Sri Lanka has a free national health service but the main reason for the inadequate mental health care was the shortage of mental health specialists. The State trains adequate numbers of psychiatrists (88 in 2002-09) but many have migrated to high-income countries. Without a critical mass of ...
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The Institute of Mental Health (IMH)in Colombo, Sri Lanka was created as a registered private entity inAugust 2007byDr. Romesh C. P. JayasinghePh.D.(Psy.), B.Sc.(USA), Grad.Dip.Ed.(London), FRSPH(UK), FTBCCT(UK), SNHS(UK) Dip.(Adv.Psyc. and Counsel.) an internationally cert...
The Mental health care: Adverse Sequalae of COVID-19 (MASC) study is a multi-country study carried out in Chile, Ethiopia, Georgia, Nigeria, South Africa, Sri Lanka and Ukraine. The MASC study will produce comparable evidence on the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on people with MHCs ac...
Aims To study the extent, nature and correlates of stigma due to their work in mental health among mental health professionals in Sri Lanka. Methods This descriptive cross sectional study was conducted among healthcare professionals working in mental health, using a self-administered questionnaire. ...
Based on these criteria, 10 case examples from diverse emergency-affected settings were included: Afghanistan, Burundi, Indonesia (Aceh Province), Iraq, Jordan, Kosovo, occupied Palestinian territory, Somalia, Sri Lanka, and Timor-Leste. Discussion and evaluation These cases demonstrate generally that ...
et al. Prevalence of war-related mental health conditions and association with displacement status in postwar Jaffna District, Sri Lanka. JAMA 306, 522–531 (2011). Article PubMed Google Scholar Bohland, H. K. et al. Depression and anxiety in female refugees from East Africa and the ...
Health Care Hospital & Academy (LHCHA) together with Tiens Lanka held on 17/10/2017 in Colombo-04 Annual IMH Educational Tour of the National Institute of Mental Health in (NIMH) Angoda – 2015 Annual IMH Educational Tour of the National Institute of Mental Health in (NIMH) Angoda – ...
Psychological disturbances encountered by the healthcare professionals, military professionals and general public in Sri Lanka during COVID-19 pandemic: a cross-sectional study Article Open access 21 June 2023 Background Globally, mental health problems are already a major cause of the disease burden...
21 JanInternational Conference on Healthcare and Clinical Gerontology (ICHCG)-ScienceforaSingapore, Singapore 21 JanInternational Conference on Nursing Science and Healthcare (ICNSH)-iaredColombo, Sri Lanka 21 JanInternational Research Conference on Covid-19 and Its Impact on Mental Health (IRCCIMH)...