Aging Research Workshops The Ageing Research Workshops for professionals, Carers and People with Dementia were held on 14th and 15th of November 2017 at National Institute of Mental Health, Mulleriyawa. Prof. Athula Sumathipala, Dr. Nathan Davies, Ms. Kalpa Karichcha, Prof. Shehan Williams, and Ms. Kalpani Abhayasinghe were the resource persons of this two day event.…
Workshop on Depression, Apeksha Hospital Maharagama This workshop was organized as a part of the World Health Day program, which had been scheduled to be celebrated on the 7th of April 2017, to mark the founding anniversary of the World Health Organization. The theme for the World Health Day 2017 was “Depression – Let’s Talk”.…
WHO mhGAP Training for Primary Care Practitioners The World Health Organization Mental Health Gap Action Programme (mhGAP) initiative was introduced in 2008 by the WHO, and incorporates evidence-based guidelines on managing mental, neurological, and substance abuse disorders in the primary care setting by non-specialist healthcare workers working in low resource settings in low- and middle-income countries. This…
Thinking Healthy Programme On 27th July 2013, a training workshop for Health Professionals, Stake Holders and Policy Makers was held on the theme of “Thinking Healthy Program” (THP). This is a psychological intervention for the treatment of perinatal depression – developed in Pakistan and evaluated through one of the largest randomized controlled trials for a…
Dimentia Project Workshop
Impact of Spouse Migration
National Programme for Community Based Mental Health Care View the event programme
Improving Identification & Management of Mood Disorders
Evidence based Interventions for Disaster related Mental Ill-health
Management of Psychological Effects in Children after Disaster A workshop on the “Management of Psychological Effects in Children after Disaster” was held on the 30th of January 2005 at the Lady Ridgeway Hospital. It was conducted targeting psychiatrists, psychologists, medical officers, paediatricians, community physicians & general practitioners. The workshop was organized by the Institute for…