The Department of Addiction Medicine has been started in May 2021 to provide standard evidence-based holistic care to individuals with substance use and addictive disorders (like alcohol, tobacco, other drugs as well as behavioral addictions).

Outpatient services focus onassessment, treatment planning, pharmacotherapy, counseling, relapse prevention, family therapy, and monitoring of the progress of individuals with addictive disorders. If required inpatient services would be offered and provided.

In the outpatient, the patient will be assessed by a team consisting of psychiatrists, psychologists/social workers, and psychiatric nursing. Individualized treatment will be provided accordingly.

Location: Department of Addiction Medicine (DAM)OPD is located at gate number 7 of the LGBRIMH Hospital complex.

Outpatient Days: Monday to Saturday

Registration Timing: (9.00 am to 2.00 pm)

Emergency consultation: 24 hours every day.

Registration:

On the first visit, patientsneed to register at OPD.

Registration fee: 10 rupees for 1st visit. Follow-up visits are free. On each follow-up,patients need to bring past records.