Training program of development officers on identification and management of mental illnesses in the community
Death cannot be prevented. But suicide is preventable. Why suicide is done? Any reason for suicide can be affected. Mental causes such as depression, arthritis, personality disorders, alcohol and drug use, depressive mental causes can be affected. Even though such reasons are behind suicide, we have to do to avoid a deliberate action by preparing plans for a long time knowing that death will be dying aimed at death. Also for some other reason a person will initiate suicide due to depression or unbearable mental stress. His or her broken mind needs to be treated to prevent this situation. Counseling is very important for that. Such mental illnesses ending from death are not detected or not properly treated, or the patient's life ended by regular suicide.
Due to mental illness is a less and more incident in many countries in the world. No country in the world can take the value of suicide to zero. If it could, it would be a world record that joins the dream book. It was in 1995 that the eyes of the responsible for the suicide in Sri Lanka started opening. When Sri Lanka won the World Cup in 1996 and set the world record, Sri Lanka set a world record in the second place in suicide from all countries in the world in the previous year. That's 100000 : 47 ratio. Sri Lanka is having a difficult situation to reduce its percentage of suicide and is currently trying to gradually reach a lower rate. Government expects to take a rate below 100000 : 11.6 by 2030 to further reduce this situation.
Kegalle district is also continuing to conduct mental illness detection programs in the communities conducted at the district level to reduce the loss of lives in Sri Lanka in such a situation, such programs are continuing to be conducted by informing the public through these programs and receiving treatment of one person. There should be a mana restaurant to save life. This program which goes beyond the work and a skillful work was held today by Kegalle Assistant District Secretary Malsha L. District Secretariat Office at the auditorium under the leadership of Mrs. Priyadarshani.
The aim is to refer patients with mental health issues in Kegalle district to receive treatment and to systematically transfer patients to the clinics who are currently receiving treatment, and to systematically transfer patients to the clinics and apply them in the field and to perform their tasks. This program was held to be done.
3 officers from Yatiyanthota, Bulathkohupitiya and Aranayaka Divisional Secretariat offices and 4 officers from other regional secretariat offices attended the program and here as resource providers of mental health medical medical medical doctor office Officer Dr. Suranjanika Gunathilaka, Mental health nurse officer Sri Lal Mandanayake at Kegalle Central Hospital attended.
All officers from the District Training Unit including development officers from the local secretariat attended the program organized by the District Training Unit as the second phase of training development officers on mental illness identification and management in the community.
