Community Orientated Non-specialist Treatment for Alcohol Dependence (CONTAD)

PROJECT OVERVIEW

Alcohol dependence is a major and growing social problem with high morbidity and mortality in India. However, the number of existing de-addiction centres providing treatment for alcohol dependence is inadequate to meet the requirements. This effectively means that a large proportion of people with alcohol dependence in India do not have access to help for their alcohol-related problems. Through CONTAD, Sangath addressed this problem by developing a package of care for alcohol dependence, delivered by lay health workers (LHW) at home or in primary healthcare centres (PHC).

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LOCATION

Goa

PROJECT DURATION

2014-2016

PROJECT GOAL

KEY COMPONENTS

  • Developed a community detoxification package and a psychosocial intervention to address relapse prevention.
  • Developed a training, supervision and competence assessment system for the LHWs.
  • Recruited and trained doctors at PHCs to provide shared collaborative care (diagnosis and prescription of medicines, monitoring of the patient’s clinical condition in the detoxification package) with LHWs in providing community detoxification and relapse prevention services.
  • Demonstrated that these packages are acceptable to alcohol-dependent patients and their families.
  • Provided preliminary evidence that these packages increase remission and reduce relapse.

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“We are everyone’s ASHAs but who’s there for us?” a qualitative exploration of perceptions of work stress and coping among rural frontline workers in Madhya Pradesh, India

Ritu Shrivastava, Lochan Sharma, Mehak Jolly, Romi Ahuja, Radhika Sharma, John A Naslund, Jyotsna Agrawal, Rahul Shidhaye, Seema Mehrotra, Steve D Hollon, Vikram Patel, Deepak Tugnawat, Ananth Kumar, Anant Bhan, Ameya P Bondre

Soc Sci Med,

2023

Determinants of alcohol use among young males in two Indian states: A population-based study

Jan M. Heijdra Suasnabar, Abhijit Nadkarni, Benjamin Palafox

Wiley Online Library,

2023

Stress Alleviation Methods for community-Based Health ActiVists (SAMBHAV): Development of a digital program for stress reduction for community health workers in rural India

Ritu Shrivastava, Abhishek Singh, Azaz Khan, Shivangi Choubey, Juliana Restivo Haney, Eirini Karyotaki, Deepak Tugnawat, Anant Bhan, John A. Naslund

SSM-Mental Health,

2023

Closing the treatment gap for alcohol use disorders in low- and middle-income countries

Abhijit Nadkarni, Yashi Gandhi, Urvita Bhatia and Richard Velleman

Cambridge University Press, Global Mental Health,

2022

A qualitative exploration of perceived needs and barriers of individuals with schizophrenia, caregivers and clinicians in using mental health applications in Madhya Pradesh, India

Ameya P. Bondre, Ritu Shrivastava, Harikeerthan Raghuram, Deepak Tugnawat, Azaz Khan, Snehil Gupta, Mohit Kumar, Urvakhsh Meherwan Mehta, Matcheri Keshavan, Tanvi Lakhtakia, Prabhat Kumar Chand, Jagadisha Thirthalli, Vikram Patel, John Torous, Abhijit R. Rozatkar, John A. Naslund, Anant Bhan

SSM - Mental Health,

2022

A pilot study to evaluate feasibility and acceptability of training mental health workers in India to select case-specific intervention procedures within a dynamic modular treatment designed for a low-resource setting

Kendra S. Knudsen MA, Kimberly D. Becker PhD, Karen Guan PhD, Resham Gellatly PhD, Vikram H. Patel MD, Kanika Malik PhD, Maya M. Boustani PhD, Sonal Mathur PhD, Bruce F. Chorpita PhD

Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice,

2022

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“We are everyone’s ASHAs but who’s there for us?” a qualitative exploration of perceptions of work stress and coping among rural frontline workers in Madhya Pradesh, India

Ritu Shrivastava, Lochan Sharma, Mehak Jolly, Romi Ahuja, Radhika Sharma, John A Naslund, Jyotsna Agrawal, Rahul Shidhaye, Seema Mehrotra, Steve D Hollon, Vikram Patel, Deepak Tugnawat, Ananth Kumar, Anant Bhan, Ameya P Bondre

Soc Sci Med,

2023

Determinants of alcohol use among young males in two Indian states: A population-based study

Jan M. Heijdra Suasnabar, Abhijit Nadkarni, Benjamin Palafox

Wiley Online Library,

2023

Stress Alleviation Methods for community-Based Health ActiVists (SAMBHAV): Development of a digital program for stress reduction for community health workers in rural India

Ritu Shrivastava, Abhishek Singh, Azaz Khan, Shivangi Choubey, Juliana Restivo Haney, Eirini Karyotaki, Deepak Tugnawat, Anant Bhan, John A. Naslund

SSM-Mental Health,

2023

Closing the treatment gap for alcohol use disorders in low- and middle-income countries

Abhijit Nadkarni, Yashi Gandhi, Urvita Bhatia and Richard Velleman

Cambridge University Press, Global Mental Health,

2022

A qualitative exploration of perceived needs and barriers of individuals with schizophrenia, caregivers and clinicians in using mental health applications in Madhya Pradesh, India

Ameya P. Bondre, Ritu Shrivastava, Harikeerthan Raghuram, Deepak Tugnawat, Azaz Khan, Snehil Gupta, Mohit Kumar, Urvakhsh Meherwan Mehta, Matcheri Keshavan, Tanvi Lakhtakia, Prabhat Kumar Chand, Jagadisha Thirthalli, Vikram Patel, John Torous, Abhijit R. Rozatkar, John A. Naslund, Anant Bhan

SSM - Mental Health,

2022

A pilot study to evaluate feasibility and acceptability of training mental health workers in India to select case-specific intervention procedures within a dynamic modular treatment designed for a low-resource setting

Kendra S. Knudsen MA, Kimberly D. Becker PhD, Karen Guan PhD, Resham Gellatly PhD, Vikram H. Patel MD, Kanika Malik PhD, Maya M. Boustani PhD, Sonal Mathur PhD, Bruce F. Chorpita PhD

Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice,

2022

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