Dr. Ankita Chattopadhyay

Dr. Ankita
Chattopadhyay
Department: 
Psychiatry
Designation: 
Assistant Professor
Medical Registration number: 
DMC 94695
OPD Timing: 
Monday, Wednesday and Friday forenoons
Academic Qualifications: 
  • MBBS (Hons., Gold medalist)
  • MD Psychiatry (Gold medalist, AIIMS, New Delhi)
  • DNB Psychiatry
  • DM Addiction Psychiatry (AIIMS, New Delhi)
Special Clinics: 

Deaddiction & Tobacco Cessation Clinic, Alcohol & Drug Abuse Prevention and Treatment (ADAPT) Clinic

Publication: 
  1. Chattopadhyay A, Sarkar S, Mandal P, Sood E, Thakur A. Common barriers and facilitators of addiction treatment among the treatment-seeking population. Indian Journal of Social Psychiatry.2022 Jan 1;38(1):32-7.
  2. Sen MS, Chattopadhyay A, Chawla N, Ganesh R, Verma S, Sarkar S, Ambekar A. A comparative study of sexual behavior, dysfunction, satisfaction, relationship, and sexual quality of life amongst treatment-naïve and abstinent men (buprenorphine-maintained) with Opioid (heroin) dependence syndrome. Indian Journal of Psychiatry. 2023 Jan 1;65(1):75-82
  3. Kumar A, Chattopadhyay A, Gupta S. Neuropsychiatric manifestation of the drugs used in the treatment of SARS-2-CoV-2019 (COVID-19) infection and their management: An overview and practice implications. Asian Journal of Psychiatry. 2022 Apr 6:103101.
  4. Chattopadhyay, A., Gupta, S., Dayal, P., Mandal, P., Agrawal, A., & Ambekar, A. (2019). Butorphanol dependence in a health-care professional: A case report with narrative review. Journal of Substance Use, 24, 463 - 464.
  5. Chattopadhyay A, Kaloiya G, Sarkar S. Family Communication in the Context of Substance use: What do We Know and What Measures We can Take?. Indian Journal of Clinical Psychiatry. 2022 Dec 23;2(02):47-56.
  6. Balhara YP, Chattopadhyay A, Sarkar S. The “Hidden Story” about change in alcohol use in India over the past two decades: insights from a secondary analysis of data from the National Family Health Survey. Indian Journal of Psychological Medicine. 2022 May;44(3):234-8.
  7. Chattopadhyay A (Consortium Author) in Bhad, R., Achab, S., Rafei, P., Kathiresan, P., Ardabili, H., Butner, J., . . . Baldacchino, A. (2023). An online global survey and follow-up expert groups on the scope and needs related to training, research, and mentorship among early-career addiction medicine professionals. Cambridge Prisms: Global Mental Health, 10, E44. doi:10.1017/gmh.2023.35
  8. Balhara YP, Sarkar S, Singh PK, Chattopadhyay A, Singh S. Impact of three years of prohibition on extent and pattern of alcohol use in Bihar: Observations and insights from the National Family Health Survey. Asian Journal of Psychiatry. 2023 Apr 1;82:103479.
  9. Balhara YP, Singh PK, Sarkar S, Chattopadhyay A, Singh S. How and What are Indians Drinking? Findings from the National Family Health Survey. Alcohol and alcoholism. 2022 Nov;57(6):674-7
  10. Ankita Chattopadhyay, Chapter 54 - Treating depression with theta burst stimulation (TBS), Editor(s): Colin R. Martin, Lan-Anh Hunter, Vinood B. Patel, Victor R. Preedy, Rajkumar Rajendram, The Neuroscience of Depression, Academic Press, 2021, Pages 547-552, ISBN 9780128179338, https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-817933-8.00033-5
Positions Held: 
  • Member of International Society of Addiction Medicine- New Professionals, Exploration, Training and Education (ISAM-NExT)
  • Member of International Network on Brief Interventions for Alcohol and Other Drugs (INEBRIA)
  • Life fellow of Addiction Psychiatry Society of India (APSI)
  • Life Associate of Indian Association for Social Psychiatry (IASP)
  • Peer reviewer of
    • Indian Journal of Social Psychiatry
    • Indian Journal of Psychological Medicine
    • Journal of Indian Association for Child and Adolescent Mental Health
  • Ex-Research Associate under ICMR project
Country: 
India