Outpatient Services

Information for patients

• The outpatient clinic of the centre functions from Monday to Friday.
• Both, new as well as old patients are seen in the outpatient department.
• TheOPD registration timings are from 9:00 AM to 11:30 AM.
• No referral from anywhere is required. The patients are expected to get registered at the registration counter and wait for their turn in the waiting area.
• The registration fee for new patients is Rs. 10/- only (valid for the duration of one year). There is no fee for subsequent (follow-up) visits.

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Specialty Clinics

Recently the centre has introduced three specialty clinics. These are

(1)   Tobacco Use Cessation,

(2)   Adolescent Drug Use Clinic

(3)  Dual Diagnosis Clinic (Substance Use Disorder and Psychiatric Illness)

Tobacco Cessation Clinic (TCC)

(Faculty in-charge:Dr. S. Jhanjee; Dr.PrabhuDayal; Dr Gauri ShankerKaloiya)

Tobacco is a powerfully addictive drug and is a major preventable cause of
morbidity and mortality.  A focused approach on tobacco cessation greatly
helps patients to quit this harmful addiction. To help patients quit tobacco use, NDDTC offers Tobacco cessation clinic in the OPD on every Monday at 9.00 A.M. This clinic offers pharmacotherapy, psycho-education and counseling services.

Adolescent Clinic

(Faculty in-charge:Dr. Anju Dhawan; Dr Rachana Bhargava; DrBiswadip Chatterjee; DrPiyali Mandal)

A growing number of adolescents are falling prey to substance use. Since this group of population has special treatment needs the centre offers a specialty clinic the Adolescent Drug Use Clinic, every Tuesday at 9:00 AM in the OPD.

Dual Diagnosis Clinic

(Faculty in-charge: Dr. Rakesh Lal; Dr. Yatan Pal Singh Balhara; Dr Siddharth Sarkar)

Many people who are dependent on psychoactive drugs suffer simultaneously from mental (psychiatric) disorders. “Dual Diagnosis” is the term commonly used to describe this group of patients. Since this group has special needs for treatment, a specialty clinic is functional to cater to this group of patients, every Wednesday at 9:00 AM at NDDTCOPD  

Women Clinic

(Faculty-in-charge: Dr AtulAmbekar; DrPiyali Mandal)

Substance use disorders are increasingly being recognized among women. Keeping in mind the special needs of women substance users a clinic has been started at NDDTCOPD on Saturdays from 9:00 am onwards.

Behavioural Addictions Clinic (BAC)

(Faculty in-charge: Dr. Yatan Pal Singh Balhara; Dr Rachana Bhargava)

The Behavioral Addictions Clinic (BAC) is aimed at catering to those experiencing behavioral addictions. This includes various conditions including Internet addiction, (video) gaming addiction, smartphone addiction, screen addiction, excessive use of social media, pathological gambling among others. The clinic offers treatment services for the behavioral addictions and the co-occurring psychiatric and substance use disorders that are commonly observed in this population.

Dual Diagnosis Clinic at AIIMS, New Delhi campus

(Faculty in-charge: Dr. Yatan Pal Singh Balhara)

The Dual Diagnosis Clinic is aimed at catering to the needs of those suffering from co-occurring disorders. This includes those who have medical disorder or psychiatric disorder in addition to the substance use (addictive) disorders. Some of the commonly seen co-occurring disorders in the clinic include alcoholic liver disease, diabetes, viral hepatitis, cancers, depression, anxiety disorders, psychosis, co-occurring with alcohol, cannabis, opioids (heroin and prescription opioids), tobacco and benzodiazepine use disorders. The clinic offers medicine based (pharmacological) as well as psycho-social treatment for the co-occurring disorders.

National Drug Dependence Treatment Centre (NDDTC), Ghaziabad, Delhi-NCR

All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), New Delhi