World Suicide Prevention Day 2021 Creating Hope Through Action A Message by Dr Pushpa Ranasinghe, Senior Consultant Psychiatrist on Prevention of Suicide (Sinhala Medium) A Message by Dr Wajantha Kothelawela, Consultant Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist on psychological support for children and adolescents (Sinhala Medium) A Message by Dr M Ganeshan, Senior Consultant Psychiatrist on Prevention […]
Tag: Sri Lanka
The Largest Hospital for Mental Health in Sri Lanka
Donations were received from Sri Lanka Red Cross
Bipolar Affective Disorder (BPAD) is perhaps one of the most stigmatized mental health conditions around the world. In the Sri Lankan context, the ill-perception that those battling it receive along with labels fuelled by unawareness such as “dangerous, abusive, and unstable”, has set the premise for a very bleak reality for them.
A Mental Health Chat Service by the National Institute of Mental Health Sri Lanka
A Message to Protect the Mental Health.
The National Institute of Mental Health was able to conduct a peaceful vaccination campaign against Covid-19 with the cooperation of all staff.
National Institute of Mental Health as Mental Heath Covid-19 treatment unit Of Sri Lanka
National Institute of Mental Health in collaboration with Project ECHO, University of New Mexico and The Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, University of Toronto and Sri Lanka College of Psychiatrists conducted the 1st online teaching/learning session on the ECHO model on 19th March 2021. The 1st ECHO E-Learning Session was the theme ‘1926: Beyond […]
