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Psychosocial Consequences & Coping Strategies among Tsunami Survivors

  • Disaster Management, Tsunami
  • Completed
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.

Publications

Exposure to conflict and disaster: A national survey on the prevalence of psychotic experiences in Sri Lanka

  • Disaster Management, Tsunami
  • Journal Article
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.

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

  • Disaster Management, National Studies
  • Journal Article

Prolonged Internal Displacement and Common Mental Disorders in Sri Lanka: The COMRAID Study

  • Disaster Management, Migration Research
  • Journal Article

Ethical challenges in mental health research among internally displaced people: ethical theory and research implementation

  • Bioethics, Common Mental Disorders, Disaster Management, Migration Research
  • Journal Article
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

“We lost all we had in a second”: coping with grief and loss after a natural disaster

  • Disaster Management, Tsunami
  • Journal Article
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.

Psychosocial and Ethical Response to Disasters: A SWOT Analysis of Post-Tsunami Disaster Management in Sri Lanka

  • Bioethics, Disaster Management, Tsunami
  • Journal Article
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

Ethics of Disaster Management, Clinical Care and Research

  • Bioethics, Disaster Management
  • Journal Article
According to Emergency Disasters Data Base — EM-DAT (WHO), there were 16,000 major disasters and over 500,000 deaths in the last hundred years. In 2006,

Windows of Opportunity after a Disaster: The Case of Sri Lanka

  • Bioethics, Disaster Management
  • Journal Article
Natural or man-made disasters occur regularly, bringing destruction and death. Devastating effects of a large-scale disaster is felt more strongly among vulnerable populations, especially in

Mental Health and Psychosocial Support in Crisis and Conflict: Report of the Mental Health Working Group

  • Disaster Management
  • Journal Article
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

Management of dead bodies as a component of psychosocial interventions after the tsunami: A view from Sri Lanka

  • Disaster Management, Tsunami
  • Journal Article
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,

News

Assessment of deaths due to COVID-19 infection

  • Community engagement and involvement, Disaster Management, Gaveshana

COVID-19 Vaccine Side Effects Survey

  • Disaster Management

COVID-19 Home-based Management – Followup Survey

  • Disaster Management

COVID-19 Vaccine – Side Effects Survey

  • Disaster Management

The 2019 Easter Tragedy

  • Disaster Management

The 2006 Kebithigollewa Tragedy

  • Disaster Management

The tsunami: A window of opportunity for policy impact

  • Disaster Management, Policy Impact

Prevent, Re-traumatization of Traumatize

  • Bioethics, Disaster Management, Policy Impact

Events

COVID-19 පසු දරුවන් සහ ඔවුන්ගේ අධ්‍යාපනය සඳහා උපාය මාර්ගික උපදෙස් හා පශ්චාත්-COVID මනෝ සමාජීය ආධාරක පද්ධති ගොඩනැගීම

  • Disaster Management
  • Meeting
  • Completed

COVID 19: Impact, Mitigation, Opportunities and Building Resilience

  • Disaster Management
  • Meeting
  • Completed

Workshop on the Post Disaster Role of Media Representatives

  • Disaster Management
  • Workshop
  • Completed

Evidence based Interventions for Disaster related Mental Ill-health

  • Disaster Management, Dissemination
  • Workshop
  • Completed

Bioethics, Basic & Advanced Courses, 2007

  • Bioethics, Disaster Management, Dissemination
  • Workshop
  • Completed

Consensus Generation Meeting: Disaster Research & Ethics

  • Bioethics, Disaster Management
  • Workshop
  • Completed

Global to Local, Conflict & Disaster: Ethical Post-tsunami Research

  • Bioethics, Disaster Management
  • Workshop
  • Completed

Forensic Genetic Services

  • Bioethics, Disaster Management
  • Meeting
  • Completed

Ethics of Trauma Research: Lets Prevent Re-traumatising the Traumatised

  • Bioethics, Disaster Management
  • Workshop
  • Completed

Broadcast

අධ්‍යාපනයට කොවිඩ් 19 එල්ල කරන අභියෝග ජයගැනීම

  • Disaster Management
  • Broadcast & Online

කොවිඩ් -19 පාලනය හා අපේ මානුෂීය ගුණාංග‍

  • Disaster Management
  • Broadcast & Online

කොවිඩ් 19 වසංගතය සහ ජනතාවගේ මානසික සෞඛ්‍යය විශේෂඥයන් සමඟ මාධ්‍ය සාකච්ඡාව

  • Community engagement and involvement, Disaster Management
  • Broadcast & Online

කොවිඩ් වසංගතය දරු පරපුර සහ දරුවන්ගේ අධ්‍යාපනය

  • Disaster Management
  • Broadcast & Online

1904 ට SMS කර කොවිඩ් සහන සේවා ලබාගන්න!

  • Disaster Management
  • Broadcast & Online

උත්තරය රට වසා දැමීමද ?

  • Disaster Management
  • Broadcast & Online

Covid 19 අභියෝගය අභියස

  • Disaster Management
  • Broadcast & Online

නව තාක්ෂනය සහ තරුණ පරපුර

  • Community engagement and involvement, Disaster Management
  • Broadcast & Online

ගවේෂණ ගැන විනාඩි 2ක් අහන්න

  • Community engagement and involvement, Disaster Management, Gaveshana
  • Broadcast & Online

Pinbara Udesana (පින්බර උදෑසන) – 2021/06/22

  • Community engagement and involvement, Disaster Management
  • Broadcast & Online

සංචරණ සීමා ලිහිල්වන්නේ මෙහෙමයි!

  • Disaster Management
  • Broadcast & Online

කොවිඩ් වසංගතයේ දිශානතිය

  • Disaster Management
  • Broadcast & Online

ජනතාව පංගුකාරයන් බවට පත්කොට බලගැන්වීම මගින් කොරෝනා පැතිරීම වැලක්වීම

  • Community engagement and involvement, Disaster Management
  • Broadcast & Online

SRI LANKA’S COVID-19 STRATEGY IN FOCUS

  • Disaster Management
  • Broadcast & Online

සමස්ත සෞඛ්‍ය සේවයම සමාජ වගකීම අවබෝධ කර ගත යුතුයි

  • Disaster Management
  • Broadcast & Online

2021-05-10 පින්බර උදෑසන – මහාචාර්ය අතුල සුමතිපාල

  • Disaster Management
  • Broadcast & Online

2021-05-11 පින්බර උදෑසන – මහාචාර්ය අතුල සුමතිපාල

  • Disaster Management
  • Broadcast & Online

එන්නත් දේශපාලනය

  • Disaster Management
  • Broadcast & Online

රට දුවන ජන මනස, විශ්වාසය සහ සහයෝගය

  • Disaster Management
  • Broadcast & Online

අවුරුදු කාලේදී කොවිඩ් වලින් පරිස්සම් වෙමු

  • Disaster Management
  • Broadcast & Online

අලුත් අවුරුදු සමය සහ සමාජ පෙළ ගැස්ම

  • Disaster Management
  • Broadcast & Online

පවතින ගෝලීය වසංගතය පිලිබඳ වර්තමාන තත්වය

  • Disaster Management
  • Broadcast & Online

මහාචාර්ය අතුල සුමතිපාල-කොවිඩ් පිළිබඳ ව නවතම තතු විද්‍යාත්මක ඇසින්…

  • Disaster Management
  • Broadcast & Online

2020 පසු විපරම සහ 2021 නව අභියෝග

  • Disaster Management
  • Broadcast & Online

උත්සව සමයේ මහජන වගකීම

  • Disaster Management
  • Broadcast & Online

ශ්‍රී ලංකා ප්‍රජා වෛද්‍යවරුන්ගේ සංගමයේ සභාපති, විශේෂඥ වෛද්‍ය නිහාල් අබේසිංහ මහතා

  • Disaster Management
  • Broadcast & Online

මහාචාර්ය අතුල සුමතිපාල-කොවිඩ් පිළිබඳ ව නවතම තතු විද්‍යාත්මක ඇසින්…

  • Disaster Management
  • Broadcast & Online

විශේෂඥ වෛද්‍ය සුදත් සමරවීර, මහාචාර්ය අතුල සුමතිපාල – ශනිදා ආයුබෝවන්

  • Disaster Management
  • Broadcast & Online

විශේෂඥ වෛද්‍ය සුදත් සමරවීර, මහාචාර්ය අතුල සුමතිපාල – ශනිදා ආයුබෝවන්

  • Disaster Management
  • Broadcast & Online

වැඩ කරන, රට දුවන ජන මනස රකිමු

  • Disaster Management
  • Broadcast & Online

How do we respond to COVID-19?

  • Disaster Management
  • Broadcast & Online

IDH රෝහල පරිස්සම් වූ රහස

  • Disaster Management
  • Broadcast & Online

කොවිඩ් පාලනයට සහයවීම පොදු වගකිමක් – වෛද්‍ය සමරවීර

  • Disaster Management
  • Broadcast & Online

ව්‍යවස්ථාව හදන්න විද්‍යාඥයිනුත් එක්කරගත යුතුයි – මහාචාර්ය සුමතිපාල

  • Disaster Management
  • Broadcast & Online

කෝවිඩ් ආධාර දෙමු. FB නොදා ඉමු! – ආචාර්ය දුමින්ද ගුරුගේ

  • Disaster Management
  • Broadcast & Online

අපේ වැඩේ අපේ අතේ

  • Disaster Management
  • Broadcast & Online

Post COVID-19 Social Changes in Sri Lanka

  • Disaster Management
  • Broadcast & Online

ගුණවත් නැණවත් සෞඛ්‍යවත් පිරිසක් ඇති කිරීමට

  • Disaster Management
  • Broadcast & Online

මේ දිනවල මහජනතාව ලෙස අපගේ කාර්යභාරය කුමක්ද

  • Disaster Management
  • Broadcast & Online

COVID-19 Experience from a Psychological Perspective

  • Disaster Management
  • Broadcast & Online

Sinhala Interview: Mental Health and Psychosocial Support in Disasters

  • Disaster Management
  • Broadcast & Online

Mental Health and Psychosocial Support in Disasters

  • Disaster Management
  • Broadcast & Online

Sinhala News Extract – Workshop on Post Disaster Role of Media Representatives

  • Disaster Management, Policy Impact
  • Broadcast & Online

Easter 2019 Terror Attack & Recovery – Prof. Athula Sumathipala – 17MAY2019

  • Disaster Management
  • Broadcast & Online

Sinhala Interview: Psychological Recovery following the Easter 2019 Tragedy

  • Disaster Management
  • Broadcast & Online

Psychological Consequences of the Easter 2019 Tragedy

  • Disaster Management
  • Broadcast & Online

Ethical Issues in Post-Disaster Clinical Interventions and Research

  • Bioethics, Disaster Management
  • Broadcast & Online

Newspaper

“Dhammika paniya” : Expert warns against unethical research under the guise of scientific benefit

  • Bioethics, Disaster Management
  • Newspaper Articles

Giving a Voice to Children

  • Community engagement and involvement, Disaster Management
  • Newspaper Articles

කොවිඩ් රෝගීන්ට නිවසේදී ප්‍රතිකාර දීමේ ක්‍රමය ලංකාවට ගැළපේද?

  • Disaster Management
  • Newspaper Articles

“Dhammika paniya”: Expert warns against unethical research under the guise of scientific benefit.

  • Bioethics, Disaster Management
  • Newspaper Articles

District Level Workshops for Psychological Mitigation

  • Disaster Management, Policy Impact
  • Newspaper Articles

Complex Psychology of Terrorism

  • Disaster Management
  • Newspaper Articles

Easter Sunday attack survivors: Let them grieve

  • Disaster Management
  • Newspaper Articles

‘Ethical reporting, responsibility of media’

  • Bioethics, Disaster Management, Policy Impact
  • Newspaper Articles

Doctors beware! Children may visit you with headaches and tummy aches.

  • Disaster Management
  • Newspaper Articles

Is counselling compulsory after traumatic events?

  • Disaster Management, Policy Impact
  • Newspaper Articles

Sinhala Article: The Easter Sunday terror attack with a psychological approach.

  • Disaster Management
  • Newspaper Articles

‘Refrain from unethical research’

  • Bioethics, Disaster Management
  • Newspaper Articles

Sinhala Article: Just as we repair the churches that fell on Easter Sunday, let us build the psyches that fell with them.

  • Disaster Management
  • Newspaper Articles

Sinhala Article: How can minds troubled by the attacks recover?

  • Disaster Management
  • Newspaper Articles

After the carnage, a time to heal.

  • Disaster Management
  • Newspaper Articles

Post war health challenges

  • Disaster Management, Policy Impact
  • Newspaper Articles

Is counselling compulsory after traumatic events?

  • Disaster Management, Policy Impact
  • Newspaper Articles

Symposium on forensic genetic services, from pre-tsunami luxury to post tsunami necessity

  • Disaster Management, Policy Impact
  • Newspaper Articles

Warning of legal disaster: DSG calls for modern forensic services with DNA

  • Disaster Management
  • Newspaper Articles

On a DNA trail…..

  • Disaster Management
  • Newspaper Articles

A National Plan of Action to support traumatized tsunami survivors is on the table: Helping them to live again

  • Disaster Management, Policy Impact
  • Newspaper Articles

Ethics of trauma research

  • Bioethics, Disaster Management
  • Newspaper Articles

Research should not intrude personal freedom

  • Disaster Management
  • Newspaper Articles

Foreign doctors who entered the country post tsunami, try to spirit away blood samples of displaced individuals under false pretenses: Gene theft, under the guise of tsunami aid, exposed.

  • Bioethics, Disaster Management
  • Newspaper Articles

Treatment and research conducted by unqualified individuals is another negative side effect of the tsunami

  • Disaster Management
  • Newspaper Articles

Workshop on ethics of trauma research

  • Bioethics, Disaster Management
  • Newspaper Articles

UK-Sri Lanka Trauma Group’s suggestions on the aftermath of the tsunami disaster

  • Disaster Management, Policy Impact
  • Newspaper Articles

The tragedy through a child’s eyes

  • Disaster Management, Policy Impact
  • Newspaper Articles

Posters

අපේ දරුවන් සවි බල ගන්වමු

  • Community engagement and involvement, Disaster Management
  • Posters

Coping with grief and loss after a natural disaster

  • Disaster Management
  • Posters

Medically Unexplained Symptoms: Common after a disaster

  • Disaster Management, Policy Impact
  • Posters