TY - JOUR
KW - OST
KW - buprenorphine
KW - Opioid
KW - opioid substitution therapy clinic
KW - Primary care physician
KW - Telepsychiatry
AU - E. Pahuja
AU - S. Kumar
AU - A. Kumar
AU - F. Uzzafar
AU - S. Sarkar
AU - N. Manjunatha
AU - Y. P. S. Balhara
AU - C. N. Kumar
AU - S. B. Math
A1 - 
AB - Opioid use is a major problem in India and has high morbidity and mortality with a prevalence of 2.06%. There is a huge treatment gap for opioid use disorders (OUDs). Due to limited mental health resources and limited psychiatric training of medical practitioners in OUDs, a significant proportion of patients do not receive appropriate medical intervention. This article demonstrates how a primary care doctor working in a remote opioid substitution therapy (OST) clinic received assistance from the optional opioid module of clinical schedule for primary care psychiatry (CSP) and collaborative video consultation (CVC) module to address specific difficulties of patients already on Buprenorphine OST and improve the quality of care, thereby reducing chances of relapses. CVC module is a part of one-year digitally driven primary care psychiatry program designed by National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences (NIMHANS), Bengaluru. The opioid module was designed by NIMHANS, Bengaluru in collaboration with the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), New Delhi These observations warrant replication of this approach across diverse settings and at a larger scale to explore and evaluate its impact and effectiveness.
AD - Department of Psychiatry, Tele Medicine Centre, National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences, Bengaluru, India.; Department of Psychiatry, Tele Medicine Centre, National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences, Bengaluru, India.; District Hospital, Haridwar, Uttarakhand, India.; Non Communicable Disease Cell, National Health Mission,Uttarakhand, India.; Department of Psychiatry, National Drug Dependence Treatment Centre, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India.; Department of Psychiatry, Tele Medicine Centre, National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences, Bengaluru, India.; Department of Psychiatry, National Drug Dependence Treatment Centre, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India.; Department of Psychiatry, Tele Medicine Centre, National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences, Bengaluru, India.; Department of Psychiatry, Tele Medicine Centre, National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences, Bengaluru, India.
BT - Journal of neurosciences in rural practice
C5 - Education & Workforce; HIT & Telehealth; Opioids & Substance Use
CP - 3
DO - 10.1055/s-0040-1713293
IS - 3
JF - Journal of neurosciences in rural practice
LA - eng
M1 - Journal Article
N2 - Opioid use is a major problem in India and has high morbidity and mortality with a prevalence of 2.06%. There is a huge treatment gap for opioid use disorders (OUDs). Due to limited mental health resources and limited psychiatric training of medical practitioners in OUDs, a significant proportion of patients do not receive appropriate medical intervention. This article demonstrates how a primary care doctor working in a remote opioid substitution therapy (OST) clinic received assistance from the optional opioid module of clinical schedule for primary care psychiatry (CSP) and collaborative video consultation (CVC) module to address specific difficulties of patients already on Buprenorphine OST and improve the quality of care, thereby reducing chances of relapses. CVC module is a part of one-year digitally driven primary care psychiatry program designed by National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences (NIMHANS), Bengaluru. The opioid module was designed by NIMHANS, Bengaluru in collaboration with the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), New Delhi These observations warrant replication of this approach across diverse settings and at a larger scale to explore and evaluate its impact and effectiveness.
PY - 2020
SN - 0976-3147; 0976-3155; 0976-3155
SP - 498
EP - 501
EP - 
T1 - Collaborative Video Consultations from Tertiary Care Based Telepsychiatrist to a Remote Primary Care Doctor to Manage Opioid Substitution Therapy Clinic
T2 - Journal of neurosciences in rural practice
TI - Collaborative Video Consultations from Tertiary Care Based Telepsychiatrist to a Remote Primary Care Doctor to Manage Opioid Substitution Therapy Clinic
U1 - Education & Workforce; HIT & Telehealth; Opioids & Substance Use
U2 - 32753823
U3 - 10.1055/s-0040-1713293
VL - 11
VO - 0976-3147; 0976-3155; 0976-3155
Y1 - 2020
Y2 - Jul
ER -