Community Psychiatry in a Sri Lankan setting: Should we rush to push the boundaries?
Sri Lanka is preparing to introduce new mental health laws incorporating aspects of community care amidstglobal acceptance of Community Psychiatry as theideal model of service delivery in mental health.However, this model needs to be reviewed not onlybecause of the high financial and human resources...
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| description | Sri Lanka is preparing to introduce new mental health laws incorporating aspects of community care amidstglobal acceptance of Community Psychiatry as theideal model of service delivery in mental health.However, this model needs to be reviewed not onlybecause of the high financial and human resources it requires but also in light of recent reports that ithas not yielded expected results in some developingcountries. A more practical framework, incorporatingthe many specific factors of the milieu in which itoperates, is advocated especially for a country such asSri Lanka with its distinctive advantages and limitations |
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| spelling | doaj.art-55f1c8978fba43308f1780e1e8dd86e12022-12-21T22:27:47ZengSri Lanka College of PsychiatristsSri Lanka Journal of Psychiatry2012-68832010-12-01122728Community Psychiatry in a Sri Lankan setting: Should we rush to push the boundaries?Rajiv WeerasinderaSri Lanka is preparing to introduce new mental health laws incorporating aspects of community care amidstglobal acceptance of Community Psychiatry as theideal model of service delivery in mental health.However, this model needs to be reviewed not onlybecause of the high financial and human resources it requires but also in light of recent reports that ithas not yielded expected results in some developingcountries. A more practical framework, incorporatingthe many specific factors of the milieu in which itoperates, is advocated especially for a country such asSri Lanka with its distinctive advantages and limitationshttp://www.sljol.info/index.php/SLJPSYC/article/view/2568community psychiatrySri Lanka |
| spellingShingle | Rajiv Weerasindera Community Psychiatry in a Sri Lankan setting: Should we rush to push the boundaries? Sri Lanka Journal of Psychiatry community psychiatry Sri Lanka |
| title | Community Psychiatry in a Sri Lankan setting: Should we rush to push the boundaries? |
| title_full | Community Psychiatry in a Sri Lankan setting: Should we rush to push the boundaries? |
| title_fullStr | Community Psychiatry in a Sri Lankan setting: Should we rush to push the boundaries? |
| title_full_unstemmed | Community Psychiatry in a Sri Lankan setting: Should we rush to push the boundaries? |
| title_short | Community Psychiatry in a Sri Lankan setting: Should we rush to push the boundaries? |
| title_sort | community psychiatry in a sri lankan setting should we rush to push the boundaries |
| topic | community psychiatry Sri Lanka |
| url | http://www.sljol.info/index.php/SLJPSYC/article/view/2568 |
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