The objective of this Background Paper is to examine the nature of the specific psychosocial issues faced by migrant workers and their families in the process of labour migration and to provide in-depth information which will enable stakeholders to... Read more
Psychosocial
Daily stressors may mediate the relation between exposure to disaster-related stressors and psychological and psychosocial distress among youth in disaster-affected countries. A sample of 427 Sri Lankan Sinhalese, Tamil, and Muslim youth (mean age = 14.5) completed a survey... Read more
The purpose of this study was to develop a measure of psychosocial status that could reliably and accurately assess psychosocial functioning in Sinhalese Sri Lankans impacted by traumatic events. A culturally grounded methodology using qualitative data was used to... Read more
This study examines the impact of children’s exposure to natural disaster against the backdrop of exposure to other traumatic events and psychosocial risks. One thousand three hundred ninety-eight Sri Lankan children aged 9–15 years were interviewed in 4 cross-sectional... Read more
Intervention, 9(2),125-136 In Sri Lanka, mental health care trainings of primary health care workers were conducted in two administrative areas called districts, both hit hard in the 2004 Tsunami natural disaster, which killed about 40,000 people in Sri Lanka,... Read more
Report on the country visit was undertaken for the purpose of a mental health needs assessment in Northeast Sri Lanka. Consequently, a comprehensive five-year mental health plan was developed in close collaboration with local mental health expertise. Read more
National Mental Health Policy of Sri Lanka Read more
The main focus of this edition is ‘Capacity Building in the Psychosocial Sector’. The articles ‘Psychosocial initiatives in Districts: Puttalam and Anuradhapura’ and the news item on the book release of the Trincomalee Psychosocial Network bares witness to the... Read more
Availability of mental health facilities. Statistics on Total number of facilities/beds, Rate per 100,000 population, Number of facilities/beds reserved for children and adolescents only, Rate per 100,000 population. Read more
This manual is intended as a guide for primary health care workers, and other community level multisectoral workers involved in improving the mental health status of people. It provides a theoretical basis and details individual and community level interventions... Read more
