In order to improve state health sector, creation of Govt Medical College, Anantnag with 100 admission annually, was one among the Five Medical Colleges announced in February, 2014 by the then Union Health Minster, Ghulam Nabi Azad under Centrally Sponsored Scheme –Establishment of New Medical Colleges attached with existing referral /Dist Hospitals at a sanctioned cost of Rs 189.00 crore. The department of Psychiatry at Govt. Medical College , Anantnag came into being with the establishment of this Medical College in 2019. The department has been functioning since the inception of College and has been giving services to cater to the mental health issues of the population. The department has been seeing a weekly case load of 400 -600 patients in the outpatient clinic , situated in Room No. 115 of the associated hospital. The department has well trained and experienced clinical and Para-clinical staff at its disposal. At present the department has been giving OPD services and IPD services. In future it plans to further expand the Psychotherapy services , enhance the IPD services and starting the brain stimulation treatments. According to study conducted by NDDTC AIIMS in 2019 around 6 lakh of people are involved in some form of drug use in Jammu and Kashmir. The Department of Psychiatry was already running clinic for substance use disorder since inception of medical college in 2019 with registering approximately 400 to 500 patient visits per year. To provide better and more specific treatment for these patients, Addiction Treatment Facility (ATF) has been started in the Department of Psychiatry, GMC Anantnag in collaboration with NDDTC, AIIMS, New Delhi and MoSJE, Govt of India. The facility is located in the premises of GMC Anantnag in room No. 132. The facility is providing out patient services in the form of diagnosis,management of substance use disorders by pharmacological and non pharmacological methods,treatment of co morbid mental and medical conditions.The facility was inaugurated on 13 October 2022 by worthy Principal, GMC , Anantnag. Our endeavor will be that patients attending our facility will be managed with compassion, empathy and evidence based treatment