Author's response to reviews Title: Treating children traumatized by war and Tsunami: A comparison between exposure therapy and meditation-relaxation in North-East Sri Lanka Authors:

Treating children traumatized by war and Tsunami: A comparison between exposure therapy and meditation-relaxation in North-East Sri Lanka

BACKGROUND The North-Eastern part of Sri Lanka had already been affected by civil war when the 2004 Tsunami wave hit the region, leading to high rates of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in children. In the acute aftermath of the Tsunami we tested the efficacy of two pragmatic short-term interventions when applied by trained local counselors. METHODS A randomized treatment comparison was ...

Author's response to reviews Title: 'Understanding the explanatory model of the patient on their medically unexplained symptoms and it's implication on treatment development research: a Sri Lanka Study'. Authors:

Author's response to reviews Title: Pattern of pesticide storage before pesticide self-poisoning in rural Sri Lanka Authors:

Parental care protects traumatized Sri Lankan children from internalizing behavior problems

BACKGROUND Research in war-torn regions has mainly focused on the impact of traumatic experiences on individual mental health and has found high prevalence rates of psychiatric disorders in affected adults and children. However, little is known about the possible protective factors occurring in children's environments in the aftermath of mass trauma. Therefore, we conducted a cross-sectional st...

Smart Grid Solution for the Electricity Needs of North-East Sri Lanka

This paper proposes a smart grid solution for the electricity needs of North and East Sri Lanka (NE-SL); the solution proposed in this paper is a collection of smaller and greener electricity generators, geographically dispersed throughout the NE-SL region. At present, electricity is not available in most of the NE-SL due to the civil war. There is practically no electricity production and dist...