The Centre for Addiction Psychiatry in CIP was started on 09 July 1999. It is a new and modern De-addiction Center with a capacity of 30 in patient beds for managing persons suffering from alcohol & drug dependence. It is also the nodal Center for Eastern India for manpower training and research in the field of alcohol and drug abuse.

Catchments area: The De-addiction Centre, CIP, caters to the patients seeking treatment for substance dependence, from different parts of Jharkhand, Bihar, West Bengal, UP, MP and Chattisgarh. Referrals are received from faraway states of the country specially the Nth - Eastern states too.

Clinical Services: The clinical services consist of inpatient and outpatient consultations for substance dependent (alcohol and drug dependence) with approximately 800 new consultations per year for the management for substance dependence.

Treatment approaches involve comprehensive biopsychosocial approaches of assessment and treatment. The committed team of deaddiction center includes psychiatrists, residents, clinical psychologists, psychiatric social workers and psychiatric nurses.

Inpatient treatment includes assessment & detoxification using most modern methods of pharmacological treatment, Comprehensive psychosocial and ecological assessment is done by trained clinical psychologist and psychiatric social workers. All patients undergo detailed physical evaluation including detailed use of laboratory parameters, including screening for HIV using ELISA for HIV I and II. Individual attention is given to every patient regarding motivation enhancement and relapse prevention therapy. Group meetings and group psychotherapy is also provided to patients.
Pharmacological interventions include comprehensive, individualized regime using appropriate anticraving treatment protocols.

Inpatient Services: The centre offers a comprehensive treatment programme which includes components of motivation enhancement, relapse prevention, group therapy and family intervention and other psychological interventions including relapse management and follow up, group meeting, supervision and facilitation of AA meeting, awareness program by lectures, slides and video shows, Psychoeducation to patients and guardians. Neuropsychological assessment and vocational rehabilitation facilities are also offered.

The inpatient services provided for substance dependent (alcohol and drug dependence) at this center includes above 400 admissions per year for inpatient management for substance dependence.
The 30  beds are however inadequate to meet the demand and the average daily bed occupancy is over 30, with the unit being forced to place patients in beds belonging to the psychiatry inpatient facility. As a result, an additional building is under construction to meet with this requirement. There is further need of a separate wing for the in-patient treatment facility specifically catering to women and children.

Outpatient and Emergency Services: Emergency and Out patient services includes outpatient management of substance dependence detoxification, counseling and follow up. Complications like delirium or seizure are admitted in the emergency 24 hours, and later admitted as inpatients in the wards.

Outreach services: Providing aftercare and more accessible services closer to the community has been one of the major efforts of the Centre for Addiction Psychiatry with a focus on developing community responses. Community Outreach Program were conducted by Deaddiction Centre, CIP, between 2000 to 2002 in collaboration with RIHAA, an NGO doing community work at Holy cross Hospital Mandar, 25 kms from Ranchi. The team from CIP included Consultant, SR, JR, Clinical Psychologist and Psychiatric Social Worker,  visited Mandar block once every   month providing services to approximately 1500 patients in the community with average of 60 patients every month. The centre also provided awareness programme once every year at YMCA since its inception.

Training and Dissemination of Information: In addition to the strong emphasis on service delivery Centre for Addiction Psychiatry has also been involved in training medical and non medical professionals within the ambit of the professional courses at CIP, like psychiatry residents, clinical psychologist, psychiatric social work and psychiatric nurses in various aspects of substance dependence. The Centre for Addiction Psychiatry has also provided training to several visiting nursing students from Jharkhand, Bihar, West Bengal, UP, MP and Chattisgarh.