During November 2009 and October 2010, the TGH program was partnered by the Barnet, Enfield and Haringey (BEH) Mental Health NHS Trust in UK promoting (with local participants) a series of workshops aimed at capacity building of mental health... Read more
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During November 2009 and October 2010, the TGH program was partnered by the Barnet, Enfield and Haringey (BEH) Mental Health NHS Trust in UK promoting (with local participants) a series of workshops aimed at capacity building of mental health... Read more
Journal PLoS Medicine series ‘Migration & Health’ in 2011 prompted a calling for an evidence-based research agenda on migrant health. Nearly one-in ten Sri Lankans are employed abroad as International Labor Migrants (ILM). Little is known about the impact... Read more
Kodikara, C. (2014). Balancing Acts: Counselling for Intimate Partner Violence against Women in the Two Districts of Anuradhapura and Batticaloa. ICES Working Paper Series. Sri Lanka. The dominant discourse on intimate partner violence against women (IPVW) in Sri Lanka... Read more
An analysis of Intimate-Partner Violence and a guideline for counsellors in Sinhala, Tamil and English. These guidelines were developed by Chulani Kodikara and Harshini Ranasinghe of the International Centre for Ethnic Studies in consultation with Mr. Ananda Galappatti (Director... Read more
Evaluation report of MSF Psychosocial Project in Vavuniya, Sri Lanka 2000-2003. This evaluation was undertaken by a team consisting of two external evaluators: Eshani Ruwanpura, independent consultant from Colombo and Alison Strang from Queen Margaret University College, Edinburgh and... Read more
The Directory of the “Mental Health and Psychosocial Service Providers in Sri Lanka” reflects information of local and international NGO’s which provide psychosocial services. It also provides important contact information of important Governmental hotlines, Hospitals and services. Read more
Sithamparanathan, K. (2003). Interventions and methods of the Theatre Action Group. Intervention, 1(1), 44-47. In this article I will review three types of psychosocialinterventions done bytheorganisation Theatre Action Group (TAG) in Jaffna, Sri Lanka, aimed at successively children, their... Read more
Feedback from the local staff: International non-governmental organizations and international trainers in Sri Lanka-post-Tsunami. Intervention 2006, Volume 4, Number 3, Page 1 – 2 Read more
Wickramage, K. (2006). Sri Lanka's post-tsunami psychosocial playground: lessons for future psychosocial programming and interventions following disasters. Intervention, 4(2), 163-168. This paper explores examples of unsolicited, culturally inappropriate and conflict insensitive interventions initiated by both local and international teams... Read more