Burden, Risk Factors, and Knowledge of Non-fatal Opioid Overdose Among Injectable Drug Users: A Cross-sectional Study
The findings underscore the need for comprehensive overdose prevention programs, including naloxone distribution and training and community-based education to address knowledge gaps and reduce opioid overdose mortality among IDUs in Kolkata.
Authors
- Satadeep Bhattacharjee (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6717-2881)
- Sujit Sarkhel (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6646-7469)
- Mounamukhar Bhattacharjee
- Saibal Das (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3153-4166)
- Rajarshi Neogi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1341-7844)
- Asim Saha (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4721-2695)
- Sharmila Sarkar (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3398-7860)
- Stuti Bhargava
- Aniruddha Basu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6650-8160)
- Indranil Saha (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6622-7695)
- Ravindra Rao (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1765-1462)
- Kalyan Bhowmik (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0005-3427-8582)
- Milan Paramanik
- Yeasmina Khatun
- Sreyashi Sen
- Amit Chakrabarti (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2821-1320)
- S. S. Ganguly
- Sovonlal Mukherjee
- Manaswini Mondal
- Sarnendu Mondal
Institutions
- University of Calcutta (IN)
- Calcutta National Medical College and Hospital (IN)
- All India Institute of Medical Sciences Raipur (IN)
- Karolinska Institutet (SE)
- R. G. Kar Medical College and Hospital (IN)
- Indian Council of Medical Research (IN)
- Institute of Post Graduate Medical Education and Research (IN)
- Calcutta Research Group (IN)
- All India Institute of Medical Sciences Bhopal (IN)
- All India Institute of Medical Sciences (IN)
- Medical College and Hospital, Kolkata (IN)
- University of Kalyani (IN)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Indian Journal of Psychological Medicine
- Published
- 2025-07-30
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1177/02537176251357217
- Primary Topic
- Opioid Use Disorder Treatment
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00