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 […]
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The Largest Hospital for Mental Health in Sri Lanka
The NIMH Chatline has within a few weeks surpassed 600 chats. If you have a any mental health problems and would like to text instead of talk please SMS your queries to 1926 from any network.
Launch of National Mental Health Chatline 1926 with Airtel. See all the details below. Media Coverage (Paper) Media Coverage (Online) The Island Lanka Business News Business News The Sunday Morning Daily Financial Times Sunday Times Sri Lanka True News (Tamil) Ceylon Today Ada Derana (Sinhala) Ada Derana Ada Derana (Tamil) Economy Business SL Kuruvi.lk Lanka […]
An interview with a Senior Registrar of NIMH with regard to Suicide & 1926 National Mental Health Helpline featured on Channel Eye.
National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) has introduced a national mental health helpline for the public of Sri Lanka. The toll-free number ‘1926’ was launched in an event held at the hospital in attendance with Health Minister Rajitha Senaratne. The telephone number ‘1926’ was used for the helpline, to commemorate the year NIMH was established. […]
