Dr.

Vivek Benegal – Curriculum Vitae

Education M.D. Psychiatry; Diploma in Psychological Medicine; M.B,B.S
Current Position: Additional Professor of Psychiatry, Deaddiction Centre, National Institute of Mental Health
and Neurosciences [NIMHANS], Bangalore
Indian Psychiatric Society Life Fellow
Address #335, 29th Main, 9th Cross, H.S.R. Layout, Sector 1, Bangalore 560039
Contact - Phone +91-80-2572-9310
Contact- Mobile +91-9845179868
email [email protected]

Brief Highlights of Professional Career

A. Research

Major research directions:

1. Epidemiology of substance abuse in India

1.1. Prevalence and patterns of undocumented alcohol in India [WHO funded -International multi-centre collaborative study].
1.2. Alcohol use and its involvement in injuries [WHO funded-International multi-centre collaborative study]
1.3. Gender, alcohol and culture – the first study of normative alcohol use in women in India [International multi-centre
collaborative study funded by WHO & National Institute of Alcohol abuse and Alcoholism, USA] -.
1.4. The characteristics of tobacco use among treatment seekers at Tobacco Cessation Centres [WHO]
1.5. Alcohol misuse in the Andaman and Nicobar islands in the aftermath of the tsunami [ICMR]
1.6. Alcohol, High risk sexual behavior, HIV [World AIDS Foundation & Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation]
1.7. Alcoholism and Sexuality in India [Ford Foundation, USA]
1.8. Economics of Alcohol Use in India [SEARO]
1.9. Studies on Prevalence of drug abuse among street and working children [CRY] ; [WHO]
1.10. Prevalence of drug abuse in Bangalore

Contribution - Documenting the hazardous patterns of alcohol misuse (including the contribution of illicit beverages) in India
that has resulted in alcohol being one of the five major non-communicable diseases contributing to disease burden in the
country. Findings have resulted in a greater appreciation of the public health and economic consequences of alcohol misuse
and have impacted public policy at the national level (including publication of the Alcohol Atlas of India) and been reflected in
changes in international databases (WHO; GENACIS)

2. Neurobiology and genetics of alcohol dependence.

Contribution - Definition and characterization of a common vulnerability diathesis [the “externalizing syndrome”] which
underlies substance dependence, other disruptive disorders and perhaps even bipolar mood disorder as a function of gene x
environment mediated brain developmental delay. This has involved a sustained twenty year study of multiple
endophenotypes [brain morphology (MRI volumetry) – metabolism (glutamate/GABA ratio on magnetic resonance imaging) –
function (EEG, ERP, disinhibition studied using Transcranial magnetic stimulation and fMRI), autonomic function (heart-rate-
variability) – externally manifest behaviors (clinical and family studies) and the peculiar response to alcohol and other drugs
(subjective response to ethanol)] . Influenced and trained young Indian researchers to extend this work and impacted
international research directions.

3. Translational research
3.1. Baclofen in the treatment of alcohol and other drug disorders
3.2. Atomoxetine improves treatment outcome in early onset substance users
3.3. Alpha-theta biofeedback and yoga in improving externalizing diathesis
 Contribution– Study of newer pharmacotherapies and behavioral interventions to the bedside, which are gradually becoming
standard practice.

4. Genetics of psychoses.

International research collaborators:

1. Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, Toronto [CAMH].

2. Washington University at St.Louis, USA [Prof. Theodore Reich, Prof. Robert Cloninger, Prof. Linda Cottler],
3. University of California at San Diego, USA [Prof. Marc Schuckit],
4. University of North Dakota [Prof. Sharon Wilsnack]
5. Neurodynamics Laboratory, SUNY, Brooklyn [Prof. Henri Begleiter]

Related activities:

1. Served on Expert Selection Committee, Epidemiology and population studies, Jellinek Memorial Award
2. Competed for and granted a number of national and international research grants, including several prestigious awards such
as the World AIDS Foundation (Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation) Award.
3. Published a sizeable number of peer reviewed research papers, invited editorials and chapters in books.
4. Mentored student research at Ph.D, M.D. Psychiatry and other levels.
5. Served on the Editorial Boards of a) Mental health and substance use: Dual Diagnosis, b) Indian Journal of Psychiatry
6. Served on the Advisory Boards of a) International Collaborative Project on Gender, Alcohol and Culture (NIAAA-R01) & b)
Indian Alcohol Policy Alliance.
7. Served on the Expert Committee on Pharmacogenomics – Department of Biotechnology, India

B. Training

1. Developed and delivered training modules for medical and non-medical caregivers in addiction medicine which have become
standard practice in the country
2. Authored a book on tobacco cessation for the National Cancer Control Programme and 4 patient education manuals
3. Authored two, widely circulated books/manuals on substance abuse management, which has been used across the country
for training.
4. Formulated and delivered the training for master-trainers in tobacco cessation for all the 15 national tobacco cessation
centers of the Ministry of Health & WHO.
5. Trained post-graduate students in psychiatry, psychology, psychiatric social work and psychiatric nursing
6. Training of post graduate trainees in psychiatry, in research design, psychotherapy and electro-physiology
7. Preceptor for the International Collaborative Training Fellowship (Fogarty-ICOHRTA programme).
8. Visiting faculty, LGB Regional Institute of Mental Health, Tezpur, Assam
9. Training international trainees sponsored by the World Health Organisation for specialized training in substance abuse
management
10. Organised two major international symposia on advances in addiction science.
11. External Examiner M,D. Psychiatry for AIIMS, New Delhi and PGIMER, Chandigarh
12. Workshops and invited presentations at academic fora (including Continuing Medical Education initiatives of the Indian
Psychiatric Society and its zonal branches)

C. Policy and Advocacy

Advisor/ consultant in several major public health policy initiatives, nationally and internationally.

1. International Advisory Committee for WHO Global Strategy on Alcohol [2007] Budapest
2. Alcohol Policy in India – World Health Organisation ; Ministry of Health, Government of India
3. Global Status Report – Alcohol Policy and revision of global estimates of health burden attributable to alcohol – World Health
Organisation
4. Strategies for Prevention and Control of Non-communicable diseases - ICMR-WHO
5. Indian Alcohol Policy Alliance – instrumental in producing the Alcohol Atlas of India
6. Advisory board - International Collaborative Project on Gender, Alcohol and Culture [GENACIS]
7. Committee on reform of Juvenile Justice Act – Ministries of Law and Social Welfare
8. Task Force on Health and Family Welfare – Government of Karnataka
9. Advisor to several NGOs in the field of substance abuse management and community development
10. Advisor and collaborator, Forum for Street and Working Children, Bangalore

D. Dissemination and public awareness:

1. Through presentations to professional colleagues, the bureaucracy and lay public- helped to strengthen the nascent
discipline of Addiction Psychiatry in India and influence public discourse on the public health impact of alcohol and drug
abuse.
2. Designed and run a website on the Deaddiction Centre, NIMHANS, which also is a repository for published and unpublished
research in substance abuse from India.
3. Through radio-talks, targeted interviews - maintained a prominent media profile for the cause of Addiction Psychiatry and
Tobacco cessation.
4. Created treatment provider networks in Bangalore city, and throughout the southern states for information sharing and
establishing common minimum standards.
5. Scripted and directed the film on NIMHANS for it’s golden jubilee

E. Service Delivery
1. Served as a practicing psychiatrist in the National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences, Bangalore, specializing in
the field of Addiction psychiatry – caseload includes patients of addiction psychiatry and general psychiatry (especially
bipolar spectrum disorders, adult attention-deficit disorders).
2. Developed, established and popularised evidence based treatment protocols, using long-term pharmacological management
and group therapies, which are now replicated by service providers throughout the country.
3. Special interventions for children, adolescents and young adults with disruptive/externalizing behaviors
4. Practiced individual psychotherapy (psychodynamic ; cognitive behavioral therapies and motivational enhancement therapy)
and group therapies for relapse prevention as well as family therapy with families of substance users.
5. Special interest in interventions with drug-abusing street children – working with non-governmental agencies delivering care
to street and working children
6. Managed tobacco cessation clinic
7. Managed the electrophysiology facility [EEG, ERP and EEG biofeedback] of the Department of Psychiatry, NIMHANS

F. Others:

1. Inspector of Mental Hospitals, National Human Rights Commission

2. Field level experience in co-ordinating post -disaster mental health care delivery – as team-leader of the NIMHANS group for
psychosocial rehabilitation (designated by the Govt. of India) in the Andaman and Nicobar islands post-tsunami.
3. Innovations- Collaborated with hardware and software professionals to build an indigenous EEG/ERP apparatus for
quantitative EEG research and a paperless digital EEG system for the psychiatry department.
4. Innovations- Collaborated with Bharat Electronics Ltd. and Picopeta computers to build a flexible data-entry system on
portable computers for mental and behavioral disorders.

G. Administrative positions
1. Currently, Chairperson, Special chapter on Alcohol, Tobacco and other drug problems
2. Served on the executive committee, IPS-Karnataka Branch
 DETAILED BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH
NAME VIVEK BENEGAL POSITION TITLE
Additional Professor of Psychiatry (De-addiction Centre) National Institute
of Mental Health and Neuro Sciences (NIMHANS), Bangalore 560029.
EDUCATION/TRAINING
INSTITUTION AND LOCATION DEGREE YEAR(s) FIELD OF STUDY
Medical College, Calcutta; University of Bachelor of Medicine, 1984 Medicine, Surgery,
Calcutta Bachelor of Surgery; Gynecology etc.
(M.B.,B.S.)
National Institute of Mental Health and Diploma in Psychological 1988 Psychiatry
Neuro Sciences (NIMHANS); Bangalore Medicine (D.P.M.)
University
National Institute of Mental Health and M.D. in Psychological 1991 Psychiatry
Neuro Sciences (NIMHANS); Bangalore Medicine
University

A. POSITIONS AND HONORS.

A1. Employment:

Position From To
Senior House man (Psychiatry Unit, Medical College Calcutta) 01 August 1984 31 August 1986
Junior Resident -Psychiatry Department, NIMHANS, Bangalore 01 September 1986 31 August 1988
Junior Resident (Non PG) Psychiatry Department, NIMHANS, Bangalore 21 March 1989 31 August 1989
Junior Resident -Psychiatry Department, NIMHANS, Bangalore 01 September 1989 31 August 1991
Senior Resident -Psychiatry Department, NIMHANS, Bangalore 10 October 1991 21 November 1995
Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, NIMHANS 22 November 1995 30 June 2003
Associate Professor of Psychiatry, NIMHANS 01 July 2003 30 June 2007
Additional Professor of Psychiatry, NIMHANS 01 July 2007 To date

A2. Membership of Professional Bodies:

1. Life Fellow of the Indian Psychiatric Society

2. Member, South Asian Federation on Mental Health
3. Life Member, World Association on Psychiatric Rehabilitation
4. Life Member of the Indian Psychiatric Society, Karnataka Branch
5. Life Fellow of the Indian Association for Social Psychiatry

A3. Positions and Honors:

1. Chairperson, Special Section on Addiction Medicine, Indian Psychiatric Society (2008-10)

2. Member, Expert Selection Committee, Epidemiology and population studies, Jellinek Memorial Award
3. National Human Rights Commission Inspector of Mental Hospitals (2008)
4. Visiting Professor, LGB Regional Institute of Mental Health, Tezpur, Assam (2008-)
5. Member, International Editorial Advisory Board, The Open Addiction Journal (2007-)
6. Member, International Editorial Advisory Board, Mental health and substance use: Dual Diagnosis (2006-)
7. Member, Editorial Board of the Indian Journal of Psychiatry (2005 -)
8. Member, Advisory Board, International Collaborative Project on Gender, Alcohol and Culture [GENACIS] (2004-) National
Institute of Alcoholism and Alcohol Abuse, U.S.A.
9. Member, Advisory Board and Research Coordinator, Indian Alcohol Policy Alliance (2005-) New Delhi
10. Member, Expert Committee on Pharmacogenomics, Department of Biotechnology, Government of India (2005)
11. Co-ordinator, Psychotherapy Supervisors’ Group, Department of Psychiatry, NIMHANS (2005-2007)
12. Preceptor, International Post Doctoral Training Programme; a Collaborative project between NIMHANS, India and
Washington University at St. Louis, U.S.A.; funded by the Fogarty Foundation Award, U.S.A (2002-)
13. Member, Organising Committee [Scientific Committee; Communications] for the 10 th World Congress on Psychosocial
Rehabilitation, of the World Association of Psychosocial Rehabilitation, Bangalore 2009.
14. Organising Secretary, International Symposium on Addiction: Aetiologies to Interventions. Bangalore, November 2004.
15. Organising Secretary, Indo – US Symposium on Recent Advances in Alcoholism (March 2001) NIMHANS-NIMH,USA
Collaboration, Bangalore
16. Temporary Advisor to the World Health Organisation on Global Strategies for Alcohol Problems(2007) Budapest, Hungary
17. Temporary Advisor to the World Health Organisation on Unrecorded Consumption of Alcohol (2001) Geneva, Switzerland
18. External Examiner M,D. Psychiatry for AIIMS, New Delhi and PGIMER, Chandigarh
19. Advisor, Bangalore Action Task Force, Committee on Alcohol and Road Safety (2001)
20. Temporary Advisor to the World Health Organisation- Alcohol and Injuries (2000) Prague, Czech Republic
21. Co ordinator, Electrophysiological services, Department of Psychiatry (2000 to date)
22. Co ordinator,Academic Programme (Basic Sciences Course) in the Psychiatry Department, NIMHANS, Bangalore. 2000-04
23. Co ordinator for Academic Programme (Journal Club) in the Psychiatry Department, NIMHANS, Bangalore. 1997 - 2000
24. Advisor, Consultative Committee for Reform of the Juvenile Justice Act, 1986 (1999)
25. Honorary editor of NIMHANS Alumni Journal (1995-99)
26. Member, Executive Committee, Section on Economics of Mental Disorders, World Psychiatric Association
27. Member, Executive Committee, Indian Psychiatric Society, Karnataka State Branch
28. Member, Computerization Committee, NIMHANS

A4. Awards

1. Marfatia Senior Psychiatrists’ Award (2006) of the Indian Psychiatric Society.

2. Nomination for Enoch Gordis Award of the Research Society on Alcohol, U.S.A. (2008)
3. JUNIOR INVESTIGATOR AWARD - Research Society on Alcohol (2001) awarded by the National Institute for Alcohol
Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA), USA.
4. JUNIOR INVESTIGATOR AWARD (2000) from the International Society for Psychiatric Genetics.
5. Fogarty Foundation Award, U.S.A. in August 2000, for training in psychiatric genetics methods at Washington University at
St. Louis, Missouri, USA.
6. Fogarty Foundation Award, U.S.A. in October, 1999 for training in endophenotype assessments at Washington University at
St. Louis, Missouri, USA and the Neurodynamics Laboratory, State University of New York, Brooklyn, USA.
7. JUNIOR INVESTIGATOR AWARD (1993) awarded by the National Institute for Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA),
USA.
8. Travel Scholarship (March,1997) to attend the International Workshop on Economics of Mental Disorders, Venice, Italy
9. JUNIOR INVESTIGATOR AWARD (1997) awarded by the National Institute for Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism(NIAAA), USA.
Travel & Training at Neurodynamics Laboratory, State University of New York, Brooklyn, USA.
10. Silver Jubilee Award for the Best Outgoing Student in the M.D.Psychiatry course(1991) awarded by NIMHANS
11. D.L.N. Murthy Rao Award for the Best Outgoing Student in the D.P.M. in Psychological Medicine course(1988) awarded by
NIMHANS
12. Gold Medal in Biochemistry (1981) M.B;B.S. Part I Examinations; awarded by the University of Calcutta
13. National Talent Search Scholarship (1976) awarded by the N.C.E.R.T
B. PUBLICATIONS.

B1. Books/ Manuals:

1. Gururaj G, Girish N, Murthy P, Benegal V (2009) Alcohol use disorders in India: A Public Health perspective. NIMHANS
publication [in press]
2. Benegal V, Inamdar S, Gopakumar A, Palamadai S (2009) Is it O.K to let your teen experiment with alcohol? CAP-PAC
publication.
3. Chand PK, Benegal V, Murthy P (2009)Substance Abuse and its Treatment: Information for patients and families. ,
NIMHANS publication.
4. Chand PK, Benegal V, Murthy P (2009)Substance Abuse and its Treatment: Information for patients and families (Kannada).
, NIMHANS publication.
5. Alcohol Atlas of India . Indian Alcohol Policy Alliance. New Delhi (Contributing author)
6. Benegal V & Shankaran L (2008) Community Health Workers’ Manual: Managing Alcohol, Tobacco and Other Drug
Disorders in the Community. New Delhi. Action Aid (in press).
7. Sebastien M, Krishnan D, Dhingra M, Zutshi A, Benegal V, Murthy P (2007) Tobacco Use: A Smart Guide. Bangalore.
Tobacco Cessation Centre, NIMHANS publication.
8. Sebastien M, Krishnan D, Dhingra M, Zutshi A, Benegal V, Murthy P (2007) Tobacco Use: A Smart Guide (Kannada).
Bangalore. Tobacco Cessation Centre, NIMHANS.
9. Sebastien M, Krishnan D, Dhingra M, Zutshi A, Benegal V, Murthy P (2007) Did you know…The Facts and Myths of smoking
and chewing tobacco. Bangalore. Tobacco Cessation Centre, NIMHANS.
10. Sebastien M, Krishnan D, Dhingra M, Zutshi A, Benegal V, Murthy P (2007) Did you know…The Facts and Myths of smoking
and chewing tobacco. (Kannada).Bangalore. Tobacco Cessation Centre, NIMHANS.
11. Gururaj G, Girish N, Benegal V (2006) Alcohol Control Series1: Burden and Socio-Economic Impact of Alcohol - The
Bangalore Study. New Delhi. World health Organisation, Regional Office for South East Asia (ISBN 92 9022 2727)
12. Gururaj G, Benegal V, Girish N, Chandra V, Pandav R (2006) Alcohol Control Series 2: Public Health Problems caused by
Harmful use of Alcohol - Gaining Less or Losing More? New Delhi. World health Organisation, Regional Office for South East
Asia (ISBN 92 9022 273 5)
13. Benegal V, Murthy P, Bhushan K, Gangadhar B.N (2006) Substance Abuse Management for Primary Health Care Providers.
Bangalore. NIMHANS publication,
14. Benegal V, Murthy P, Isaac MK, Rekha DP et al. (2005) Manual for Tobacco Cessation. New Delhi. National Cancer Control
Programme,Directorate General of Health Services, Ministry of Health & Family Welfare, Government of India
15. Murthy P, Vasudevan A, Benegal V and Janakiramaiah N (2003) Drug Abuse in Bangalore City. Bangalore.NIMHANS
publication No.50; 2003 (ISBN81-900992-4-9)
16. Benegal V, Murthy P, Shanthala A, Janakiramaiah N . Alcohol Related Problems: A Manual for Medical Officers. Bangalore.
NIMHANS publication No.41;2001 (ISBN81-900992-4-8)

B2. Articles in Journals / Chapters in Books:

1. Sankaran L., Muralidhar D, Benegal V (2009) Experiences of Violence in Families with an Alcohol Dependent Parent [In
preparation].
2. Sankaran L., Muralidhar D, Benegal V (2009) Family factors which increase resilience in children of alcoholics [In
preparation].
3. Benegal V & Subodh BN (2009) Treatment of Addictive Disorders. In Handbook of Psychiatry: A South Asian Perspective
(2nd edition). Eds. Dinesh Bhugra, Ranjit Gopinath and S.K Chaturvedi (In press).
4. Benegal V, Muralidharan K, Rajkumar RP, Sreejayn M (2009) Baclofen in the treatment of cannabis dependence [In press].
5. Benegal V, Muralidharan K, Rajkumar RP, Sreejayn M (2009) Baclofen in the treatment of Benzodiazepine dependence. [In
press].
6. Muralidharan K, Rajkumar RP, Sreejayn M, Jagadeesha T, Benegal V, Gangadhar BN (2009) Heart Rate Variability in
Abstinent Alcoholics [In press].
7. Benegal V, Murthy P, Girimaji SC, Mukundan CR, Paulomi N, Sharma M (2009) Alpha-Theta Biofeedback in Subjects with
Early Onset, Family History Positive Alcoholism [In preparation].
8. Cottler LB, Satyanarayana VA, O'Leary CC, Vaddiparti K, Benegal V, Chandra PS.(2010) Feasibility and Effectiveness of
HIV Prevention Among Wives of Heavy Drinkers in Bangalore, India. AIDS Behav. 2010 Jun 24. [Epub ahead of print]
9. Nayak MB, Korcha RA, Benegal V. Alcohol Use, Mental Health, and HIV-related Risk Behaviors among Adult Men in
Karnataka. AIDS Behav. 2010 Jun 22. [Epub ahead of print]
10. Nanjayya SB, Shivappa M, Chand PK, Murthy P, Benegal V. Baclofen in Cannabis Dependence Syndrome. Biol Psychiatry.
2010 May 20. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 20494335.
11. Girish N, Kavita R, Gururaj G, Benegal V (2010) Alcohol Use and Implication for Public Health: Patterns of Use in Four
Communities. Indian Journal of Community Medicine. 35, 2: 238-43.
12. Murthy P, Manjunatha N, Subodh B N, Chand PK, Benegal V. (2010) Substance use and addiction research in India. Indian
J Psychiatry 52(1), Supplement
13. Benegal V & Prasad K (2009) Neurobiology of Alcohol Dependence. In Neurobiology of Psychiatric disorders. Edited by Ajit
Avasthi & Venkatasubramanian G . Indian Psychiatric Society, New Delhi pp
14. Rao NP, Gupta A, Sreejayan K, Chand PK, Benegal V, Murthy P. (2009)Toluene associated schizophrenia-like psychosis.
Indian J Psychiatry;51(4):329-30.
15. Benegal V . (2009) Alcohol and Injuries: India. In Alcohol and Injuries: Emergency Department Studies in an International
Perspective. Eds. Cheryl Cherpitel & Norman Giesbrecht, World Health Organisation, Geneva.
16. Benegal V & Subodh BN (2009) Principles of treatment for substance abuse. In Textbook on Treatment of Substance Use
Disorders. Eds. Rajat Ray & BM Tripathi [in press]
17. Benegal V, Chand PK, Obot IS (2009) Treatment of Alcohol Use Disorders in Low and Middle Income Countries: Neglected
Disorders. PLoS Medicine.
18. Chand PK, Murthy P, Benegal V (2009) Pharmacotherapy of Alcohol Dependence: Evidence Based Practice. Indian Journal
of Private Psychiatry
19. Subodh BN, Chand PK, Murthy P, Benegal V (2009) A case of Poppy tea dependence in an octogenarian lady. Drug and
Alcohol Review. 28,7:1-3
20. Jagadeesha T, Benegal V, Gangadhar BN (2009) Substance-induced psychosis: an overview. In Secondary Schizophrenia.
Eds. Matcheri Keshavan & Perminder Sachdev. Cambridge University Press. London. pp.112-26
21. Satyanarayana, VA., Chandra, PS., Vaddiparti, K, Benegal, V and Cottler, LB.(2009)'Factors influencing consent to HIV
testing among wives of heavy drinkers in an urban slum in India', AIDS Care,21:5,615 —621
22. Behere RV, Muralidharan K, Benegal V(2009)Complementary and alternative medicine in the treatment of substance use
disorders – a review of the evidence . Drug and Alcohol Review. 28, 292–300
23. Benegal V & SubodhBN (2009) Alcohol related harm in India. Drug Abuse: News-n-Views
24. Sankaran L., Muralidhar D, Benegal V (2008). Strengthening Resilience Within Families in Addiction Treatment. Indian
Journal of Social Work; 69, 1:45-53
25. Muralidharan K, Venkatasubramanian G, Pal PK, Benegal V. (2008) Transcallosal Conduction Abnormalities in Alcohol-
naïve Male Offspring of Alcoholics. Addiction Medicine Addict Biol;13(3-4):373-9.
26. Kumara S, Rajkumar RP, Muralidharan K, Chandrashekar CR, Benegal V. (2008)The association between attention-
deficit/hyperactivity disorder and early-onset alcohol dependence: A retrospective study. Indian J Psychiatry; 50:268-71.
27. Benegal V, Muralidharan K, Rajkumar RP (2008)Does areca nut use lead to dependence? Drug Alcohol Depend.;97(1-
2):114-21
28. Gupta A, Sreejayn K, Chand PK, Benegal V, Murthy P (2009) Carisoprodol induced amnestic state. Indian J Psychiatry;50,1:
72
29. Suresh BM, Girimaji SC, Benegal V, Tandon S, Uday Kumar GS, Hamza A, Jangam K & Nagaraja D.(2008) A comparative
study of psychiatric morbidity among the displaced and the non-displaced population in Andaman and Nicobar islands after
Tsunami. Prehosp Disaster Med;23(1):29-34; discussion 35
30. Suresh BM, Girimaji SC, Benegal V, Tandon S, Uday Kumar GS, Hamza A, Jangam K & Nagaraja D.(2008) Psychological
impact on children affected by the Tsunami in Andaman and Nicobar Islands. Prim Care Companion J Clin Psychiatry;10:31-
37
31. Benegal V, Bajpai A, Basu D, Bohra N, Chatterji S, Galgali RB, Goel DS, Isaac MK, Jhanwar V, Lenin R, Madhavan PM,
Mittal AK, Mohandas E, Murali T, Murthy P, Nagpal R, Nambi S, Subramaniam CR, Parkar S, Rao P, Reddy MS, Sarin A,
Sudhakar TP, Tripathi BM, Varghese M. Proposal to the Indian Psychiatric Society for adopting a specialty section on
addiction medicine (alcohol and other substance abuse). Indian J Psychiatry 2007;49:277-82
32. Benegal V (2007) Drug Policy in India. In International Drug Policy. Eds Peter Reuter & Isidore Obot. Washington
33. Muralidharan K, Rajkumar RP, Mulla U, Kayak RB, Benegal V (2008) Baclofen In The Management Of Inhalant Withdrawal:
A Case Series. Prim Care Companion J Clin Psychiatry;10(1):48-51.
34. Gupta A & Benegal V (2007) Treatment of Nicotine Dependence. In A Nurse’s manual. Ed. Sandhya Gupta & Rakesh Lal .
New Delhi. National Drug Dependence Treatment Centre.
35. Venkatasubramanian G, Anthony G, Reddy US, Reddy VV, Jayakumar PN, Benegal V. (2007) Corpus Callosum
Abnormalities Associated with Greater Externalizing Behaviors in Subjects at High Risk for Alcohol Dependence. Psychiatry
Res. 2007 Dec 15;156(3):209-15.
36. Benegal V & Sreejayn M (2007) Substance Use among Women in India. Drug Abuse: News-n-Views August – September
2007
37. Chagas Silva M, Mukundan CR, Benegal V (2007) Marfatia Award Paper: P300 Deficits in Children at High Risk for
developing Alcohol Dependence. Indian J Psychiatry;49:182-8
38. Arrackal BS & Benegal V (2007) Sexual deficits in patients with alcohol dependence. Indian Journal of Psychiatry. 49(2) 109-
12.
39. Kumar K, Purushottam M, Kubendran S, Gayathri P, Mukherjee O, Murthy R, Ghosh S, Chandra P, Benegal V, Brahmachari
S, Jain S (2007) Serotonergic Candidate Genes and Puerperal Psychosis: An Association Study. Psychiatric Genetics
17:253–260
40. Muralidharan K, Philip R, Sreenath, Benegal V (2007) Catatonia as a presenting feature of alcohol withdrawal: A case report.
Prim Care Companion J Clin Psychiatry. 2007;9(6):465.16.
41. Muralidharan K, Benegal V (2007) Topiramate induced psychosis in an individual with alcohol dependence: A case report.
Prim Care Companion J Clin Psychiatry. 2007;9(4):317-8.
42. Benegal V, Venkatsubramanian GV, Antony G, Jaykumar P.N (2006) Differences in brain morphology between subjects at
high and low risk for alcoholism. Addiction Biology 12: 122-132.
43. Mukherjee O, Meera P, Ghosh S, Kubendran S, Kiran K, Manjunath KR, Subhash MN, Benegal V, Brahmachari SK,
Majumder PP, Jain S.( 2006) Evidence of Linkage and Association on 18p11.2 for Psychosis. Am J Med Genet Part B.
44. Suresh BM, Girimaji SC, Benegal V, Uday Kumar GS, Hamza A, & Nagaraja D.(2006) Tsunami: Psychosocial aspects of
Andaman and Nicobar islands. Assessments and intervention in the early phase. International Review of Psychiatry; 18(3):
1–7
45. Jagadeesha T & Benegal V (2006) Psychosis among Substance Users. Current Opinion in Psychiatry 19(3):239-245.
46. Benegal V (2006) Nicotine Addiction and Tobacco Cessation. Substance Use Disorders: A Physician’s manual. Ed. Rakesh
Lal . New Delhi. National Drug Dependence Treatment Centre.
47. Sankaran L., Muralidhar D, Benegal V (2006) Strengthening resilience within families in addiction treatment. International
Journal of Strengths Based Practice, Training & Research. 132-36. Available at:
http://www.strengthbasedstrategies.com/PAPERS/17%20Lakshmi%20Sankaran.pdf
48. Benegal, V., Nayak, M., Murthy,P., Chandra, P., Gururaj, G. (2005) Women and alcohol in India. In Alcohol, Gender and
Drinking Problems: Perspectives from Low and Middle Income Countries, Obot, I.S and Room, R., eds, pp. 89-124. World
Health Organisation, Geneva. Available at: http://www.who.int/substance_abuse/ publications/ alcohol_gender_drinking_
problems. pdf]
49. Benegal V (2005) India:Alcohol and Public health (Invited Editorial). Addiction. 100: 1051-1056
50. Benegal V (2005) India:Alcohol and Public health. The Globe. 2:7-12.
51. George Antony, Vivek Benegal, P. N. Jayakumar(2004) Risk for Alcoholism And Developmental Defects of Specific Brain
Structures: A MR Morphometric Study. Proceedings of the 2004 IEEE International Symposium on Biomedical Imaging: From
Nano to Macro. 229-232 [ISBI 2004]
52. Chandra PS, Krishna VA, Benegal V, Ramakrishna J. (2003) High-risk sexual behaviour & sensation seeking among heavy
alcohol users. Indian J Med Res. 117:88-92.
53. Benegal V, Velayudhan A, Jain S, (2000) Social Costs of Alcoholism: A Karnataka Perspective. NIMHANS Journal, 18
(1&2) 67
54. Kauser J. Shaikh; Daniel Naveen; Tessi Sherrin; Ashlesh Murthy;K. Thennarasu; Anuranjan Anand; Vivek Benegal; Sanjeev
76Jain.(2001) Polymorphisms at the DRD2 locus in early-onset alcohol dependence in the Indian population. Addiction
Biology. 6, 4: 337-45
55. Saleem Q, Dash D, Gandhi C, Kishore A, Benegal V, Sherrin T, Mukherjee O, Jain S, Brahmachari SK. (2001) Association
of CAG repeat loci on chromosome 22 with schizophrenia and bipolar disorder.Mol Psychiatry. 6(6):694-700.
56. Saleem Q, Sreevidya VS, Sudhir J, Savithri JV, Gowda Y, B-Rao C, Benegal V, Majumder PP, Anand A, Brahmachari SK,
Jain S. (2000) Association analysis of CAG repeats at KCNN3 locus in Indian patients with Bipolar disorder and
Schizophrenia. Am J Med Genet. 4; 96(6): 744-8
57. Sanjeev Jain, B & Pratima Murthy (1999)Native Madmen and the Specialists:The early history. Wellcome History, 9:2.
58. Hebbar S, Benegal V, Murthy P (2000)The Disulfiram - Ethanol Reaction Revisited: implications for disulfiram dose. Indian
Journal of Psychological Medicine
59. Vivek Benegal (1999) Children with Substance Abuse Problems. In Curriculum on Juvenile Justice: A Manual. Published by
the Ministry for Social Welfare, Government of India and the National Law School of India University
60. Pratima Murthy & Vivek Benegal (1999) Drug Control Policy In India: Role of Harm Minimisation. De-Addiction Quarterly, 4,
4: 1-5
61. Biju Basil & Vivek Benegal (1998) Nicotine Dependence : An Overview. De - Addiction Quarterly, 3, 4 : 7-12
62. Vivek Benegal (1998) Dimensions of Substance Abuse Problems and the Need to Network. De-Addiction Quarterly, 3, 2&3 :
3-6
63. Sanjeev Jain, Pratima Murthy, Vivek Benegal (1998) 150 Years of the Mental Hospital, Bangalore, NIMHANS Alumni
Newsletter, 16 –22
64. Pratima Murthy, Vivek Benegal, Sanjeev Jain (1998) Physical Treatments in the Pre– Chlorpromazine Era. Newsletter of the
Indian Psychiatric Society [Karnataka Branch], July / August, 11 –14
65. Benegal V, Isaac MK (1997) Nifedipine in the treatment of Tardive Dyskinesia: A one year followup. NIMHANS Journal, 15,1:
39 - 43.
66. Balaji S, Benegal V, Jain Sanjeev, Chandrashekar CR (1997) A Brief Detoxification Schedule in the Treatment of Alcohol
Withdrawal. NIMHANS Journal, 15, 3: 209 - 214.
67. Benegal V (1996) Strategies for Enhancement of Motivation to Change. De - Addiction Quarterly, 1, 4:1-6,11.
68. Benegal V (1996) Psychotherapy Training for Psychiatry Residents: A Trainee perspective, in Training in Psychotherapy:
Proceedings of the National Workshop on Psychotherapy Training eds. Kapur M and Shamsundar CS, NIMHANS 1996.
69. Benegal V, Jain S, Subbakrishna DK, Channabasavanna SM (1995) P300 amplitudes vary inversely with continuum of risk
in first degree male relatives of alcoholics. Psychiatric Genetics, 5: 149-156.
70. Benegal V, Hingorani S, Khanna S, Channabasavanna SM (1993) Idiopathic catatonia: Validity of the concept.
Psychopathology, 26: 41 46.
71. Benegal V, Hingorani S, Khanna S, Channabasavanna SM (1992) Is stupor by itself a catatonic symptom?
Psychopathology, 25: 229 231.
72. Jagadeesh AN, V Radha Prabhu, Santosh K Chaturvedi, CR Mukundan, Vivek Benegal (1999) Differential EEG Response
to Ethanol across Subtypes of Alcoholics. Molecular Psychiatry 4, Supplement 1, S45
73. Kumara S, Benegal V, Chandrashekar CR (1997) A Family Genetic Study of Early and Late Onset Forms of Alcohol
Dependence. Neuropsychiatric Genetics, 74, 6:576

B3. Reports / Monographs Etc.:

1. Benegal V, Sathyaprakash M, Nagaraja D (2008) Alcohol misuse in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands. Report on project
commissioned by the Indian Council of Medical Research and funded by Action Aid, India
2. Gururaj G, Benegal V, Murthy P , Girish N (2006) Alcohol use and public health - Indian perspective. Background paper for
the World Health Organisation
3. Benegal V, Murthy P, Girimaji SC, Mukundan CR, Paulomi N, Sharma M (2006) Alpha-Theta Biofeedback in Subjects with
Early Onset, Family History Positive Alcoholism: Report on Project funded (2004-06) by the WHO Country Office and the
Ministry of Health, Government of India
4. Gururaj G, Benegal V, Girish (2005) Project Report on Economics of Alcohol Use in India (2004-05) funded by the World
Health Organisation – South East Asian Regional Office.
5. Pratima Murthy, Vivek Benegal, LakshmiSankaran (2004) The Workplace Alcohol Prevention(WAPPA) - Karnataka State
Road Transport Corporation - NIMHANS Project. Available at:
http://www.nimhans.kar.nic.in/deaddiction/lit/KSRTC%20report10thmarch04.pdf
6. Benegal V, Gururaj G, Murthy P (2003) Report on a WHO Collaborative Project on Unrecorded consumption of Alcohol in
Karnataka, India [monograph on the Internet]. Available at http://www.nimhans.kar.nic.in/Deaddiction/lit/UNDOC_Review.pdf
7. Benegal V, Gururaj G, Murthy P (2002) Project Report on a WHO multi centre collaborative project: on Establishing and
Monitoring Alcohol’s Involvement in Casualties; 2000-2001 [monograph on the Internet]. Available at:
http://www.nimhans.kar.nic.in/Deaddiction/lit/Alcohol%20and%20%20Injuries_WHO%20Collab.pdf
8. Gururaj G & Benegal V (2002) Report on Project on Prevention of Drunken Driving in Bangalore City. A collaborative project
of NIMHANS with the Bangalore Action Task Force and Bangalore Police Force. [monograph on the Internet]. Available at
http://www.nimhans.kar.nic.in/Deaddiction/lit/dwi_batf
9. Benegal V, A Shantala, Murthy P, Janakiramaiah N (2001) Report on Development of a Model District Programme for
Prevention of Drug and Alcohol Problems: WHO – NIMHANS Project. [monograph on the Internet]. Available at
http://www.nimhans.kar.nic.in/Deaddiction/lit/Mandya_distt_WHO.pdf
10. Vivek Benegal, A Shantala, Pratima Murthy, N Janakiramaiah (2000) Alcohol Use and Misuse in Karnataka : A Status
Paper. Submitted to the Karnataka Task Force on Health and Social Welfare
11. Vivek Benegal (2000) Alcohol Related Violence Against Women in Karnataka. Submitted to the Karnataka Task Force on
Health and Social Welfare
12. Vivek Benegal, Kul Bhushan, Shekhar Seshadri & Mani Karott (1999) Drug Abuse among Street Children in Bangalore. In
Drug Abuse Prevention Programme for Street and Working Children . Monograph published by the Bangalore Forum for
Street and Working Children. Available at:
http://www.nimhans.kar.nic.in/deaddiction/lit/Drug%20Abuse%20_Street%20Children_Bangalore.pdf
13. Prabha Chandra, Vivek Benegal, Jayashree Ramakrishna, VAS Krishna (1998) Development and Evaluation of a Module
for HIV/ AIDS Related Risk Reduction Among Patients with Alcohol Dependence. [Monograph] by the National Institute of
Mental Health and Neurosciences, Bangalore. Available at: http://www.nimhans.kar.nic.in/deaddiction/lit/hivrisk_alcohol.pdf

B4. Electronic publications:

Website: Deaddiction Centre, NIMHANS and Regional Resource Centre for Southern India. Website designed and maintained by
Dr. Vivek Benegal

C. RESEARCH SUPPORT.

C1. Ongoing Funded Research projects / Collaborative Projects:

1. Assessment of Indicators of Alcohol related Health Burden in the community (2009) Project funded by the World Health
Organisation – South East Asian Regional Office (Co-Principal Investigator)
2. Naturalistic follow up study of patients with substance use disorders (2009-11). Project funded by the World Health
Organisation, India and the Ministry of Health, Government of India (Co-Principal Investigator)
3. Prevalence of substance abuse in patients with first episode psychosis (2009-10). Project funded by the Research Funds of
the Deaddiction Centre, NIMHANS. (Co-Investigator).
4. Investigation of central nervous system hyperexcitability states in subjects at high risk for alcoholism: Transcranial magnetic
stimulation study. 2009-10). Project funded by the Research Funds of the Deaddiction Centre, NIMHANS. (Co-Investigator).
5. Endophenotypes of Risk in Alcoholism (2005-06) Intramural project of the Deaddiction Centre, NIMHANS (Co-Principal
Investigator)
6. Tobacco Cessation Clinic Project: Collaborative Center for National centers (2002-08) Project funded by the World Health
Organisation; (Co-Principal Investigator)

C2. Funded Research projects / Collaborative Projects- Completed:

1. Assessment of Substance Use among Out-of school adolescents and an exploratory intervention (2008-09) Project funded
by the World Health Organisation, India and the Ministry of Health, Government of India (Co-Principal Investigator)
2. Impact of Tsunami on Alcohol misuse in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands (2006-07) Project commissioned and funded by
ICMR & Action Aid, India (Co-Principal Investigator).
3. HIV Risk Reduction in Spouses of Alcoholics (2004-06) World AIDS Foundation & Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation (Co-
Principal Investigator)
4. Molecular genetic markers and endophenotypes of risk in schizophrenia (2005-2007) – Funded by the Department of
Biotechnology, India (Co-Investigator).
5. Alcohol Policy in India (2005-06) Project commissioned and funded by the World Health Organisation, Geneva (Co-Principal
Investigator)
6. Targeted risk reduction in children of alcoholics (2004-05) Project funded by the World Health Organisation, India and the
Ministry of Health, Government of India (Principal Investigator)
7. Economics of Alcohol Use in India (2004-05) Project funded by the World Health Organisation – South East Asian Regional
Office (Co-Principal Investigator)
8. Multi-Centre Collaborative Project on Gender, Alcohol and Culture [GENACIS] (2003-04) Project funded by the World Health
Organisation; (Principal Investigator for the site at Bangalore)
9. Genetic Studies of Special subgroups of psychoses (2003-06; extended) – Funded by the Indian Council of Medical
Research (Co-Investigator).
10. Project on Prevention of Drunken Driving in Bangalore City (2002-03) funded by the Bangalore Action Task Force and
Bangalore Police Force (Co-Principal Investigator)
11. Evaluation of drug de-addiction centers in South India (2002) – funded by Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment, GOI -
Co- Investigator – (Co-Principal Investigator)
12. Molecular Genetic study of Treatment Resistant Schizophrenia(2000-02), funded by the Council for Scientific and Industrial
Research. (Co- investigator)
13. Molecular genetic study of schizophrenia and bipolar affective disorder, 1998 – 2002. (Co-principal investigator) - Department
of Biotechnology , Government of India - Continuing
14. Asssessment of Unrecorded Consumption of Alcohol (2000-01) Multi centre collaborative Project funded by the World Health
Organisation; 2000-2001– (Principal Investigator for the Indian site at Bangalore)
15. Establishing and Monitoring Alcohol’s Involvement in Casualties – Multi centre collaborative Project funded by the World
Health Organisation; 2000-2001– (Principal Investigator for the Indian site at Bangalore)
16. Molecular Genetic study of Alcohol Metabolising Enzymes in the Indian Population: NIMHANS Project (Principal
Investigator) – 2000-01.
17. Alcohol Use in Industrial settings (2001) funded by SASPI, Sangath (Co-Investigator)
18. Burden of Drug abuse on Women (2000-01) United Nations Drug Control Programme project (Principal Investigator for the
site at Bangalore)
19. World Health Organisation – NIMHANS Collaborative Project: Development of a Model District Programme for Prevention of
Drug and Alcohol Problems (1999-01) (Co-principal investigator)
20. Alcoholism and Sexuality in Women. Ford Foundation Small Grants Project (1999-2000) Murthy P, Prathima S,
Janakiramaiah N, Chandra P, Benegal V (Co-Investigator)
21. Aspects of Sexuality in Street and Working Children (1999-2000) Ford Foundation Small Grants Project (Co-Investigator)
22. Drug Abuse Prevention Programme amongst Street and Working Children [DAPP] (1998-1999) Funded by CRY and the
Bangalore Forum for Street and Working Children (Co-Investigator)
23. NIMHANS project on High Risk Behavior and Substance Abuse , 1997–98. (Co- investigator) – Competed
24. Rapid Assessment of Drug Abuse in Bangalore. United Nations Drug Control Programme project (2000) Murthy P, Benegal
V, Jankiramaiah N. (Co-Investigator)

C3. Mentored Research:

Ph.D.
1. Psychometric evaluation of cognitive functions as an index of risk in subjects at high risk for alcoholism [Ph.D thesis] –2007-
09
2. Constructing a manualised intervention for group therapy of subjects with substance abuse [Ph.D thesis] –2005-07
3. Factors Contributing to Resilience in Adult Offspring of Alcoholics [Ph.D thesis] –2004-06
4. A study of autonomic functioning in Offspring of Alcoholics [Ph.D thesis] - 2004-06
5. Changes in Pulmonary function in tobacco smokers following cessation [Ph.D thesis]- 2004-06

M.D. (Psychiatry)
6. Differences in maturation of CNS white matter tracts and temperamental traits between subjects at high and low risk for
alcoholism: A MRI study [M.D.thesis] (2010-2011)
7. Exploration of differences in CNS white matter tracts between subjects at high and low risk for alcoholism: A MRI study
[M.D.thesis] (2009-2010)
8. Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopic analysis of GABA/Glut differences in brain metabolism in children of alcoholics
[M.D.thesis] (2008-09)
9. A molecular genetic study of the risk for complicated alcohol withdrawal [M.D.thesis] (2008-09)
10. Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopic analysis of differences in brain metabolism in children of alcoholics [M.D.thesis] (2007-
08)
11. Exploration of differences in CNS excitation between subjects at high and low risk for alcoholism: An fMRI study [M.D.thesis]
(2006-07)
12. DAT Gene Polymorphism In Severe Alcohol Withdrawal [M.D.thesis] (2007-08)
13. Using Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation to explore differences in Central Nervous system disinhibition in offspring of Early
Onset Alcoholics [M.D.thesis] (2005-06)
14. Magnetic Resonance Imaging to study differences in Brain morphometry in offspring of Early Onset Alcoholics [M.D.thesis]
(2004-05)
15. Extrinsic Factors affecting Relapse in subjects with alcohol Dependence [M.D.thesis] (2003-04)
16. Evoked potential study of alcohol related brain deficits in offspring of Early Onset Alcoholics [M.D.thesis] (2002-03)
17. P300 differences between subtypes of alcoholics [M.D. thesis] (2001-02)
18. Molecular Genetic Markers in subjects with alcohol dependence [M.D. thesis ] (2000-01)
19. Electroencephalographic changes in response to alcohol in high risk alcoholics [M.D. thesis ] (1998-99)
20. Families of Individuals with Early and Late Onset Alcohol dependence- A family study [M.D. thesis] (1996-97)

Diplomate of National Board

21. Comparative efficacy of low and high dose Disulfiram [Diplomate of National Board thesis] (1996-97)
22. Evoked potential study of alcohol related brain deficits [Diplomate of National Board thesis] (1997-98)
23. A Family Study of Attention Deficit Disorder in First degree relatives of Alcoholic probands, [Diplomate of National Board ]
(1998-99)
24. Sucrose Preference in Subtypes of Alcoholics and First degree relatives [Diplomate of National Board thesis] (1999-2000)
25. Loading dose Diazepam in Alcohol Withdrawal [Diplomate of National Board thesis] (2001-02)
26. Detection and Intervention of alcohol related problems by Primary Care Physicians [Diplomate of National Board] (2002-03)

Diploma in Psychiatric Nursing

27. A Study to Assess the Stress, Coping Strategies and Domestic Violence in Wives of Alcohol Dependent Individuals [Diploma
in Psychiatric Nursing]
28. Externalising behavioral disorders in offspring of alcoholics [Diploma in Psychiatric Nursing]
29. A Study to Assess Effect of Brief Intervention in the reduction of hazardous drinking [Diploma in Psychiatric Nursing]
30. High Risk factors predisposing to Substance abuse in adolescence and early adulthood [Diploma in Psychiatric Nursing]

D. INVITED TALKS, LECTURES AND WORKSHOPS: (Selected)

1. Newer approaches to the Treatment of Alcohol Use Disorders. Mid Term CME of the South-Zone Psychiatric Society, in Chennai (July,
2010)
2. Workshop on Assessment and Treatment of Substance Use Disorders for Medical Officers. Organised by the Government of Sikkim and
the Fogarty International Foundation, USA. At Gangtok, Sikkim (May 2010)
3. Workshop on Assessment and Treatment of Substance Use Disorders for Community Health Workers. Organised by the Government of
Sikkim and the Fogarty International Foundation, USA. At Gangtok, Sikkim (May 2010)
4. Newer pharmacological approaches to the treatment of alcohol dependence. Indian Psychiatric Society, New Delhi Branch (April 2009)
New Delhi.
5. Newer pharmacological approaches to the treatment of alcohol dependence. Indian Psychiatric Society, North Zone (April 2009)
Ludhiana.
6. The Externalizing syndrome: vulnerability for alcohol dependence (Keynote address). Indian Psychiatric Society, Orissa Branch
(November 2009) Cuttack.
7. Newer pharmacological approaches to the treatment of alcohol dependence. Indian Psychiatric Society, Karnataka Branch (November
2009) Bangalore.
8. Workshop on Motivational Interviewing. Annual Conference of the Indian Academy of Pediatrics- Adolescent Chapter -ADOLESCON
(September, 2009) Belgaum
9. The externalizing syndrome. Institute of Mental Health, Hyderabad (August 2009)
10. Baclofen in the treatment of Alcohol dependence and other drug abuse. Indian Psychiatric Society, Andhra Pradesh Branch (August
2009) Hyderabad.
11. Substance abuse as a pediatric disorder- a paradigm shift. Indian Academy of Pediatrics Annual Conference (July 2009) Bangalore.
12. Neurobiology of Addiction. Plenary lecture. South Asia Forum for Psychiatry (June 2009) Dubai, U.A.E.
13. Undocumented beverage alcohol in India. Consultation on Undocumented alcohol consumption – International Centre for Alcohol Policy
(May 2009) Washington D.C., U.S.A.
14. Workshop on Substance Abuse Disorders (February 2009). Tezpur
15. Biology of addictive disorders – CME (February 2009) LGB Regional Institute of Mental Health, Tezpur
16. Neurobiology of Addiction. Plenary Talk at the Annual Conference of the Indian Psychiatric Society, in Agra (January, 2009)
17. Newer strategies in the treatment of Alcohol, Tobacco and other drug disorders. Invited talk to the Indian Psychiatric Society, Kerala at
Kochi (December,2008)
18. Addiction: From Genes to Behavior. Theme lecture (plenary) for the Annual Conference of the Indian Psychiatric Society, West Zone in
Cavellosim, Goa (October, 2008)
19. Legal aspects of substance use disorders. Invited talk at the National Mid Term CME of the Indian Psychiatric Society, in Chennai
(August, 2008)
20. Invite talk on Training for Brief Interventions at Workshop on developing of course curriculum for paramedical staff on substance use
disorders at the NDDTC, Ghaziabad (August, 2008)
21. Drug abuse and children: special implications for street and working children. Invited talk at the YMCA, Bangalore (July, 2008).
22. Advisor and resource person at the Review Meeting of the GENACIS (June 2008) Budapest, Hungary.
23. Aspects of teen behavior: implications for parents and teachers. Invited talk at the Valley School, Bangalore (June 2008).
24. Aspects of pre-teen behavior: implications for parents and teachers. Invited talk at the Valley School, Bangalore (June 2008).
25. Co-morbidity in Alcohol and Substance Abuse – CME (April 2008) Tirupati
26. Key resource person at the Regional Consultation on Substance Abuse Policy in India, organized by the Ministry of Health and Family
Welfare (March 2008) Bangalore.
27. Medical sector responses to the Drinking and Driving problem in India. Invited talk at National Consultation Workshop on Drinking and
Driving. Organised by the WHO and Global Road Safety Program, Geneva (February 2008) Bangalore.
28. Endophenotypes of Susceptibility to Alcoholism. Invited talk at the Fogarty Foundation Symposium (February 2008) Bangalore.
29. Workshop on Substance Abuse in India – A Public Health Problem at the Annual Conference of the Indian Psychiatric Society (January
2008) Kolkata
30. Key resource person at the International workshop on Alcohol Misuse in India organized by the Alcohol Research Group, Berkely, U.S.A
and Sangath, Goa (December 2007).
31. Alcohol and substance Abuse is a Pediatric problem. Plenary talk at Adolecon 2008, organized by the Indian Academy of Paediatrics
(December 2007) Kochi.
32. Plenary talk on Substance abuse and Comorbid disorders. Annual Conference of the Indian Psychiatric Society Eastern Zonal Branch
(October 2007) Darjeeling
33. Invited Workshop on Alcohol Dependence: Etiologies and Interventions. Organised by the Indian Psychiatric Society Eastern Zonal
Branch (October 2007) Kolkata.
34. The Epidemiology of Alcohol, Tobacco and Other Drug Use in India. Plenary lecture at the 2007 World Mental Health Day Symposium:
Transcultural Mental Health [October, 2007] Center for Addiction and Mental Health, Toronto, Canada
35. Endophenotypes of Susceptibility to Alcoholism. Invited talk [October, 2007] Center for Addiction and Mental Health, Toronto, Canada
36. Update on Neurobiology of Alcohol Dependence. Plenary lecture at the 2 nd Annual Conference of the Indian Association of Biological
Psychiatry [August 2007] Goa.
37. Training of Trainers Workshop: Motivating People to Change – Substance Use Disorders [August 2007] to A2A Communications,
Bangalore
38. Advisor and resource person at the Review Meeting of the GENACIS (June 2008) Budapest, Hungary.
39. Strategies for the treatment of people with alcoholism. Invited talk at the Continuing Medical Education Programme of the Indian
Psychiatric Society, South Zone [May 2007] Kodaikanal
40. Imaging and Endophenotypes of Susceptibility to Alcoholism in a symposium on Biological Psychiatry in India, at the 2nd World Congress
of Biological Psychiatry, [April 2007] Santiago, Chile
41. Treatment and Long-term care in Alcoholism. Invited talk at the Continuing Medical Education Programme of the Indian Psychiatric
Society at the Annual Conference of the Indian Psychiatric Society -ANCIPS 2007[January 2007] Chennai
42. Deviations in the development of brain morphology and function and the susceptibility to alcoholism. Invited presentation at the Silver
Jubilee Conference of the Indian Academy of Neurosciences (December 2006) Lucknow.
43. Morphological and functional endophenotypes of risk for Alcoholism. Invited presentation at the International Congress of the World
Association of Psychiatry, South Asia Federation. (December, 2006) Dubai, UAE.
44. Workshop on Assessment & Interventions for Alcohol Dependence. Annual Conference of the Indian Association of Private Psychiatrists.
(November 2006) Jaipur
45. Keynote address on Alcohol Problems and Community Level Interventions in Tsunami hit populations (November 2006) Chennai
46. Interventions for Drinking and Driving: The Bangalore Experience. Invited presentation at the National Consultation on Drinking and
Driving, organized by the Indian Association for Policy on Alcohol (April 2006) New Delhi.
47. Treatment of Alcohol Dependence at the Annual CME of the Indian Psychiatric Society, Karnataka Branch (March 2006) Bangalore
48. Providing care after the tsunami in the Andaman and Nicobar islands (February, 2006) Symposium on Psychosocial Rehabilitation after
the Tsunami, organized by NIMHANS, WHO and the Ministry of Health and Social Welfare
49. Plenary talk on Recent trends in the treatment of Alcohol dependence. (February, 2006) Organised by Asha Hospital, Hyderabad
50. Training Workshop for Medical Officers of the Bangalore Mahanagara Palike (February, 2006).
51. Pharmacogenomic strategies: Alcohol related disorders (November 2005) Pharmacogenomics expert committee meeting on Formulating
a Roadmap for Pharmacogenomics Research in India. Department of Biotechnology, Government of India. Mumbai.
52. Impact of Alcohol on Development in Developing Countries (November 2005) Conference on Alcohol, drugs and development, organized
by APSA, India and FORUT, Norway. Bangalore.
53. Alcohol and Injuries in India (October 2005) Invited talk at the International Conference on Alcohol and Injury: New Knowledge from
Emergency Room Studies,organized by Centers for Disease Control, Atlanta, National Institute of Alcoholism and Alcohol Abuse, USA &
World Health Organisation. Berkeley. USA.
54. Epidemiology of Substance Use Disorders in India (June, 2005) Training programme on Substance Abuse Management for Medical
Officers from the Southern Region. Bangalore.
55. Brief Intervention for Alcohol Dependence (May, 2005) Invited plenary talk at the National Workshop on Managing Alcohol Abuse in
Primary Care settings, organized by the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Government of India and All India Institute of Medical
Sciences, New Delhi.
56. Alcohol, public health and policy in India. (May, 2005) Plenary talk at the inaugural meeting of the Indian Alcohol Policy Alliance, New
Delhi.
57. Risk Factors in Alcohol Dependence (April, 2005) Invited plenary talk at the Update on Psychiatry organized by the Department of
Psychiatry, Command Hospital (Southern Command), Pune
58. Disaster and Mental Health: In the context of the tsunami in the Andaman islands (February, 2005) Plenary presentation at the Golden
Jubilee Conference, Department of Psychiatry, NIMHANS, Bangalore.
59. Training Workshop for lay counselors in Disaster and Mental Health (January, 2004) Port Blair
60. Alcohol use and gender in the Indian context (November, 2004) Invited talk and Resource person. Meeting of the International Research
Group on Gender and Alcohol (IRGGA) / Gender, Alcohol and Culture: An International Study (GENACIS). Berlin, Germany.
61. Brain Structure and Function in at-risk populations (November, 2004) Plenary talk at the International Symposium on Addiction:
Aetiologies to Interventions (NIMHANS Golden Jubilee Celebrations) Bangalore.
62. Plenary talk on Cultural Issues in Addictive Behavior (October, 2004) at the Conference of the Eastern Zone of the Indian Psychiatric
Society [CEZIPS-2004] at Tezpur.
63. Workshop on Research Methodology – CME for Post graduate students at the Conference of the Eastern Zone of the Indian Psychiatric
Society [CEZIPS-2004] at Tezpur.
64. Alcohol use and gender in the Indian context (November, 2003) Invited talk and Resource person. Meeting of the International Research
Group on Gender and Alcohol (IRGGA) / Gender, Alcohol and Culture: An International Study (GENACIS). Berlin, Germany.
65. Alcohol use and gender in the Indian context (May -June, 2003) Invited talk and Resource person. Meeting of the International Research
Group on Gender and Alcohol (IRGGA) / Gender, Alcohol and Culture: An International Study (GENACIS). Krakow, Poland
66. Resource person for a Training of Master Trainers Workshop (July 2003)conducted by the Bangalore Medical Services Trust and the
Department of Secondary Education and Training, Karnataka Government.
67. Neuropsychology related to Alcohol Misuse (June 2003) Lecture delivered at the National Workshop on Neuropsychology, organized by
the Psychology Department of NIMHANS.
68. Plenary talk on Tobacco De-addiction (November, 2002) at the 14th Annual Conference of the Indian Medical Association – CHS Branch
.Bangalore.
69. Plenary talk on Neurobiology of Craving at the National Mid Term CME (September, 2002)of the Indian Psychiatric Society at Agra.
70. Invited talk on Substance abuse and young people at the 20 th Annual CME programme on Pediatric Medicine(July 2002), organized by
the Lakeside Education Trust in Bangalore.
71. Alcohol related problems in the community and possible responses (June 2002) Talk to the Rotary midtown, Bangalore
72. Neurobiology of Alcohol and other substance dependence (March 2002) CME for the Mangalore Psychiatric Society
73. Workshop on Deaaddiction Programme (March, 2002) organized by the Karnataka Urban Infrastructure Development and Finance
Corporation
74. Mental Health-Community Responses(November 2000) The Janaswasthya Sabha – Kolkata
75. Patterns of Alcohol Misuse in India (2000) CME for National Health Service (U.K) Trainees at the Administrative Staff College of India,
Hyderabad
76. Resource person at the National workshop on National Policy on Alcohol (March, 2000) arranged by the Society for Alcohol and Social
Policy Initiative, New Delhi
77. International Policy on Alcohol (2000) Resource person at International workshop arranged by the International Centre for Alcohol Policy
[ICAP] , Bangalore
78. Alcohol and Drug Problems. (March, 1999) Seminar on Civil-Military Collaborations organized by Defense Institute of Psychological
Studes [DPAS], Defense Research and Development Organisation [DRDO] and the Ministry of Defense, New Delhi
79. Alcoholism:The Expanding Epidemic.NIMHANS Public Lecture on the occasion of the 50th Anniversary of Indian Independence (July,
1998) NIMHANS, Bangalore
80. Assistance Strategies for Employees with Drug and Alcohol Abuse (1998) Training Workshop on Workplace Prevention of Drug Abuse in
Industry organised by the International Labour Organization [ILO] and MICO
81. A Family Genetic Study of Early and Late Onset Forms of Alcohol Dependence and an Overview of Work on the Genetics of Alcoholism
in India (October, 1997) Department of Psychiatry, Temple University, Philadelphia
82. Overview of studies related to electrophysiological trait markers in alcoholism: An Indian Perspective (October, 1997) Neurodynamics
Laboratory, State University of New York, Brooklyn, New York
83. Social Cost of Alcoholism (1997) Workshop on Workplace Prevention of Drug Abuse in Industry organised by the International Labour
Organization [ILO] and the FKCCI
84. Efficacy of various Interventions in Alcoholism (August,1997). Continuing Medical Education (CME) Programme at the Golden Jubilee
Year Midterm meet of the Indian Psychiatric Society
85. Workshop on Drama in Psychiatry (August, 1997) Continuing Medical Education (CME) Programme at the Annual Conference of the
Indian Psychiatric Society, Karnataka Branch (KANCIPS 1997)
86. Janakiramaiah N, Benegal V (1997) The Production, Distribution and Consumption of Licit Alcoholic Beverages in Karnataka. Paper
presented at the National Workshop on Alcohol Policy: Health Perspective at New Delhi
87. Substance abuse and High Risk Behavior(November,1996) Workshop on Adolescent Education: Changing Perspectives organized by
Bangalore Medical Services Trust, Bangalore
88. Resource person at International Workshop on the Development of an Alternate Model for Drug Abuse Management (November, 1996)
organized by GRITO-IFCU, Bangalore
89. Street Children and Drug Abuse: Volatile Substances (October, 1996) Workshop on Drug Abuse and Street Children organized by
Bosco's, Bangalore
90. Alcohol and Drugs in the Workplace ( October, 1996) Industrial Health Week at MICO, Bangalore
91. Acute Care: Continuing Medical Education Programme on Management of Alcohol Dependence (September, 1996)
92. First NIMHANS Alumni Conference Relapse Prevention in Drug Abusers (September, 1996)
93. City Level Training Workshop on Community Drug Rehabilitation Programme sponsored by the International Labour Organization
94. Drug Abuse and High Risk Behaviour (September, 1996) Carl Duisberg Association/ Max Mueller Bhavan, Bangalore
95. Drug Abuse and Prevention: Focus on Adolescents and Young Adults (May, 1996) Mount Carmel College, Bangalore.
96. Conducted a workshop on Networking of Resources in the Management of Drug Abuse (March, 1996) Cochin.
97. Etiology of Alcohol and Substance Abuse (1994) at the Symposium on Alcohol and Substance Abuse Diagnosis and Management, St.
John's Medical College, Bangalore
98. Event related potentials in high risk relatives of alcoholics with special reference to work done at NIMHANS (October 1993) at the
National Institute of Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, Rockville, MD, USA.

E. PRESENTATIONS AT CONFERENCES / SEMINARS/ SYMPOSIA (Selected)

1. Benegal V, Hingorani S, Khanna S, Channabasavanna SM (1991) Is stupor by itself a catatonic symptom? Paper presented at the 41st
Annual National Conference, Indian Psychiatric Society, Kozhikode.
2. Benegal V, Hingorani S, Khanna S, Channabasavanna SM (1991) Idiopathic catatonia. Paper presented at the 41st Annual National
Conference, Indian Psychiatric Society, Kozhikode.
3. Benegal V, Anand U, Isaac MK (1992) Nifedipine in Tardive Dyskinesia. Paper presented at the 44th Annual National Conference, Indian
Psychiatric Society, Lucknow.
4. Benegal V, Jain S, Channabasavanna SM (1993) P 300 amplitudes vary inversely with continuum of risk in first degree male relatives of
alcoholics. Poster presentation at the World Congress of Psychiatric Genetics, New Orleans.
5. Benegal V, Chandrasekhar CR, Isaac MK (1994) Nifedipine in Tardive Dyskinesia: A one year follow up. Paper presented at the 45th
Annual National Conference, Indian Psychiatric Society, Madras.
6. 7. Benegal V, Murthy PJVM, Chaudhury P, Murthy P (1995) Patterns of initiation of alcohol intake in female alcoholics. Paper presented
at the 47th Annual National Conference, Indian Psychiatric Society, Patna
7. Jain S, Gangadhar BN, Chatterji S, Reddy J, Benegal V, Janakiramaiah N, Subbakrishna DK (1993) P 300 in Schizophrenia. Paper
presented at the 45th Annual National Conference, Indian Psychiatric Society, Lucknow
8. Khanna S, Benegal V, Hingorani S, Channabasavanna SM (1990) An open trial of Diazepam in Stupor. Poster presentation at the 17th
Congress of Collegium Internationale Neuro Psychopharmacologicum, Kyoto.
9. Madhukar BR, Benegal V, Hingorani S, Khanna S, Channabasavanna SM (1993) An analysis of clinical practice of ECT. Paper
presented at the 44th Annual National Conference, Indian Psychiatric Society, Lucknow.
10. Murthy PJNV, Benegal V, Murthy P (1995) Help seeking in female alcoholics. Paper presented at the 47th Annual National Conference,
Indian Psychiatric Society, Patna
11. Murthy PJNV, Benegal V, Murthy P (1995) Alcohol dependent females: A clinical profile. Paper presented at the 47th Annual National
Conference, Indian Psychiatric Society, Patna
12. Uday Anand S, Benegal V, Raguram R (1995) Utilization pattern of a psychiatric intensive care unit . Paper presented at the 47th Annual
National Conference, Indian Psychiatric Society, Patna
13. Balaji S & Benegal V (1996) A Brief Detoxification Schedule in the treatment of Alcohol Withdrawal. Paper presented at the 48th Annual
National Conference, Indian Psychiatric Society, Bangalore.
14. Leela S, Benegal V (1996) The Cost of Alcoholism. Paper presented at the 48th Annual National Conference, Indian Psychiatric Society,
Bangalore.
15. Muralidhar D, Pandian RD, Benegal V (1996)Therapeutic and educative elements in a two week package group programme with
alcoholics. Paper presented at the First NIMHANS Alumni Conference, Bangalore
16. Benegal V, Praveen S, Velayudhan A, Jain S, Janakiramaiah N (1997) The Social Costs of Alcoholism in India. Paper presented at the
Workshop on Economics of Mental Disorders: Alcohol and Drug Problems, Venice, Italy
17. Janakiramaiah N, Benegal V (1997) The Production, Distribution and Consumption of Licit Alcoholic Beverages in Karnataka. Paper
presented at the National Workshop on Alcohol Policy: Health Perspective at New Delhi
18. Velayudhan A, Jain S, Benegal V (1998) Social Costs of Alcoholism: A Karnataka Perspective. Paper presented for the Marfatia Award
at the 50th Annual National Conference, Indian Psychiatric Society, Jaipur
19. Benegal V (1994) Psychotherapy training for psychiatry residents: A trainee perspective. Paper presented at the National Workshop on
Psychiatry Training, NIMHANS, Bangalore.
20. Shobha George, Kirti J Kumar, Vivek Benegal (2001) Spouses of alcoholics: social costs
Paper presented at the 52ndth Annual National Conference, Indian Psychiatric Society, Pune.
21. Jayalaxmi K, Kaviraja Udupa, Vivek Benegal*, T N Sathyaprabha, T R Raju (2005) Evaluation of Heart Rate Variability in children of
alcoholics. Paper presented at the National Neuroscience Congress, Bangalore
22. Chagas Silva M, Mukundan CR, Benegal V (2006) P300 Deficits in Children at High Risk for developing Alcohol Dependence. Paper
presented for Marfatia Award at the 58th Annual National Conference, Indian Psychiatric Society, Mumbai
23. Kathryn Graham, Sharon Bernards Gerhard Gmel, Sharon Wilsnack, Francois Beck, Raquel Magri, Vivek Benegal, Shinji Shimizu and
Dohnsoo Kim (2006)Gender, Alcohol Consumption And Partner Aggression: A Cross-National Comparison. Paper presented at the Kettil
Brun Society Meeting (May 2006) Maastricht, Belgium
24. Madhabika Nayak & Vivek Benegal (2006) Alcohol related problems in India. Annual Conference of the International Society on Biological
Research in Alcoholism (September, 2006). Sydney, Australia.
25. Sreejayn P, Muralidharan K, Chand PK, Benegal V (2008) Paper presented at the 60th Annual National Conference, Indian Psychiatric
Society, Kolkata
26. Subodh BN, Madhusudhan S, Chand PK, Benegal V, Murthy P (2009) Experiences of Buprenorphine for opioid abusers from a tertiary
care centre in South India. Paper presented at the 61st Annual National Conference, Indian Psychiatric Society, Agra
27. Nadh UR, Subodh BN, Madhusudhan S, Chand PK, Benegal V, Murthy P (2009) Paper presented at the 61 st Annual Long term outcome
in opioid nependence: Comparison of Buprenorphine with other treatments National Conference, Indian Psychiatric Society, Agra
28. Dhanya R, Subodh BN, Madhusudhan S, Chand PK, Benegal V, Murthy P (2009) Drug prescription patterns for patients with alcohol
dependence. Paper presented at the 61st Annual National Conference, Indian Psychiatric Society, Agra
29. Sivaraman S, Subodh BN, Madhusudhan S, Chand PK, Benegal V, Murthy P (2009) Clinical profile of substance dependent women
attending a tertiary care psychiatric hospital in south India. Paper presented at the 61st Annual National Conference, Indian Psychiatric
Society, Agra
30. Abish A, Subodh BN, Madhusudhan S, Chand PK, Benegal V, Murthy P (2009) HIV seroprevalence in patients with substance
dependence. Paper presented at the 61st Annual National Conference, Indian Psychiatric Society, Agra.