Around 37,500 Children With Development Disorders reported From the Country-Only 4 Child Psychiatrists In The Country To Treat Them

Annually nearly  37,500 children will be added to the burden of development disorders in Sri Lanka but  only 4 Child Psychiatrists are available here to treat these children according to the Director Of Mental Health in Ministry Of Health,Nutrition And Indigenous Medicine Dr.Chitramali De Silva.

Around 187,500 Sri Lankan Children under 5 years of age may be having some form of development disorder Dr.Silva has stated.

As there is a severe shortage of Child Psychiatrists in the country to treat these children with development disorders the Ministry Of Health has requested the Colombo Post Graduate Institute Of Medicine to increase the number of Doctors training as child psychiatrists  she has revealed.