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Mental Health Workshops |
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PRDA in collaboration with the Institute of Psychiatry, Angoda
organized three training workshops for mental health
professionals and workers in Sri Lanka. The workshops were held
from 21st to 26th January 2008 at the
Institute of Psychiatry, Angoda. The three workshops were; |
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Trans-cultural and Social Psychiatry Course – 21st
and 22nd January |
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Trauma and Mental Health workshop – 23rd
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Research Methods in Mental Health workshop – 24th
– 26th January |
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Each
workshop was attended by more than 70 participants, which
included psychiatrists, trainee psychiatrists, social workers,
counsellors, academics, researchers and representatives of NGOs.
All three workshops were conducted by a team of resource persons
from the McGill University and the Douglas Mental Health
University Institute in Montreal, Canada. The Colombo Office of
the WHO and the McGill University supported the logistical
arrangements. |
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These training workshops were part of the Trauma and
Global Health (TGH) programme of the McGill University
whose Sri Lankan partner for the
current
four-year programme is PRDA. Dr. Suman Fernando,
Psychiatrist based in UK is the consultant to the Sri
Lanka programme. |
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Lighting the traditional oil lamp at the
inauguration of the mental health workshops at Angoda |
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| Dr.
Suman Fernando, Consultant to Teasdale-Corti Project,
Mr. Sunimal Fernando, Advisor to H.E. the President and
Dr. Duncan Pederson, resource person from McGill stand
to light the traditional oil lamp at the worksho
inauguration. |
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| Dr.
Duncan Pederson, McGill Resource Person delivering a
presentation |
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