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  1. Basu, A., Jayashankar, P., Guin, A., Sarkar, S., Saha, P. K., Misra, R., Sinha, D., Neogi, R., Saha, S., Benegal, V., Rao, G. N., Varghese, M., & Gururaj, G. (2024). Magnitude, Extent, and Burden of Substance-use Disorders in West Bengal: Findings from the National Mental Health Survey (NMHS), 2016. Indian Journal of Psychological Medicine, 46(6), 558–563. https://doi.org/10.1177/02537176241265079

  2. Goyal, S., Sudhir, P. M., Mehta, U. M., Prathyusha, P. V., Kumar, K., & Benegal, V. (2025). Adult ADHD presentations in an Indian tertiary care setting: Gender perspectives. Asian Journal of Psychiatry, 106, 104419.

  3. Jaisoorya, T. S., Rao, G. N., Reed, G. M., Binu, V. S., Thennarasu, K., Stein, D. J., Maré, K. T., Lochner, C., García-Pacheco, J. A., & Benegal, V. (2025). Examining the Psychometric Properties of the Flexible Interview for ICD-11 (FLII-11) among Adults in India. Journal of Psychiatric Research. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0022395625001785

  4. Kundu, P., Dey, S., Krishnan, A., Ghosh, S., Rao, G. N., Benegal, V., Varghese, M., & Gururaj, G. (2025). Association between exposure to fine particulate matter from different emission sources and mental health outcomes in India. Copernicus Meetings. https://meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU25/EGU25-687.html

  5. Shivaprakash, P., Shukla, L., Joshi, S., Mahadevan, J., Kandasamy, A., Chand, P. K., Benegal, V., & Murthy, P. (2025). Tapentadol as a drug of abuse–A preliminary report. Indian Journal of Psychiatry, 67(2), 256–259.

Investigator Team

Addiction

Dr Vivek Benegal

Professor, Department of Psychiatry

Dr Vivek Benegal works in addiction medicine and the genetics of psychiatric disorders. He is interested in developmental behaviour, especially drug abuse and high risk behaviour in street and working children. He is also interested in child development issues and the use of developmentally appropriate aids for children's education and recreation. He conducts drug abuse awareness programmes and life skills training for children in schools and colleges. He has developed a drug awareness module in comic book form. He is involved in the epidemiological assessment of and intervention in drug use and high risk sexual behaviour among street and working children. He has a diploma in communications in film and theatre, and has experience in theatre and documentary cinema. He has made three films, and educational slide shows, and he is interested in theatre and cinema for children.

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