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Mental health services in Sri Lanka

Part of: BJPsych International Country Profiles Collection

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

Nalaka Mendis
Nalaka Mendis*
Affiliation:
University of Colombo, Sri Lanka, email [email protected]
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Relative to its economic indicators, Sri Lanka has a high health status. The life expectancy in the year 2001 was 70.7 years for males and 75.4 years for females. Maternal and infant mortality rates have shown a downward trend over the past half century and now are around 2.3 per 10 000 live births and 16 per 1000 live births, respectively. These trends are mainly due to the high literacy rate and comparatively large investments made in health and social welfare.

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International Psychiatry , Volume 1 , Issue 3 , January 2004 , pp. 10 - 12
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