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Exposure to conflict and disaster: A national survey on the prevalence of psychotic experiences in Sri Lanka
01 Jan 2016
Recent research conducted in high-income countries suggests psychotic experiences are common in the general population, but evidence from low- and middle-income countries (LMIC) remains limited. Sri L...
World Health Organization Guidelines for Management of Acute Stress, PTSD, and Bereavement: Key Challenges on the Road Ahead
01 Dec 2014
The implementation of new WHO mental health guidelines for conditions and disorders specifically related to stress is likely to face obstacles, particularly in low- and middle-income countries.
World Health Organization Guidelines for Management of Acute Stress, PTSD, and Bereavement: Key Challenges on the Road Ahead
01 Dec 2014
The implementation of new WHO mental health guidelines for conditions and disorders specifically related to stress is likely to face obstacles, particularly in low- and middle-income countries.
Impact of exposure to conflict, tsunami and mental disorders on school absenteeism: findings from a national sample of Sri Lankan children aged 12–17 years
01 Jun 2013
Prolonged Internal Displacement and Common Mental Disorders in Sri Lanka: The COMRAID Study
01 May 2013
Ethical challenges in mental health research among internally displaced people: ethical theory and research implementation
01 Mar 2013
Millions of people undergo displacement in the world. Internally displaced people (IDP) are especially vulnerable as they are not protected by special legislation in contrast to other migrants. Resear...
“We lost all we had in a second”: coping with grief and loss after a natural disaster
01 Feb 2013
Natural disasters cause immense suffering among affected communities. Most occur in developing countries, which have fewer resources to respond to the resulting traumas and difficulties. As a conseque...
Psychosocial and Ethical Response to Disasters: A SWOT Analysis of Post-Tsunami Disaster Management in Sri Lanka
01 Sep 2012
Background Disasters take place around the globe on a regular basis, creating challenges for various stakeholders responsible for managing the aftermath. Large-scale disasters bring about many challe...
Ethical Issues in Post-Disaster Clinical Interventions and Research: A Developing World Perspective. Key Findings from a Drafting and Consensus Generation Meeting of the Working Group on Disaster Research and Ethics (WGDRE) 2007
01 Jun 2010
Disasters, natural or man-made, can occur virtually anytime and anywhere in the world. They bring mass destruction and loss of human lives. The effects of a disaster can be amplified many times in res...
Mental Health and Psychosocial Support in Crisis and Conflict: Report of the Mental Health Working Group
01 Aug 2009
The Working Group on Mental Health and Psychosocial Support was convened as part of the 2009 Harvard Humanitarian Action Summit. The Working Group chose to focus on ethical issues in mental health and...
Management of dead bodies as a component of psychosocial interventions after the tsunami: A view from Sri Lanka
01 Jun 2006
Even if predicted, disasters may not be completely averted due to reasons beyond human control. There is always likely to be a degree of loss, human as well as material. Therefore, the correct strateg...
Assessment of deaths due to COVID-19 infection
03 Oct 2021
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COVID-19 Vaccine Side Effects Survey
07 Jul 2021
COVID-19 Home-based Management – Followup Survey
10 Jun 2021
English Institute for Research & Development in Health & Social Care, is conducting an online follow-up survey to “Identify opinions on how best to cater to asymptomatic individuals infected...
COVID-19 Vaccine – Side Effects Survey
15 May 2021
English Dear All, Institute for Research & Development in Health & Social Care ( https://www.ird.lk/ ) is conducting an online survey to assess the “Side effects experienced by the...
The 2019 Easter Tragedy
10 May 2019
On Easter Sunday, 21st April 2019, an extremist group carried out coordinated attacks which targeted Sri Lankan civilians at their places of worship and socialization. While the lives lost did include...
The 2006 Kebithigollewa Tragedy
15 Jun 2006
The Kebithigollewa massacre occurred on 15th June 2006 when a Sri Lankan civilian bus was targeted in a claymore attack by a violent terrorist organization. The U.S and the SLMM claimed that a terrori...
The tsunami: A window of opportunity for policy impact
28 Feb 2005
The majority of Asians who died, were buried or cremated without being identified. However, most developed nations endeavoured to selectively identify citizens who had died as a result of the tragedy....
Prevent, Re-traumatization of Traumatize
30 Dec 2004
hen research is combined with humanitarian aid, and at times clinical care (therapeutic misconception), there can be undue inducement for participation, in this vulnerable population. It might not be ...
COVID-19 පසු දරුවන් සහ ඔවුන්ගේ අධ්යාපනය සඳහා උපාය මාර්ගික උපදෙස් හා පශ්චාත්-COVID මනෝ සමාජීය ආධාරක පද්ධති ගොඩනැගීම
31 Oct 2021
‘දරුවන්ට හඩක්’ විසින් අධ්යාපන ප්රතිසංස්කරණ, විවෘත විශ්වවිද්යාල සහ දුර...
COVID 19: Impact, Mitigation, Opportunities and Building Resilience
01 Jan 2021
From Adversity to Serendipity 27th 28th January 2021 BMICH, Colombo, Sri Lanka
Workshop on the Post Disaster Role of Media Representatives
22 May 2019
A one day workshop was held on the 15th of May 2019 at the Ministtry of disaster management, Sri Lanka. The resource persons who spoke at the workshop included Senior Consultant Psychiatrist Prof. Ath...
Evidence based Interventions for Disaster related Mental Ill-health
13 Jul 2007
Bioethics, Basic & Advanced Courses, 2007
13 Jan 2007
A basic & advanced courses in bioethics was held on 13th January 2007 at Sri Lanka Foundation Institute, Colombo 7 from 9.00am to 12.00noon.
Consensus Generation Meeting: Disaster Research & Ethics
13 Jan 2007
Consensus Generation Meeting on ‘Disaster Research and Ethics from a Developing World Perspective‘ was held on 13th January 2007 at Sri Lanka Foundation Institute, Colombo 7 from 9.00 am to 12.00...
Global to Local, Conflict & Disaster: Ethical Post-tsunami Research
25 Oct 2005
Prof. Sumathipala invited as speaker at the workshop; ‘Global to Local, Conflict & Disaster: Ethical Post-tsunami Research’. Organised by the Transcultural Special Interest Group Conference, Royal...
Forensic Genetic Services
26 Feb 2005
Ethics of Trauma Research: Lets Prevent Re-traumatising the Traumatised
28 Jan 2005
A workshop was held on the 28th January 2005 under the title of ‘Ethics of Trauma Research: Lets Prevent Re-traumatising the Traumatised’.
