Abhishek Ghosh
Biographic Data
| ID | 3724162 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Abhishek Ghosh |
| GIVEN NAMES | Abhishek |
| FAMILY NAME | Ghosh |
| SIGNATURE | GHOSH A |
| AFFILIATIONS | Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-5017-9606 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 27 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 27 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2018 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Implementing integrated mental health and substance use disorder services in Indian primary care
Integrating mental health & substance use disorders (MSUDs) care into other NCDs remains a priority for bridging India’s wide treatment gap. While national programs such as District Mental Health Programme and Ayushman Bharat have laid foundational pathways, translating policy into everyday practice continues to face substantial challenges. This study explored how mental health services are being implemented across seven Indian states, using the …
Efficacy of Family-based Interventions in Addressing Substance Use Disorders
Effectiveness of Training Non‐Specialist Health Workers for the Management of Substance Use Disorders
Acceptability and Feasibility of a Social Contact Based Intervention for Reduction of Public Stigma Against Persons With Opioid Use Disorder
Background and Aim: Opioid Use Disorder (OUD) is a major public health issue, exacerbated by public stigma that hinders treatment-seeking and social integration. This study aimed to adapt and validate a social-contact-based intervention to reduce public stigma against individuals with OUD in India, ensuring cultural relevance and feasibility. Methods: The study followed a two-phase approach: adaptation and validation using the ADAPT framework and…
Patterns of alcohol use and response to digital brief interventions in college students
Underage drinking represents three latent classes. Digital interventions can effectively reduce alcohol use across all classes of underage college problem drinkers
Regional disparities and correlates of alcohol use during pregnancy in India
Stigma toward substance use disorders
Samer El Hayek1†Wael Foad1†Renato de Filippis2†Abhishek Ghosh3†Nadine Koukach1†Aala Mahgoub Mohammed Khier1Sagun Ballav Pant4†Vanessa Padilla5†Rodrigo Ramalho6†Hossameldin Tolba1†Mohammadreza Shalbafan7
Unraveling the Complexities of Substance-Induced Psychosis and its Transition to Independent Psychosis
Efficacy of Screening and Brief Intervention for Alcohol Misuse in Opioid Agonist Maintenance Treatment
Alcohol misuse is common in persons on opioid agonist maintenance treatment (OAMT). We tested the efficacy of screening and brief intervention (SBI) for harmful/hazardous alcohol use in buprenorphine/naloxone (BNX)-assisted OAMT. It was a double-blind, parallel-group, randomized trial, where 150 participants with alcohol misuse (Alcohol Use Disorder Identification Test - AUDIT 8-19) on BNX were allocated equally to receive either a single session…
Neurocognitive Dysfunctions in People with Concurrent Cannabis Use and Opioid Dependence
Cannabis and opioid co-dependence is independently associated with cognitive impairments. We examined neurocognitive dysfunctions in people with concurrent opioid dependence with cannabis dependence (OD+CD) or cannabis use (OD+CU) compared to those with only opioid dependence (OD) and healthy controls (HC). We selected adult participants, any sex, who met the diagnosis of OD ( N = 268), OD+CU ( N = 58), and OD + CD ( N = 115). We recruited 68 edu…
Does Prescription Length of Buprenorphine Influence Treatment Outcomes in Opioid Use Disorder? A Retrospective Cohort Study from North India
Objective Buprenorphine (BUP) effectively suppresses non-prescription opioid use and increases treatment retention in opioid use disorder (OUD). However, short prescription length may interfere with treatment retention and recovery. We wanted to examine whether the outcomes of BUP treatment differ in high (HPL up to 4 wk) and low-prescription (LPL 1–2 wk) length groups.Methods We compared time to treatment discontinuation (TD), non-prescription o…
Online Interest for Electronic Cigarettes Using Google Trends in the UK
BACKGROUND: Google Trends provides an easily accessible and cost-effective method of providing real-time insight into user interest. OBJECTIVE: to address the gap in UK prevalence data for e-cigarettes by analyzing Google Trends to identify correlations with official data from Action on Smoking and Health. The study further evaluates Google Trend's sensitivity to real-time events and the ability for predictive models to forecast future data based…
Analysis of YouTube content on substance use disorder treatment and recovery
BACKGROUND AND AIM: Emerging literature suggests the role of social media in substance use disorders (SUD). This study aimed to explore the content of YouTube videos for persons on SUD treatment/recovery, describing the users' exposure and engagement metrics and understanding viewers' perspectives. METHODS: We generated a set of 10 key phrases to search on YouTube. Eighty eligible videos were analyzed using a mixed-methods approach. Content analy…
Effectiveness of buprenorphine (naloxone) for opioid dependence does not differ across opioid categories
We aimed to examine whether treatment retention, abstinence, and adherence to buprenorphine-naloxone (BNX) differ among individuals with opioid dependence (OD) across three common categories of opioids- heroin, opium, and low-potency pharmaceutical. In a retrospective cohort study, we analyzed outpatient treatment records from March 2020 through February 2022. Opioid category was determined by lifetime and current opioid use. We defined treatment…
Predictors of Five-Year Readmission to an Inpatient Service among Patients with Alcohol Use Disorders
Background Alcohol use disorder (AUD) is a relapsing-remitting disease that accounted for a sizable proportion of all-cause adult inpatient stays.Objectives To determine the predictors of any and multiple readmissions to inpatient care for AUD within 5 years of the index admission.Methods This retrospective, register-based cohort study assessed consecutive patients with AUD admitted to a publicly-funded inpatient service between January 2007 and …
Feasibility and preliminary effectiveness of internet‐mediated ‘relapse prevention therapy’ for patients with alcohol use disorder
Do online media adhere to the responsible suicide reporting guidelines? A cross sectional study from India
BACKGROUND: The content and nature of media reports could influence suicide prevention measures. AIM: To evaluate contemporary online media reports' compliance with guidelines for responsible reporting of suicidal acts from Indian resources. METHODS: We included English and Hindi articles for reports concerning suicide, published by local and national media sources for 30 consecutive days from the day of death of a celebrity by alleged suicide. T…
Does Online Newsmedia Portrayal of Substance Use and Persons with Substance Misuse Endorse Stigma? A Qualitative Study from India
Predictors of Five-year Readmission to an Inpatient Service among Patients with Opioid Use Disorders
Background Opioid use disorder (OUD), a relapsing-remitting chronic medical disease, accounts for a sizable proportion of all-cause adult inpatient stays. We evaluated the incidence and predictors of any and multiple readmissions to inpatient care for OUD. Methods This retrospective, register-based cohort study assessed consecutive patients with OUD admitted to a federally-funded inpatient service of an addiction treatment center in North India b…
Screening and Brief Intervention for Cannabis Misuse in Individuals on Buprenorphine Treatment for Opioid Use Disorder
Cannabis misuse and opioid use disorder (OUD) are highly comorbid but under-treated and associated with poorer outcomes. This paper reports a double-blind, parallel-group randomized controlled trial to determine the efficacy of single-session, clinician-delivered screening and brief intervention (SBI) for reducing cannabis risk. The primary outcome was the cannabis-specific Alcohol, Smoking, and Substance Involvement Screening Test (ASSIST) score…
Responding to Covid-19
Following the classification of the Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) as a pandemic by the World \nHealth Organization (WHO), countries were encouraged to implement urgent and aggressive \nactions to change the course of the disease spread while also protecting the physical and mental \nhealth and well-being of all people. The challenges and solutions of providing prevention, \ntreatment, and care for those affected with issues related to substance …
Predictors of Inpatient Care in a 10-Year Retrospective Cohort Registered in an Outpatient Substance Use Disorder Treatment Program
Can google trends search inform us about the population response and public health impact of abrupt change in alcohol policy? A case study from India during the covid-19 pandemic
Predictors of Dropout from an Outpatient Treatment Program for Substance Use Disorders in India
Extended lockdown and India’s alcohol policy
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Spatiotemporal changes of geomorphic environment in the Muriganga–Saptamukhi estuarine interfluve of Indian Sundarban in the context of climate change
Innate Intuition
This article is about sahaja-jñāna, or 'innate intuition', as a form of Brahmo and Vaiṣṇava epistemology-a foundational invention within the development of modern Hinduism. I examine its nineteenth-century intellectual history in Bengal in the works of the Vaiṣṇava theologian Kedarnath Datta Bhaktivinoda (1838-1914) and trace it back to two of his contemporaries, Keshub Chandra Sen (1838-1884) and a senior leader of the Brahmo Samaj whom they bot…
Predictors of Dropout from an Outpatient Treatment Program for Substance Use Disorders in India
Extended lockdown and India’s alcohol policy
Responding to Covid-19
Following the classification of the Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) as a pandemic by the World \nHealth Organization (WHO), countries were encouraged to implement urgent and aggressive \nactions to change the course of the disease spread while also protecting the physical and mental \nhealth and well-being of all people. The challenges and solutions of providing prevention, \ntreatment, and care for those affected with issues related to substance …
Predictors of Inpatient Care in a 10-Year Retrospective Cohort Registered in an Outpatient Substance Use Disorder Treatment Program
Can google trends search inform us about the population response and public health impact of abrupt change in alcohol policy? A case study from India during the covid-19 pandemic
Predictors of Five-Year Readmission to an Inpatient Service among Patients with Alcohol Use Disorders
Background Alcohol use disorder (AUD) is a relapsing-remitting disease that accounted for a sizable proportion of all-cause adult inpatient stays.Objectives To determine the predictors of any and multiple readmissions to inpatient care for AUD within 5 years of the index admission.Methods This retrospective, register-based cohort study assessed consecutive patients with AUD admitted to a publicly-funded inpatient service between January 2007 and …
Feasibility and preliminary effectiveness of internet‐mediated ‘relapse prevention therapy’ for patients with alcohol use disorder
Do online media adhere to the responsible suicide reporting guidelines? A cross sectional study from India
BACKGROUND: The content and nature of media reports could influence suicide prevention measures. AIM: To evaluate contemporary online media reports' compliance with guidelines for responsible reporting of suicidal acts from Indian resources. METHODS: We included English and Hindi articles for reports concerning suicide, published by local and national media sources for 30 consecutive days from the day of death of a celebrity by alleged suicide. T…
Does Online Newsmedia Portrayal of Substance Use and Persons with Substance Misuse Endorse Stigma? A Qualitative Study from India
Predictors of Five-year Readmission to an Inpatient Service among Patients with Opioid Use Disorders
Background Opioid use disorder (OUD), a relapsing-remitting chronic medical disease, accounts for a sizable proportion of all-cause adult inpatient stays. We evaluated the incidence and predictors of any and multiple readmissions to inpatient care for OUD. Methods This retrospective, register-based cohort study assessed consecutive patients with OUD admitted to a federally-funded inpatient service of an addiction treatment center in North India b…
Screening and Brief Intervention for Cannabis Misuse in Individuals on Buprenorphine Treatment for Opioid Use Disorder
Cannabis misuse and opioid use disorder (OUD) are highly comorbid but under-treated and associated with poorer outcomes. This paper reports a double-blind, parallel-group randomized controlled trial to determine the efficacy of single-session, clinician-delivered screening and brief intervention (SBI) for reducing cannabis risk. The primary outcome was the cannabis-specific Alcohol, Smoking, and Substance Involvement Screening Test (ASSIST) score…
Does Prescription Length of Buprenorphine Influence Treatment Outcomes in Opioid Use Disorder? A Retrospective Cohort Study from North India
Objective Buprenorphine (BUP) effectively suppresses non-prescription opioid use and increases treatment retention in opioid use disorder (OUD). However, short prescription length may interfere with treatment retention and recovery. We wanted to examine whether the outcomes of BUP treatment differ in high (HPL up to 4 wk) and low-prescription (LPL 1–2 wk) length groups.Methods We compared time to treatment discontinuation (TD), non-prescription o…
Online Interest for Electronic Cigarettes Using Google Trends in the UK
BACKGROUND: Google Trends provides an easily accessible and cost-effective method of providing real-time insight into user interest. OBJECTIVE: to address the gap in UK prevalence data for e-cigarettes by analyzing Google Trends to identify correlations with official data from Action on Smoking and Health. The study further evaluates Google Trend's sensitivity to real-time events and the ability for predictive models to forecast future data based…
Analysis of YouTube content on substance use disorder treatment and recovery
BACKGROUND AND AIM: Emerging literature suggests the role of social media in substance use disorders (SUD). This study aimed to explore the content of YouTube videos for persons on SUD treatment/recovery, describing the users' exposure and engagement metrics and understanding viewers' perspectives. METHODS: We generated a set of 10 key phrases to search on YouTube. Eighty eligible videos were analyzed using a mixed-methods approach. Content analy…
Effectiveness of buprenorphine (naloxone) for opioid dependence does not differ across opioid categories
We aimed to examine whether treatment retention, abstinence, and adherence to buprenorphine-naloxone (BNX) differ among individuals with opioid dependence (OD) across three common categories of opioids- heroin, opium, and low-potency pharmaceutical. In a retrospective cohort study, we analyzed outpatient treatment records from March 2020 through February 2022. Opioid category was determined by lifetime and current opioid use. We defined treatment…
Stigma toward substance use disorders
Samer El Hayek1†Wael Foad1†Renato de Filippis2†Abhishek Ghosh3†Nadine Koukach1†Aala Mahgoub Mohammed Khier1Sagun Ballav Pant4†Vanessa Padilla5†Rodrigo Ramalho6†Hossameldin Tolba1†Mohammadreza Shalbafan7
Unraveling the Complexities of Substance-Induced Psychosis and its Transition to Independent Psychosis
Efficacy of Screening and Brief Intervention for Alcohol Misuse in Opioid Agonist Maintenance Treatment
Alcohol misuse is common in persons on opioid agonist maintenance treatment (OAMT). We tested the efficacy of screening and brief intervention (SBI) for harmful/hazardous alcohol use in buprenorphine/naloxone (BNX)-assisted OAMT. It was a double-blind, parallel-group, randomized trial, where 150 participants with alcohol misuse (Alcohol Use Disorder Identification Test - AUDIT 8-19) on BNX were allocated equally to receive either a single session…
Neurocognitive Dysfunctions in People with Concurrent Cannabis Use and Opioid Dependence
Cannabis and opioid co-dependence is independently associated with cognitive impairments. We examined neurocognitive dysfunctions in people with concurrent opioid dependence with cannabis dependence (OD+CD) or cannabis use (OD+CU) compared to those with only opioid dependence (OD) and healthy controls (HC). We selected adult participants, any sex, who met the diagnosis of OD ( N = 268), OD+CU ( N = 58), and OD + CD ( N = 115). We recruited 68 edu…
Regional disparities and correlates of alcohol use during pregnancy in India
Implementing integrated mental health and substance use disorder services in Indian primary care
Integrating mental health & substance use disorders (MSUDs) care into other NCDs remains a priority for bridging India’s wide treatment gap. While national programs such as District Mental Health Programme and Ayushman Bharat have laid foundational pathways, translating policy into everyday practice continues to face substantial challenges. This study explored how mental health services are being implemented across seven Indian states, using the …
Efficacy of Family-based Interventions in Addressing Substance Use Disorders
Effectiveness of Training Non‐Specialist Health Workers for the Management of Substance Use Disorders
Medicine (19 works) · Substance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes (16 works) · Psychiatry (13 works) · Internal Medicine (11 works) · Psychology (9 works) · Mental Health Treatment and Access (8 works) · Public health (8 works) · Retrospective cohort study (7 works) · Opioid (6 works) · Opioid Use Disorder Treatment (6 works)