Fernando, A., & Karunasekera, W. (2009). Juvenile victimisation in a group of young Sri Lankan adults. Ceylon medical journal, 54(3). Chicago Objective: To study the prevalence of juvenile victimisation in a group of young adults. Method: A juvenile victimisation... Read more
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Fernando, S., & Weerackody, C. (2009). Challenges in developing community mental health services in Sri Lanka. Journal of Health Management, 11(1), 195-208. Read more
Van Eenwyk, J. R., & Jayawickrama, J. (2006). Disaster-related mental health: indoctrination or collaboration?. The Lancet, 368(9532), 285-286. Margaret Harris Cheng's review of conditions in Sri Lanka (Jan 7, p 15)1 after the tsunami of Dec 26, 2004, outlines... Read more
Eddleston, M., Gunnell, D., Karunaratne, A., De Silva, D., Sheriff, M. R., & Buckley, N. A. (2005). Epidemiology of intentional self-poisoning in rural Sri Lanka. The British Journal of Psychiatry, 187(6), 583-584. We investigated the epidemiology of intentional self-poisoning... Read more
This study analyzed raw data on pesticide related deaths in search of demographic risk factors contributing to these suicides in Sri Lanka during 2002. Read more
de Silva, D. H. (2007). Children needing protection: experience from South Asia. Archives of disease in childhood, 92(10), 931-934. Read more
De Silva, V., Samarasinghe, D., & Gunawardena, N. (2009). Alcohol and tobacco use among males in two districts in Sri Lanka. Ceylon medical journal, 54(4). Objectives: To investigate the prevalence and consumption of tobacco and alcohol among males in... Read more
Editors’ Note: The December 2004 tsunami captured the world’s attention and generated wide-spread and worldwide responses. A small number of previous Martín-Baró Fund grantees as well as “Friends of the Fund” live and work in communities affected by structural... Read more
Commers, M. J., Morival, M., & Devries, M. W. (2012). Toward best-practice post-disaster mental health promotion for children: Sri Lanka. Health promotion international. There is a pressing need for low-cost intervention models to promote mental health among children in... Read more
Chisholm, D., Gureje, O., Saldivia, S., Villalón Calderón, M., Wickremasinghe, R., Mendis, N., … & Saxena, S. (2008). Schizophrenia treatment in the developing world: an interregional and multinational cost-effectiveness analysis. Bulletin of the World Health Organization, 86(7), 542-551. ABSTRACT... Read more