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| Athula SumathipalaSummaryAffiliation: King's College London Country: UK Publications
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Establishing a twin register in Sri LankaA Sumathipala
Section of Epidemiology and General Practice, Institute of Psychiatry, Kings College, University of London, UK
Twin Res 3:202-4. 2000..Establishing a twin register for research purposes has proved possible in a developing country...
Cognitive-behavioural therapy v. structured care for medically unexplained symptoms: randomised controlled trialA Sumathipala
Section of Epidemiology, Institute of Psychiatry, De Crespigny Park, London, UK
Br J Psychiatry 193:51-9. 2008..A pilot trial in Sri Lanka among patients with medically unexplained symptoms revealed that cognitive-behavioural therapy (CBT) administered by a psychiatrist was efficacious...- Understanding the explanatory model of the patient on their medically unexplained symptoms and its implication on treatment development research: a Sri Lanka StudyAthula Sumathipala
Department of Health Services and Population Research, Institute of Psychiatry, Kings College, De Crespigny Park, London SE5 8AF, UK
BMC Psychiatry 8:54. 2008..Our aim was to elicit the illness perceptions of patients with MUS in Sri Lankan primary care to modify and improve a CBT intervention... - Informed consent in Sri Lanka: a survey among ethics committee membersAthula Sumathipala
Kings College, University of London, Institute of Psychiatry, De Crespigny Park, Denmark Hill, London SE5 8AF, UK
BMC Med Ethics 9:10. 2008..Aim of this study was to identify opinions and views of the members serving in ethical review and ethics committees in Sri Lanka on informed consent, essential components in the information leaflet and the consent form... - Ethics Review Committee approval and informed consent: an analysis of biomedical publications originating from Sri LankaAthula Sumathipala
Kings College, Institute of Psychiatry, Health Services and Population Research Department, De Crespigny Park, London SE5 8AF, UK
BMC Med Ethics 9:3. 2008..This study aimed to determine to what extent ERC approval and informed consent procedures are documented in locally and internationally published human subject research carried out in Sri Lanka... - What is the evidence for the efficacy of treatments for somatoform disorders? A critical review of previous intervention studiesAthula Sumathipala
Department of Health Services Research, Kings College, University of London, London, UK
Psychosom Med 69:889-900. 2007..To review published literature for the highest level of evidence on the efficacy of treatment for patients with medically unexplained symptoms... - Management of dead bodies as a component of psychosocial interventions after the tsunami: a view from Sri LankaA Sumathipala
Section of Epidemiology, Institute of Psychiatry, King s College London, UK
Int Rev Psychiatry 18:249-57. 2006.... - Challenges in recruiting older twins for the Sri Lankan twin registryAthula Sumathipala
Section of Epidemiology, Institute of Psychiatry, Kings College, University of London, UK
Twin Res 6:67-71. 2003..Migration, urbanization and development in the country might have affected tracing older twins from the birth record addresses, which were decades old... - Capacity building through multi-disciplinary research: a report from Sri LankaAthula Sumathipala
Institute of Psychiatry, King's College, University of London, UK
Br J Psychiatry 183:457-8. 2003 - Qualitative researchAthula Sumathipala
Section of Epidemiology, Institute of Psychiatry, Kings College, University of London, Denmark Hill London, SE5-8AF, UK
Ceylon Med J 48:136-9. 2003 - Do patients volunteer their life weariness and suicidal ideations? A Sri Lankan studyAthula Sumathipala
Sri Jayewardenepura General Hospital, Nugegoda, Sri Lanka
Crisis 25:103-7. 2004..This study examined whether patients harboring suicidal thoughts or life weariness would volunteer them. It also examined the relationship between life weariness, suicidal ideations, and the probability of underlying CMD... 
Under-representation of developing countries in the research literature: ethical issues arising from a survey of five leading medical journalsAthula Sumathipala
Section of Epidemiology, Institute of Psychiatry, Kings College, London SE5 8AF UK
BMC Med Ethics 5:E5. 2004..It is widely acknowledged that there is a global divide on health care and health research known as the 10/90 divide...- Sri Lankan Twin RegistryAthula Sumathipala
Section of Epidemiology, Institute of Psychiatry, Kings College, University of London, Essex, UK
Twin Res 5:424-6. 2002..Our vision is to establish a multidisciplinary research foundation. Based on our research findings, we plan to build services to cater to needs of twins by working with professionals, statutory services and government policy makers... - Aetiology of fatigue in Sri Lanka and its overlap with depressionHarriet A Ball
MRC Social Genetic and Developmental Psychiatry Centre, Institute of Psychiatry, King s College London, De Crespigny Park, London SE5 8AF
Br J Psychiatry 197:106-13. 2010..Fatigue is a common symptom in Western high-income countries but is often medically unexplained and little is known about its presentation in other populations... - Epidemiology and symptomatology of depression in Sri Lanka: a cross-sectional population-based survey in Colombo DistrictHarriet A Ball
MRC Social Genetic and Developmental Psychiatry Centre, Institute of Psychiatry, King s College London, De Crespigny Park, London, SE5 8AF, UK
J Affect Disord 123:188-96. 2010..This study aimed to examine the characteristic features of depression in Sri Lanka, and to identify environmental risk factors... - Environmental exposures and their genetic or environmental contribution to depression and fatigue: a twin study in Sri LankaHarriet A Ball
MRC Social Genetic and Developmental Psychiatry Centre, Institute of Psychiatry, King s College London, London, UK
BMC Psychiatry 10:13. 2010..These may be best explored in regions with diverse environmental exposures. The current study aimed to explore similarities and differences in such risks contributing to depression and fatigue... - Genetic and environmental contributions to the overlap between psychological, fatigue and somatic symptoms: a twin study in Sri LankaHarriet A Ball
MRC Social Genetic and Developmental Psychiatry Centre, Institute of Psychiatry, King s College London, United Kingdom
Twin Res Hum Genet 14:53-63. 2011..Some aspects of this overlap differ in the South Asian context, but it is not clear whether this is a reporting effect or an underlying difference in experienced illness... 
Reducing the scarcity in mental health research from low and middle income countries: a success story from Sri LankaChesmal Siriwardhana
Institute of Psychiatry, King s College London, UK
Int Rev Psychiatry 23:77-83. 2011..International funding agencies, academics, and other bodies need to address sustaining such initiatives as priorities in reducing scarcity and inequity in mental health research in developing countries...- Revisiting "freely given informed consent" in relation to the developing world: role of an ombudsmanAthula Sumathipala
Kings College, University of London, United Kingdom
Am J Bioeth 4:W1-7. 2004..CONCLUSIONS: The concept of an ombudsman is conceptually and ethically sound and acceptable but the challenges posed by this very same solution to creating a better process of informed consent will have to be faced... - Genetic and environmental etiology of nicotine use in Sri Lankan male twinsHelena M S Zavos
Social Genetic and Developmental Psychiatry Centre, Institute of Psychiatry, Kings College, London, SE5 8AF, UK
Behav Genet 42:798-807. 2012..The results derived from the Causal Contingent Common pathway model (CCC) supported previous findings that show that liabilities to regular smoking and subsequent problem smoking have both shared and specific genetic influences... - Research and clinical ethics after the tsunami: Sri LankaAthula Sumathipala
Section of Epidemiology, Institute of Psychiatry, Kings College, London SE5 8AF, UK
Lancet 366:1418-20. 2005 - Understanding of research: a Sri Lankan perspectiveAthula Sumathipala
Institute for Research and Development, Colombo, Sri Lanka
BMC Med Ethics 11:7. 2010..As a part of a larger study on ethics and informed consent in Sri Lanka, this study aimed to ascertain the level of understanding of 'research' by exploring the views of the public and professionals... - Bioethics in Sri LankaAthula Sumathipala
Forum for Research and Development, Columbo, Sri Lanka
East Mediterr Health J 12:S73-9. 2006..We aim to raise awareness in the scientific community and the general public on ethical, legal and social principles guiding the responsible conduct of research... - Genetic and environmental contributions to depression in Sri LankaHarriet A Ball
MRC Social Genetic and Developmental Psychiatry Centre, Institute of Psychiatry, King s College London, De Crespigny Park, London SE5 8AF, UK
Br J Psychiatry 195:504-9. 2009..Susceptibility to depression results from genetic and non-familially shared environmental influences in high-income, Western countries. Environments may play a different role for populations in different contexts... - Colombo Twin and Singleton Study (CoTASS): a description of a population based twin study of mental disorders in Sri LankaSisira H Siribaddana
Sri Lanka Twin Registry, Institute of Research and Development, Battaramulla, Sri Lanka
BMC Psychiatry 8:49. 2008..This paper presents the rationale for the study, describes its context, and the methods for twin ascertainment and data collection... - Update from Sri Lankan Twin Registry: establishment of a population-based twin register and ongoing project on common mental disorders, alcohol abuse and suicidal ideationsSisira Hemananda Siribaddana
Sri Lanka Twin Registry, Institute of Research and Development, Battaramulla, Sri Lanka
Twin Res Hum Genet 9:868-74. 2006..After incorporating twins and multiples from various other feasibility studies we now have 19,040 multiples with 8.46 twins per 1000 people in the Colombo district... - Completed suicide among Sinhalese in Sri Lanka: a psychological autopsy studySudath Samaraweera
Community Medicine, Epidemiology Unit, Ministry of Health, Sri Lanka
Suicide Life Threat Behav 38:221-8. 2008..We found it possible to use psychological autopsy methods to obtain information which can inform planned prevention measures...