[HTML][HTML] Chemistry, metabolism, and toxicology of cannabis: clinical implications

P Sharma, P Murthy, MMS Bharath - Iranian journal of psychiatry, 2012 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Cannabis is one of the most widely abused substances throughout the world. The primary
psychoactive constituent of cannabis, delta 9-tetrahydrocannabinol (▵ 9_ THC), produces a …

[HTML][HTML] Substance use and addiction research in India

P Murthy, N Manjunatha, BN Subodh… - Indian journal of …, 2010 - journals.lww.com
Substance use patterns are notorious for their ability to change over time. Both licit and illicit
substance use cause serious public health problems and evidence for the same is now …

Treatment of dual diagnosis disorders

P Murthy, P Chand - Current Opinion in Psychiatry, 2012 - journals.lww.com
In spite of the high association between substance use and psychiatric disorders, there is a
surprising paucity of studies related to treatment and outcome. A few well-designed studies …

Complicated alcohol withdrawal—an unintended consequence of COVID-19 lockdown

VL Narasimha, L Shukla, D Mukherjee… - Alcohol and …, 2020 - academic.oup.com
Aim To assess the impact of COVID-19-related lockdown in India on alcohol-dependent
persons. Method We examined the change in the incidence of severe alcohol withdrawal …

[HTML][HTML] Counselling for Alcohol Problems (CAP), a lay counsellor-delivered brief psychological treatment for harmful drinking in men, in primary care in India: a …

A Nadkarni, B Weobong, HA Weiss, J McCambridge… - The Lancet, 2017 - thelancet.com
Background Although structured psychological treatments are recommended as first-line
interventions for harmful drinking, only a small fraction of people globally receive these …

Schizophrenia outcome measures in the wider international community

M Isaac, P Chand, P Murthy - The British Journal of Psychiatry, 2007 - cambridge.org
BackgroundOutcome of schizophrenia has been described as favourable in low-and middle-
income countries. Recently, researchers have questioned these findingsAimsTo examine …

Effects of the COVID-19 pandemic and lockdown on alcohol use disorders and complications

P Murthy, VL Narasimha - Current opinion in psychiatry, 2021 - journals.lww.com
The COVID-19 pandemic has had considerable impact on alcohol use, with an increase in
alcohol related emergencies, changes in alcohol use patterns, increased risk of contracting …

Socio-demographic correlates of subjective well-being in urban India

J Agrawal, P Murthy, M Philip, S Mehrotra… - Social Indicators …, 2011 - Springer
This study aimed to explore subjective well-being (SWB) in an urban Indian sample. Adults
(n= 1099) belonging to two wards in the city of Bangalore in South India, responded to a …

Mental health issues among health care workers during the COVID-19 pandemic–A study from India

R Parthasarathy, TS Jaisoorya, K Thennarasu… - Asian journal of …, 2021 - Elsevier
Mental health issues among health care workers (HCWs) in treatment settings during COVID-
19 remains understudied in India. This study examines its prevalence and correlates among …

Spirituality, religiosity, and health: a comparison of physicians' attitudes in Brazil, India, and Indonesia

G Lucchetti, P Ramakrishnan, A Karimah… - International journal of …, 2016 - Springer
Background One of the biggest challenges in the spirituality, religiosity, and health field is to
understand how patients and physicians from different cultures deal with spiritual and …