Daya Somasundaram

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Publications

  1. ncbi Possession states in Northern Sri Lanka
    Daya Somasundaram
    Department of Psychiatry, University of Jaffna, Jaffna, Sri Lanka
    Psychopathology 41:245-53. 2008
  2. ncbi Collective trauma in the Vanni- a qualitative inquiry into the mental health of the internally displaced due to the civil war in Sri Lanka
    Daya Somasundaram
    Department of Psychiatry, University of Jaffna, Sri Lanka
    Int J Ment Health Syst 4:22. 2010
  3. ncbi The psychosocial effects of landmines in Jaffna
    Hentry Roche Gunaratnam
    Faculty of Medicine, University of Jaffna, Sri Lanka
    Med Confl Surviv 19:223-34. 2003

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  1. ncbi Possession states in Northern Sri Lanka
    Daya Somasundaram
    Department of Psychiatry, University of Jaffna, Jaffna, Sri Lanka
    Psychopathology 41:245-53. 2008
    ..Possession' is defined here as the experience of being taken over, controlled or occupied by another spirit or force...
  2. ncbi Collective trauma in the Vanni- a qualitative inquiry into the mental health of the internally displaced due to the civil war in Sri Lanka
    Daya Somasundaram
    Department of Psychiatry, University of Jaffna, Sri Lanka
    Int J Ment Health Syst 4:22. 2010
    ..This study explores the long term psychosocial and mental health consequences of exposure to massive, existential trauma...
  3. ncbi The psychosocial effects of landmines in Jaffna
    Hentry Roche Gunaratnam
    Faculty of Medicine, University of Jaffna, Sri Lanka
    Med Confl Surviv 19:223-34. 2003
    ..The 'phantom limb' phenomenon was a striking feature among amputees. The psychosocial impact of landmine injuries has to be considered seriously in rehabilitation work...