On the occasion of "31st May : WORLD NO TOBACCO DAY" awareness programme was conducted at DTC BHARDAWADI. Patients were informed about the ill effects of tobacco consumption with special emphasis on 'Tobacco and Heart disease' and also about the control and preventive measures for Tobacco Addiction. Patients also took a pledge for 'Tobacco free healthy life'. View Events Images

During the Mental Health Awareness Week (04th to 10th October 2018), DTC MCH Kota has organized a Mental Health Awareness Programme at (New Medical College & Hospital, Kota). As a core team member the superintendent of New Medical College & Hospital (Nodal Officer of DTC Kota) Dr Devendra Vijayvergiya, Dr P K Tiwari (Former Superintendent of MBS Hospital KOTA), Dr Sudha Tiwari (Medical Officer DTC Kota), Dr Ramjilal Verma (Deputy CMHO Kota), Dr Vinod Dariya (Psychiatrist), Rajnish Mehra (Counsellor DTC Kota) were presented a theme regarding substance used disorder which is specially for awareness in youth. View Events Images

Department of Psychiatry, Kota Medical College, Kota has received the award for sincere and excellent work in the field of drug de-addiction in rajasthan on Republic Day(26 January 2018) from collector of kota Mr. Rohit Gupta.

Two doctors from AIIMS today won the BMJ Awards South Asia in separate categories for strengthening drug de-addiction programme and for intermittent supervised therapy for abdominal tuberculosis. Atul Ambekar (Psychiatry) bagged the award under the category of 'Non-communicable Disease Initiative of the Year' for strengthening drug de-addiction programme won the award for category.

After a hiatus of 15 years, the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment, in collaboration with the National Drug Dependence Treatment Centre (NDDTC) of AIIMS, will conduct a survey to compile national and state level estimates of people involved in drug abuse. The last such survey was conducted in 2001 and the data were published in 2004.

Bihar, witnessing a series of audacious kidnappings and murders, has a major problem to contend with. Police officers are categorical that they don’t want a promotion According to sources in the Bihar Police Association, the main administrative body for cops, more than 200 officers have in writing refused to take charge of police stations by accepting the rank of SHO or Station House Officer

While both alcohol and marijuana appear to potentially increase risk for unsafe sex, alcohol use may increase the likelihood of having sex with a stranger, leading to less post-sex satisfaction, suggests new research. For the study, the researchers compared self-reported sexual experiences related to use of alcohol and marijuana.

Genes -- not one but over 900 -- may decide your daily drinking habits, say researchers from Indiana and Purdue universities who have identified hundreds of genes that appear to play a role in increasing the desire to drink alcohol. The study that used rats carefully bred to either drink large amounts of alcohol or to spurn it, reinforces the view that the genetics of alcoholism are important, are complex and involve many genes.