Dr. Ruwan M Jayatunge M.D. PhD  My dear friend Gary Noesner—the former FBI agent and the key negotiator during the Waco siege—agreed to conduct a 40-min educational Zoom program for Sri Lankan professionals who are interested in positive communication and hostage negotiations. This is a free session, and we are inviting members from the security […]

Dr Ruwan M Jayatunge M.D. The life is like a Russian roulette Dangerous and unpredictableIt is a game of chance that could end deadlyOften taking foolhardy risksIt’s highly irresponsibleMorally indefensibleBut the end is guaranteedYou cannot escapeWith each click of the gunYour fears intensifyIf you are religiousBehold to your godIf you are an atheistCount on fatalism Anyhow […]

Professor Daya Somasundaram / Dr Ruwan M Jayatunge Prolonged armed conflict in Sri Lanka has created higher rates of mental ailments among the Army personal and members of the LTTE. A significant number of people have been diagnosed with complex forms of PTSD aka Malignant PTSD. These individuals with malignant forms of anxiety have a […]

Dr. Ruwan M Jayatunge  The massive earthquake off the west coast of Indonesia on December 26, 2004, registered a magnitude of nine on the Richter scale. The effect of this earthquake made massive tidal waves that destroyed the coastal belt of northern and southern Sri Lanka. Perhaps this must have been the most catastrophic natural […]

Dr Ruwan M Jayatunge M.D. The Buddhist Jataka Stories and the DSM – based Mental Disorders   By Dr. Ruwan M Jayatunge M.D. PhD   Organized by Buddhist and Pali University  of Sri Lanka Youtube Link ; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2O4B681Cf7A

Ruwan M Jayatunge  Your heart is a hunted mansion Appear menacing and imposingsurrounded by dead trees and plantsThe windows are dark and filled with shadowsWhen I opened the main door, I got a heavy feelingAm I walking towards my ill-fated destiny?I see flickering candles forming shadowsThe hallway is like a holograph of an eventGiving me […]

Dr. Sarath Panduwawala and Dr Ruwan M Jayatunge The ‘Post-War Period’ can be defined as the years following a major war, characterized by significant changes in the individuals as well as in the society. The Eelam War in Sri Lanka erupted in 1983 and ended in 2009. Following these years, Sri Lankan society experienced a […]

By Dr . Wasantha Sena Weliange Dr. Upali Peris Dr. Manoj Fernando Dr. Ruwan M Jayatunge Youtube Link ; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IeS1RBhyp1E

Dr Ruwan M Jayatunge M.D. Cannabis; Pros, Cons, Debate, Arguments …Zoom Discussion13th of December (Friday) at 8.30 pm SL Time Discussion panel Dr . Wasantha Sena WeliangeDr. Upali PerisDr. Manoj FernandoDr. Ruwan M Jayatunge Link ;  https://us05web.zoom.us/j/81288753119?pwd=6a4ujcxOH6MrUDD1bTY3s45zURiTxq.1  https://us05web.zoom.us/j/81288753119?pwd=6a4ujcxOH6MrUDD1bTY3s45zURiTxq.1

Dr Ruwan M Jayatunge M.D. According to the Western chronological records, the first patients who showed PTSD-like symptomatology were recorded in 1666. These records were based on Samuel Pepy’s diary, which described the bizarre behavior pattern of the survivors of the Great Fire of London.  Samuel Pepy vividly portrayed the nightmares, intrusions and flashbacks experienced […]

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By Dr. Ruwan M Jayatunge M.D PhD YouTube PresentationOrganized by Dr. Vipula Wanigasekara and Team Link ; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eJipXqSE8gc

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Ruwan M Jayatunge M.D. PhD  Crash is a 2004 American movie that discusses racial relations in America. The movie is about racial and social tensions in Los Angeles and was inspired by real-life events. Crash received several awards and nominations.  Self-Fulfilling Prophecy and the Movie Crash”  (a)    The self-fulfilling prophecy is a self-made assumption based on future events, and […]

By Ruwan M Jayatunge M.D. PhD Organized by  the  Wayamba University of Sri Lanka

Ruwan M Jayatunge M.D PhD Toronto Canada I was amazed by seeing “Fiddler on the Roof,” a musical drama at the Lionel Wendt last night. This stunning drama was directed by Jerome L. de Silva. This musical was based on the 1971 film “Fiddler on the Roof, directed by Norman Jewison. The film is based on Tevye, a […]

Ruwan M Jayatunge M.D. Prasanna Withanage’s newest movie, “Paradise,” is based on several elements. The movie discusses racial relations in a multiethnic country.  An Indian couple (Amritha and Kasav ) visits Sri Lanka during the height of the socio-economic drawbacks and encounters a nightmare. Their main aim is to see the places associated with the […]

Ruwan M Jayatunge M.D. PhD The Prague German writer Franz Kafka wrote some of the most brilliant, disturbing, difficult, harrowing, and prophetic literature of the twentieth century (Hoffman, 1974) and his literary genius was discovered posthumously. Franz Kafka is a complex, even absurd, author, difficult to understand unless the reader is prepared to penetrate the […]

 Ruwan M Jayatunge M.D. PhD  Sex is a basic human need, common to all people at all times (Shokeir &, Hussein, 2004) and exclusively a biological function, defined based on that individual’s individuality and socio-cultural background (Kumarasinghe et al., 2022). Ancient Sri Lankans had varied sexual lives. The ancient folklore and texts unveil the traditions […]

 Ruwan M Jayatunge M.D. PhD (in progress)  Recently Dr Mahinda Pathirana of the Sabaragamuwa University of Sri Lanka, made an attempt to explain reincarnation via quantum mechanics. He uses the Buddhist teachings, Milinda / Nagasena debate and some of the ideas of the 2nd Century Buddhist Philosopher Nagarjuna.  He is bringing Quantum entanglement to explain […]

වෛද්‍ය රුවන් එම් ජයතුංග M.D. PhD (in Progress) තමා බෝධිසත්වයෙක් බව කියමින් මිනිසුන් ගෙන් වැඳුම් ගන්නා ඊජිප්තුවේ බල්ලන් බලා ගත් බව කියන පුද්ගලයෙකු සහ ඔහු ගේ කල්ට් එකක් පිලිබඳ රාවයක් මේ දින වල යයි. මෙය යම් පුද්ගලයෙකු හෝ පුද්ගලයන් පිරිසක් විසින් නළුවන් යොදා කරන කැළනියේ නයා වැනි දේශපාලන උපක්‍රමයක් හෝ යම් මානසික අක්‍රමතාවකට ලක්වූ පුද්ගලයෙකු විසින් […]

Written and Compiled by Ruwan M Jayatunge M.D. PhD (in progress) Reincarnation is the belief that when a person dies, he is reborn again.  Reincarnation is regarded as the mental continuum of an individual. Belief in reincarnation is an ancient phenomenon and exists in many cultures. The Egyptians believed in the soul’s immortality. In India, the concept […]

( වෛද්‍ය රුවන් එම් ජයතුංග විසින් ලියන ලද The Concept of Dukkha” in Buddhist Philosophy ලිපියේ සිංහල පරිවර්තනය. පරිවර්තනය හර්ෂිනී ජයසුන්දර  ) දුක්ඛ” යන බෞද්ධ සංකල්පය මගින් පැවැත්මේ (existence)  සැබෑ ස්වභාවය විස්තර කරයි. එහි ගැඹුරු දාර්ශනික අර්ථයක් ඇත. “දුක්ඛ” යන වචනය බොහො විට වරදවා වටහාගෙන ඇතිවා මෙන්ම වරදවා භාවිත කරද ඇත. “දුක්ඛ” යන වචනයේ අර්ථ්‍ය […]

Ruwan M Jayatunge M.D. PhD (in Progress)  The Buddhist concept of Dukkha” describes the true nature of all existence. It has a profound philosophical meaning.  The term dukka has been commonly misunderstood and misused. The word dukkha means not suffering. Suffering can be found in the pathogenic paradigm. Suffering involves somatic, mental, social, and spiritual forms of distress […]

 Dr. MUPK Peris / Dr. Ruwan M Jayatunge  People with schizophrenia can experience auditory perceptions without external stimuli or for any other rational reasons to explain such an experience. These perceptions known as auditory hallucinations are unintentional and intrusive. For the patients, these sensory perceptions are often compelling and experienced in quality of true perceptions […]

Written and Compiled by Ruwan M Jayatunge M.D. PhD (in progress)  In matters of truth and justice, there is no difference between large and small problems, for issues concerning the treatment of people are all the same., Albert Einstein For treatment, procedures for PTSD in Sri Lanka medications and psychotherapy are widely used. Some prefer to […]

Ruwan M. Jayatunge (A medical Doctor/ Author and an Associate Professor)  Culture consists of traditions, values, customs, folklore,   rituals, and artifacts that help to make meaning of the physical world and its transmitted primarily through language and everyday interactions.  These cultural factors frequently play as trauma buffers and help the victims to come to […]

වෛද්‍ය රුවන් එම් ජයතුංග මෑතකදී ජාතික ජන බලවේගයයේ  ජාතික ලැයිස්තු මන්ත්‍රී ශ්‍රී ලංකා විවෘත විශ්වවිද්‍යාලයේ සමාජ විද්‍යා අධ්‍යයන අංශයේ ජ්‍යෙෂ්ඨ කථිකාචාර්‍ය, ආචාර්‍ය හරිනි අමරසූරිය ගෙන් විශ්ව විද්‍යාල නවක වධය පිලිබඳ ඇයගේ ස්ථාවරය විමසමින් මහාචාර්‍ය හරේන්ද්‍ර සිල්වා, මහාචාර්‍ය සුජීව අමරසේන, මහාචාර්‍ය සිරි හෙට්ටිගේ, මහාචාර්‍ය හිරාන් අමරසේකර සහ පුරවැසි මාධ්‍යවේදියෙකු වන අජිත් පැරකුම් ජයසිංහ හරහා ප්‍රශ්න ඇයට […]

වෛද්‍ය රුවන් එම් ජයතුංග  ෆ්‍රෙඩ්රික් නීට්ෂේ විසින් 1882 දී  රචිත The Birth of Tragedy ( The Birth of Tragedy, Out of the Spirit of Music (Die Geburt der Tragödie aus dem Geiste der Musik) කෘතිය ග්‍රීක ඛේදවාචකයේ මූලාරම්භය තේරුම් කරයි. එසේම දර්ශනවාදය සහ කලාව තරණය කිරීමට ගත් උත්සාහය ඔහුගේ පළමු කෘතිය  මගින් පෙනී යයි.  එක් ආකාරයකින්  The Birth of Tragedy 5 වැනි සියවසේ […]