As the Mentaly Stressed Competitive Enviornment Prevails in the Education Sector,There are only Three Child Psychiatrists for Delivering the Services to the Six Million Child Population in Sri Lanka Says Child and Adolesent Psychiatrist Dr.Mrs.Swarna Wijethunga.Boys are having more Behavioral Problems and Around One Million Children needs to look after According to the Dr.Wijethunga Who is Attached to the Sri Lanka's Largest Children's Hospital The Lady Ridgway Hospital In Colombo.Between 18 to 22 Percent of Children are having Clinicaly Identified Mental Disorders and 17.8 Percent of the Children who reached the Age Five Not developed to Enter the Grade I she stressed.
"There are Large number of Children who are due to face Competitive Exams came to me complaining that they are having Chest Pain,Stomachache and other Disorders but they Don't have any of these except Mental Downfall" She added.Addressing a Media Seminar on Mental Health at the Galle Face Hotel on Tuesday Dr.Wijethunga Further said that Sri Lanka Not Only need to Produce more Child Psychiatrits but also need to prepare and Implement A National Child Mental Health Policy to Curb this situation.
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