  Indian Journal of Psychiatry. 2007; 49 Suppl, P27

Total number of publications till date- 144

Details of publications since 2010 onwards (the full citation)- these should be divided into journal articles (peer reviewed publications) and books/monographs/project reports/ proceedings from workshops (non-peer reviewed publications)

Articles

• Ray Rajat, Dhawan A (2010). Drug Scheduling-Science and Cultural Perspective. Addiction, 105, 1150-55.
• Balhara YPS, Jain R, Dhawan A, Mehta M (2010). Assessment of Abuse Liability of Pheniramine among Opioid Dependent Human Subjects. Journal of Substance Use, Posted online on December 7, 2010. (doi:10.3109/14659891.2010.513753).
• Jain Kushal, Jain R, Dhawan A (2011). Double-Blind, Double-Dummy Randomized Controlled Study of Memantine versus Buprenorphine in Naloxone Precipitated Acute Withdrawal in Heroin Addicts. Journal of Opioid Management 7(1), 11-20.
• Yadav D, Dhawan A, Balhara YPS, Yadav S (2010). Occupational Rehabilitation of Opiate Users on Maintenance Treatment. Journal of Social Work Practice in the Addictions, 10 (4), 413 – 422.
• Ray Rajat, Dhawan A (2011). Diagnostic Orphans. Addiction, 106(5), 891-892.
• Verma R, Balhara YPS, Dhawan A (2011). Inhalant abuse: An exploratory Study. Ind Psychiatry J, 20(2): 103-106.
• Gupta T, Shah N, Mathur VP, Dhawan A (2012). Oral health status of a group of illicit drug users in Delhi, India. Community Dent Health, 29(1): 49-54.
• Rao RV, Ambekar A, Yadav S, Sethi H, Dhawan A (2012). Slow release oral morphine as a maintenance agent in opioid dependence syndrome: an exploratory study from India. Journal of Substance Use, 17(3), 294-300.
• Jyotsna VP, Joshi A, Ambekar S, Kumar N, Dhawan A, Sreenivas V (2012). Comprehensive yogic breathing program improves quality of life in patients with diabetes. Indian J Endocrinol Metab, 16(3): 423-8.
• Dhawan A, Chopra A (2013). Does buprenorphine maintenance improve the quality of life of opioid users? Indian J Med Res, 137: 130-135.
• Ray R, Dhawan A, Chopra A (2013). Addiction Research Centres and the Nurturing of Creativity, National Drug Dependence Treatment Centre - A profile. Addiction, 108(10):1705-10.
• Quraishi R,  Pattanayak,  Jain R,  Dhawan A (2013). A descriptive study of clinical, hematological, and biochemical parameters of inhalant users seeking treatment at a tertiary care center in India. Indian J Psychol Med Apr, 35(2):174-9.
• Gupta A, Mandal P, Bhargava R, Pattanayak RD, Sagar R, Dhawan A (2014). Marked exacerbation of ADHD after onset of inhalant use: a case report. J Neuropsychiatry Clin Neurosci, 26(4):E6-7.
• Gupta K, Ambekar A, Dhawan A, Mehta M (2014) Psychosocial Factors Associated with HIV‑Related High‑risk Injection Behavior among People Who Inject Drugs. Journal of Mental Health and Human Behaviour, 19(2): 62-68.
• Balhara YP, Ranjan R, Dhawan A, Yadav D (2014).Experiences from a community based substance use treatment centre in an urban resettlement colony in India. J Addict, 98:20-28.
• Ranjan R, Pattanayak RD, Dhawan A (2014). Long-term agonist and antagonist therapy for adolescent opioid dependence: a description of two cases. Indian J Psychol Med, 36(4):439-43.
• Jyotsna VP, Dhawan A, Sreenivas V, Deepak KK, Singla R (2014). Completion report: Effect of Comprehensive Yogic Breathing program on type 2 diabetes: A randomized control trial. Indian J EndocrinolMetab, 18(4):582-4.
• Ranjan R, Kumar S, Pattanayak RD, Dhawan A, Sagar R (2014). (De-) criminalization of attempted suicide in India: A review. Ind Psychiatry J, 23(1):4-9.
• Bhad R, Jain R, Dhawan A, Mehta M (2014). Biochemical Assessment of Inhalant Use among Adolescents: A Pilot Study from Tertiary De-Addiction Center of India. J Subst Abuse Alcohol, 2(3): 1021-1024.
• Dhawan A, Chatterjee B, Balhara YPS, Bhargava R (2015). Issues in Child and adolescent substance use. Indian Journal of Psychiatry, 57(5): S186.
• Ambekar A, Dhawan A, Lenin Singh RK, Rao R (2015). How to deliver Methadone Maintenance Treatment (MMT) for Opioid Dependence. Indian Journal of Psychiatry 57(5): S180.
• Dhawan A, Chopra A, Ambekar A, Ray R (2015). Treatment Seeking Behavior of Inhalant Using Street Children: Are We Prepared to Meet Their Treatment Needs. Indian J Psychol Med, 37(3): 282-287.
• Dhawan A, Chopra A, Jain R, Yadav D, Vedamurthachar (2015). Effectiveness of yogic breathing intervention on quality of life of opioid dependent users. Int J Yoga, 8(2): 144-147.
• Rao R, Mandal P, Gupta R, Ramshankar P, Mishra A, Ambekar A, Jhanjee S, Dhawan A (2016). Factors Affecting Drug Use During Incarceration: A Cross-Sectional Study of Opioid-Dependent Persons from India. J Subst Abuse Treat, 61: 13-17.
• Dhawan A, Chopra A, Ray R (2016). Preference for Treatment Setting by Substance Users in India. Indian J Psychol Med, 38(1): 42-45.
• Bhad R, Jain R, Dhawan A, Mehta M (2016). Why do young people sniff? An exploratory study of adolescent inhalant abuse from north India. Journal of Substance Use, Published online 24 Mar 2016.
• Bhad R, Jain R, Dhawan A, Mehta M (2016). A Clinic Based Study in Treatment Seeking Adolescent Inhalant Users in India: Implications for Management. Journal of Child and Adolescent Substance Abuse, Published online 22 Sept 2016, DOI: 10.1080/1067828X.2016.1222977
• Dhawan A, Pattanayak R , Chopra A, Tikoo VK, Kumar R (2016) Injection drug use among children and adolescents in India: Ringing the alarm bells. Ind J Psy, 58:387-93.
• Gupta P, Mandal P, Singh D,Pattanyak R,  Bhargava R, Dhawan A (2016). Detection of Optic Neuropathy and 3-month Follow-up of an Adolescent Inhalant User: Are we Paying Enough Attention? Indian J Psychol Med Med , 38(5): 486–488.doi:  10.4103/0253-7176.191390
• Das M M,  Jain R,  Dhawan A,  Kaur A (2016). Assessment of abuse liability of Tramadol among experienced drug users: Double-blind crossover randomized controlled trial. J Opioid Manag, 12(6):421-430.
• Gupta K, Dhawan A, Ambekar A, Mehta M (2016) High- Risk Sexual Behaviors in Young Men Seeking Treatment for Alcohol Dependence: A Qualitative Study. Journal of Psychosocial Research, 11(1): 103-114.
• Gupta K, Ambekar A, Dhawan A, Mehta M (2017) Personality profile of alcohol and injecting opioid users: A comparative study from India. Asian Journal of Psychiatry, 25: 142–146.
• Dhawan A, Pattanayak RD, Chopra A, Tikoo VK, Kumar R (2017) Pattern and profile of children using substances in India: Insights and recommendations. Natl Med J India, 30(4): 224-229.
• Jain S, Dhawan A, Kumaran SS, Pattanayak RD, Jain R (2017) Cue-induced craving among inhalant users: Development and preliminary validation of a visual cue paradigm. Asian J Psychiatr 30: 202-207.
• Dhawan A, Rao R, Ambekar A, Pusp A, Ray R (2017) Treatment of substance use disorders through the government health facilities: Developments in the "Drug De-addiction Programme" of Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Government of India. Indian J Psychiatry 59(3): 380-384.
• Dhawan A, Mandal P (2017) Preventive Strategies for Substance Use. Indian Journal of Social Psychiatry 33 (2): 108-111.
• Singh G, Kaloiya GS, Dhawan A, Balhara YPS, Mishra AK (2018) Need for evaluation of underlying dysfunctional cognition in problem drinkers. Asian Journal of Psychiatry 31: 71-72.
• Mandal P, Dhawan A (2018) Interventions in individuals with specific needs. Indian J Psychiatry 60(8): 553-558.
• Raghav R, Jain R, Dhawan A, Ray TS, Kumar P (2018). Chronic co-administration of nalbuphine attenuates the development of opioid dependence. Pharmacology Biochemistry and Behavior 175: 130-138.
• Dhawan A, Modak T, Sarkar S (2019). Transdermal  buprenorphine  patch :  Potential  for  role  in  management  of  opioid dependence. Asian J Psychiatr   40:88-91.
• Mandal P, Parmar A, Ambekar A, Dhawan A (2019). Substance use among treatment seeking Indian adolescent girls: Are they unique? Asian J Psychiatr
• Chawla N, Mandal P, Chatterjee B, Dhawan A (2019). Tramadol-associated pica. Psychiatry ClinNeurosci. 2019;73(1):43.
• Tripathi R, Dhawan A, Rao R, Mishra AK, Jain R, Sinha S (2019). Assessment of Subjective Sleep Problems in Men With Opioid Dependence Maintained on Buprenorphine. Journal of Addiction Medicine doi: 10.1097/ADM.0000000000000539
• Tripathi, R., Rao, R., Dhawan, A., Jain, R., &Sinha, S. (2020). Opioids and sleep–a review of literature. Sleep medicine, 67, 269-275.
• Kethawath, S. M., Jain, R., Dhawan, A., &Sarkar, S. (2020). A review of peripheral brain-derived neurotrophic factor levels in alcohol-dependent patients: Current understanding. Indian journal of psychiatry, 62(1), 15.
• Dhawan, A., Mishra, A. K., Ambekar, A., Chatterjee, B., Agrawal, A., &Bhargava, R. (2020). Estimating the size of substance using street children in Delhi using respondent-driven sampling (rds). Asian journal of psychiatry, 48, 101890.
• Gupta, S., Bhatia, G., Sarkar, S., Chatterjee, B., Balhara, Y. P. S., &Dhawan, A. (2020). Adult attention-deficit hyperactivity disorders and its correlates in patients with opioid dependence: An exploratory study. Indian Journal of Psychiatry, 62(5), 501.
• Kethawath, S. M., Jain, R., Dhawan, A., &Sarkar, S. (2020). Trajectory of liver function tests during the initial alcohol detoxification period: A preliminary analysis. Indian journal of psychiatry, 62(2), 225.
• Jain, S., Dhawan, A., Kumaran, S. S., Deep, R., & Jain, R. (2020). BOLD activation during cue induced craving in adolescent inhalant users. Asian Journal of Psychiatry, 52, 102097.
• Kethawath, S. M., Jain, R., Dhawan, A., Sarkar, S., & Kumar, M. (2020). An Observational Study of Serum Brain Derived Neurotrophic Factor Levels in Patients with Alcohol Dependence during Withdrawal. Journal of Psychoactive Drugs, 52(5), 440-446.
• Verma, V., Mishra, A. K., Dhawan, A., &Nath, D. C. (2020). Diversity in substance use behaviour among street children of Delhi under Bayesian paradigm. BMC Medical Research Methodology, 20(1), 1-9.
• Rao R, Dhawan A, Parmar A, Yadav D, Bhad R. (2021) Improving treatment of substance use disorders through community drug treatment clinics: An experiential account. IJCM.
• Raghav, R., Jain, R., Jacob, T. G., Dhawan, A., & Roy, T. S. (2021). Co-administration of nalbuphine attenuates the morphine-induced anxiety and dopaminergic alterations in morphine-withdrawn rats. Psychopharmacology, 238(4), 1193-1211.
• Batra P, Dhawan A, Pandey RM, Mehta M, Sagar R, Chopra A (2021). Substance use and its associated factors among school students. National medical journal of India, 1;34(2).
• Singh, S., & Dhawan, A. (2021). Problematic substance and internet use among medical students. Indian Journal of Social Psychiatry, 37(2), 172.
• Gupta, S., Jhanjee, S., & Dhawan, A. (2021). Effectiveness of Interventions Based on Yogic Breathing Practices (IB-YBP) on Substance Use Disorders—A Systematic Review of the Randomized Control Trials and Quasi-Experimental Trials. Substance Use & Misuse, 56(11), 1624-1641.
• Singh, V. V., Dhawan, A., Chadda, R. K., Mishra, A. K., & Sarkar, S. (2022). A Prospective Three-Months Naturalistic Follow-Up Study of Outcomes of Patients with Opioid Dependence Discharged on Buprenorphine or Oral Naltrexone. Indian Journal of Psychological Medicine, 02537176211066739.
• Sharma, R., Dhawan, A., Kaminer, Y., & Chopra, A. (2022). Teen Addiction Severity Index (T-ASI): Hindi Translation and Validation for Use in India. Indian Journal of Psychological Medicine, 02537176221090467.
• Gupta, S., Dhawan, A. (2022). Methodological issues in conducting yoga- and meditation-based research: A narrative review and research implications. Journal of Ayurveda and integrative medicine, 13(3), 100620. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jaim.2022.100620
• Singh, V. V., Sarkar, S., Chadda, R. K., Mishra, A. K., & Dhawan, A. (2022). Reasons for leaving treatment among patients with opioid dependence: A 3-month prospective follow-up study. Journal of opioid management, 18(5), 455–466. https://doi.org/10.5055/jom.2022.0739

Abstracts

• Pawar A., Dhawan A., Kr A., Varshney M. Profile of patients presenting to the child and adolescent substance use clinic at a tertiary care de-addiction center. .Indian J Psychiatry. 2013; 55(5:) 42-43.
• Kr A, Pawar A, Dhawan A. Profile of substance using women presenting to a tertiary care de-addiction facility. Indian J Psychiatry. 2013; 55(5): 79.
• Dhawan A, Chopra A, Balhara YPS. Building National Capacity For Management Of Substance Use Disorders. Alcohol and Alcoholism. 2014; 49 (suppl 1): i12 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/alcalc/agu052.51

Chapter in Books

• Ray Rajat, Dhawan A (2011) Substance Dependence: National policies and priorities. In Kulhara P, Avasthi A, Thirunavukarasu M, Grover S, Chankrabarti S (eds) Themes and issues in Contemporary Indian Psychiatry, Publication Committee, Indian Psychiatric Society, pg 70-101.
• Dhawan A, PattanayakRamandeep (2011) Community based addiction psychiatry. In Chavan BS (ed) Textbook of Community Psychiatry.
• Dhawan A, Deb KaushikSinha (2011). Situation update on the extent, pattern of drug abuse in street children. In A Trainers Manual on Drug Use Prevention, Treatment and Care for Street Children, Published by UNODC (ROSA).
• Dhawan A, Prashanth R (2011). Brief orientation to medical management of drug abuse among street children. In A Trainers Manual on Drug Use Prevention, Treatment and Care for Street Children, Published by UNODC (ROSA).
• Pattnayak R, Dhawan A (2013). Pharmacotherapy in Substance Use Disorder. In: Rakesh Lal, Sandhya Gupta (eds) Substance Use Disorders – Manual for Nursing Personnel, 2nd edition. New Delhi, Published by NDDTC, AIIMS, pp 25-45.
• Dhawan A, Kumar A. Long term Pharmacotherapy of opioid dependence syndrome. In: RakeshLal (eds) Substance Use Disorders – Manual for Physicians, 2nd edition. New Delhi: Published by NDDTC, AIIMS; 2013: 77-85.
• Dhawan A, Balhara YPS, Mohan I. Substance abuse in adolescents. In: Rakesh Lal (eds) Substance Use Disorders – Manual for Physicians, 2nd edition. New Delhi: Published by NDDTC, AIIMS; 2013: 191-198.
• Sri Sri Ravi Shankar, Kenneth Paul Rosenberg, Anju Dhawan, AcharVedamurthachar. Meditation and Spirituality-Based Approaches for Addiction. In: Kenneth Paul Rosenberg, Laura Curtiss Feder (eds) Behavioral Addictions: Criteria, Evidence, and Treatment. UK: Published by Elsevier Inc; 2014: 343-360.
• Renu Sharma, Mehta M, Dhawan A. Treatment of Substance Abusing Adolescents. In: Manju Mehta, Rajesh Sagar (eds) A Practical Approach to Cognitive Behaviour Therapy for Adolescents, New Delhi: Published by Springer; 2014: 331-361. ISBN 978-81-322-2241-5
• Dhawan A, Pattanyak R (2014) Clinical Practice Guidelines on Management of Inhalant Use Disorders. In: Debashish Basu, PK Dalal (eds) Clinical Practice Guidelines for the Assessment and Management of Substance Use Disorders. Published by Indian Psychiatric Society.
• Dhawan A, Pattanyak R (2015). Synopsis of the Clinical Practice Guidelines on Management of Inhalant Use Disorders. In: PK Dalal, Debashish Basu (eds) Synopsis of the Clinical Practice Guidelines on Substance Use Disorders. Published by Indian Psychiatric Society
• Anju Dhawan, BiswadipChatterjee. Substance Use Disorders in Training handbook on counseling essential for staff of Child Care Institutions, published by NCPCR, New Delhi, 2016.
• Dhawan A, Mongia M. Spirituality and Mental Health. In: RK Chadda, Vinay Kumar, Nitin Gupta, SiddharthSarkar (eds) Social Psychiatry: Principles and Clinical Perspective, New Delhi: Published by Jaypee Brothers; 2018: 133-140.
• Dhawan A, Singh Shalini. Social Dimensions of Substance Use Disorders. In: RK Chadda, Vinay Kumar, Nitin Gupta, SiddharthSarkar (eds) Social Psychiatry: Principles and Clinical Perspective, New Delhi: Published by Jaypee Brothers; 2018: 217-226.
• Dhawan A., Patil V., Gupta S., Chugh G. Mindfulness and Mental Health. In: Okpaku S.O.(eds) Innovations in Global Mental Health. Springer, Cham, 2021. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-70134-
• Dhawan A, Mittal S. Spirituality and Mental Health. In: Rakesh Chadda, Pratap Sharan, Mamta Sood, Koushik Sinha Deb (eds), Mental Health at Cross-roads : Published by White Falcon Publishing 2022: page 229-233

Monographs/Books

• Ray R, DhawanA, Ambekar A (2010). A manual for Quality Assurance of OST in Government Health Care settings, NACO.
• Ray Rajat, Dhawan A, Ambekar A, Yadav D, Chopra A (2011). Coordination & convergence of Delhi District Health Services programmes & drug use intervention for the out of school children-Final Report. Submitted under the Government of India and WHO Collaborative Programme.
• Ray Rajat, Dhawan A, Ambekar A, Jhanjhee S, Chopra A, Malhotra S (2011). Developing a network of de-addiction services from the Government, NGO & Private sector - Final Report. Submitted under the Government of India and WHO Collaborative Programme.
• Ray R, Dhawan A, Ambekar A, Implementing OST: A Training Manual for service providers, DFID TAST and National AIDS Control Organisation, Government of India, New Delhi 2011.
• Yadav D, Ambekar A, Dhawan A, Aggarwal A, Mehra J, Sethi H, OST program in Government health-care settings: treatment compliance and retention, report submitted to DFID TAST and NACO, Government of India 2011.
• Report of the study on Assessment of pattern, profile and correlates of substance use among children in India. Conducted by NDDTC for the National Commission on Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR), India; 2013.