Delayed anxiety and depressive morbidity among dengue patients in a multi-ethnic urban setting: first report from Sri Lanka

N Gunathilaka, M Chandradasa, L Champika… - International journal of …, 2018 - Springer
Background Although the physical consequences of dengue are well documented, delayed
psychological co-morbidities are not well studied to date. Therefore, the objective of the …

Early phase child and adolescent psychiatry response after mass trauma: Lessons learned from the Easter Sunday attack in Sri Lanka

M Chandradasa, LC Rathnayake… - … Journal of Social …, 2020 - journals.sagepub.com
Background: Sri Lanka is a South-Asian nation with a multi-ethnic population. A 26-year-old
armed conflict ended in 2009 and the relative stability over the last decade was …

Zoophilia in an adolescent with high-functioning autism from Sri Lanka

M Chandradasa, L Champika - Australasian Psychiatry, 2017 - journals.sagepub.com
Objective: Zoophilia is a rare paraphilic disorder with intense sexual urges involving
animals. Autism is characterised by impairments in social communication and repetitive …

Randomised, placebo-controlled trial on topiramate add-on therapy for weight reduction and symptomatology in overweight/obese persons with schizophrenia

M Chandradasa, S Ruwanpriya, S de Silva… - Asian Journal of …, 2022 - Elsevier
Introduction Higher cardiovascular mortality is seen with schizophrenia due to the disorder
itself and antipsychotic use. South Asians are more vulnerable to developing metabolic …

Assessment of anxiety, depression, stress, and associated psychological morbidities among patients receiving ayurvedic treatment for different health issues: First …

HJ Gunathilaka, P Vitharana… - BioMed research …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Background. Good mental condition is a vital part of health. Physical impairments would
potentially have psychiatric manifestations during the course of a disease that could cause …

Confluence of western psychotherapy and religious teachings in mental healthcare of an Asian Buddhist community: Sri Lanka

M Chandradasa, K Kuruppuarachchi - Journal of religion and health, 2019 - Springer
Buddha lived 2600 years ago in Northern India, and his teachings were established in Sri
Lanka in the third-century BC. In the nineteenth century, the British established the modern …

Reincarnation type presentations of children with high-functioning autism in Sri Lanka

M Chandradasa, L Champika - Explore, 2018 - Elsevier
Autism is characterised by impaired social communication and restricted repetitive
behaviours. However, language and intelligence are spared in high-functioning individuals …

Topiramate's effectiveness on weight reduction in overweight/obese persons with schizophrenia: study protocol for a randomized controlled trial

M Chandradasa, L Champika, S de Silva… - Trials, 2017 - Springer
Background Schizophrenia is a psychiatric disorder with a higher mortality than that of the
general population. Most of the deaths are due to cardiovascular causes and are related to …

Pathways to Mental Health Care in a Defined Geographic Area of Athens

A Zartaloudi - Worldwide Congress on “Genetics, Geriatrics and …, 2022 - Springer
The purpose of the present study was to explore the duration between the onset of
psychopathology and the first contact either with a sectorized Community Mental Health …

Clinical Manifestations Suggestive of Depression in Patients Served with Febrile Illness in Campo Grande (MS) and Dourados (Ms), Brazil

HMR Vieira, EM Ramos… - … of Advances in …, 2023 - science.scholarsacademic.com
Introduction: In Brazil, a country with high temperatures, favorable to the development of the
vector, the mosquito has already become a problem, not only because of Dengue, Zika and …