Mental health legislation in Sri Lanka: the time for change is now

Despite a history of being subjected to mental health legislation for over a hundred years, Sri Lanka relies on these archaic laws to implement its present day services when most other countries in the region which have enacted recent reforms. This has resulted in discrepancies in service delivery a...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Rajiv Weerasundera
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sri Lanka College of Psychiatrists 2011-12-01
Series:Sri Lanka Journal of Psychiatry
Online Access:http://www.sljol.info/index.php/SLJPSYC/article/view/4037