Renjith R Pillai
Biographic Data
| ID | 7180703 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Renjith R Pillai |
| GIVEN NAMES | Renjith R |
| FAMILY NAME | Pillai |
| SIGNATURE | PILLAI R R |
| AFFILIATIONS | Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-7102-7986 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 13 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 13 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2020 |
| 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
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…
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 …
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…
Predictors of Inpatient Care in a 10-Year Retrospective Cohort Registered in an Outpatient Substance Use Disorder Treatment Program
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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Predictors of Dropout from an Outpatient Treatment Program for Substance Use Disorders in India
Extended lockdown and India’s alcohol policy
Predictors of Inpatient Care in a 10-Year Retrospective Cohort Registered in an Outpatient Substance Use Disorder Treatment Program
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 …
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…
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…
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
Substance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes (11 works) · Medicine (8 works) · Internal Medicine (6 works) · Mental Health Treatment and Access (6 works) · Psychiatry (6 works) · Public health (5 works) · Emergency Medicine (4 works) · Retrospective cohort study (4 works) · Alcohol (3 works) · Cohort (3 works)