The biennial child and adolescent psychiatry conference 2019, organized by the collage of child and adolescent psychiatry was held on 20th and 21st December at the mental health training unit of NIMH.
Year: 2019
The Largest Hospital for Mental Health in Sri Lanka
Dr. Kapila Ranasinghe, the consultant psychiatrist, together with the staff, organized a Christmas celebration at ward 08 and 09 on 17th and 19th December 2019. The event was colored by the voluntary participation of veteran artists as well.
The rehabilitation unit of NIMH had a wonderful opportunity to have two stalls at Senehasa Education Resource Research & Information Centre, Narahenpita, an exhibition where they demonstrated their clients’ work.
The health education unit of NIMH organized an awareness program on HIV/AIDS in commemoration of World AIDS day on 01st December 2019. The lecture was conducted by Dr. Jayadari Ranathunga, consultant venereologist of Colombo North Teaching Hospital, Ragama.
The winner of all island inter-school essay competition organized by NIMH in commemoration of World Mental Health Day, Miss. Janani Imasha Wijesinghe was invited to NIMH. She was awarded a certificate, medal and a cash prize.
The Gender-Based Violence prevention unit of NIMH organized a workshop on cyber crimes at NIMH. Cyber crimes are known to be a major contributing factor to gender-based violence.
A two-day workshop on legal awareness and professional ethics was held on 12th and 13th December 2019 at NIMH. Psychiatric social workers representing all 25 districts participated in the workshop. The event was organized by the psychiatric social work department and the mental health training unit of NIMH.
The World Diabetes Day celebration event was held at NIMH on 14th November, on World Diabetes Day. The theme for World Diabetes Day 2019 is Family and Diabetes. Families are urged to learn more about the warning signs of diabetes and find out their risk of type 2 diabetes. The celebration held at NIMH consisted […]
In a ceremonial event, the NIMH bade farewell to it’s Director, Dr. Kapila Wickramanayake on 21st November 2019. Officers from the Ministry of Health, Consultant Psychiatrists, Health Administrators and staff members participated in the event. Dr. Wickramanayake was appointed as the Director of NIMH on 28th September 2015. He showed great leadership and guidance to […]
The theme of World Mental Health Day 2019 was based on suicide prevention. A series of events was held to promote suicide prevention and mental health promotion. You may view the activities below. 1926 Promotion at Pettah Art Competition Essay Competition STEPS to prevent suicide walk Prathibha Concert Media Conference Opening of Client’s Welfare Canteen […]
