“Common Mental Disorders”

About Author – Dr.W.A.L.Wickramasinghe  MB.BS, MD Psych, FSLCPsych.

                             Former Senior Consultant Psychiatrist,

                             Nation Hospital, Kandy. From 1994 to 2017.

                             Having a vast clinical experience over 35 years.

About Book – There is a severe scarcity of books on mental disorders, specially in Sinhala language. This book will hopefully fulfil that requirement to a  great extent. This book can be used as a hand book/text book for many categories of Health Care Workers. This knowledge would help to reduce stigma for mental disorders among HCWs and general public. Its’ cover page has a special meaning, which is described in the introduction. After reading this book, those who wish to study more on a particular mental disorder, can refer a detailed resource.

                           This book has 12 chapters and 211 pages. It describes about 80 com

mon mental disorders in simple Sinhala language. There are 3 different chapters on child neuro-psychology, forensic psychiatry and information for mental patients and their carers.

For Whom This Book is-

                             1.Docters/Medical Students

                             2.Nurses/Nursing Students

                             3.Family Health Workers/Their Students

                             4.Counsellors/Their Students

                             5.Those who are in the law field

                             6.School/Pre-School teachers

                             7.School children especially G.C.E.A/L

                              8.Mental Health Service Users

                              9.Carers of Mental Patients

ISBN NO. – 978 – 955 – 31 – 2498 – 2

Book is available for sale in Sarasavi book shops islandwide.