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Friday, July 11th, 2025
Dr. Ruwan M Jayatunge and Lt Colonel Ivan Welch, PhD, US Army Combat trauma has affected soldiers throughout history, from ancient times to the modern day. The psychophysical effects of combat have been recorded since the early days of human civilization. From the time of Homer’s ancient story of the battle between the Trojans and the Greeks (1200 […]
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Wednesday, June 4th, 2025
Dr. Ruwan M. Jayatunge M.D. PhD Depression is a mood disorder that can affect adults as well as children. In general terms, depression is an overwhelming feeling of hopelessness, sadness, and lack of self-worth. It is more than a sad feeling. Depression is common among adults. Unlike adults, childhood depression is difficult to distinguish. They […]
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Saturday, May 10th, 2025
Dr. Neil Fernando & Dr Ruwan M Jayatunge Suicide is a psychiatric emergency and needs immediate intervention. It has been recognized as a major health problem and a leading cause of death worldwide. Suicide does not occur in a vacuum; it’s a fatal outcry and a highly complex and multifaceted phenomenon. Suicide is the most […]
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Monday, April 28th, 2025
Dr. Ruwan M Jayatunge M.D PhD In his book Medusa’s Hair: An Essay on Personal Symbols and Religious Experience, Gananath Obeyesekere – Professor of anthropology at Princeton University, discusses profound anthropological and psychological themes. He uses religious symbolism to explain psychopathologies that impact people and their outer society. He applies his knowledge of anthropology to […]
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Thursday, April 17th, 2025
Dr Ruwan M Jayatunge M.D. ප්රභාකරන් තුල ව්යාථවේදී පෞරුෂ සාධක Pathological Personality traits දක්නට ලැබුණි. නමුත් මේ ගැන කතිකාවට බඳුන් වී ඇත්තේ ඉතාම අඩුවෙනි.2004 වසරේ ප්රභාකරන් දේශපාලනමය සහ යුදමය වශයෙන් ඉතා බලවත්ව සිටි අවදියේ දී ඔහුගේ පෞරුෂ සාධක හෙළි කරමින් කරමින් ප්රභාකරන් සාධකය පිලිබඳ මනෝවිද්යාත්මක විශ්ලේෂණයක් යන කෘතිය මම එළි දැක්වුයෙමි. එම ගවේෂණාත්මක කෘතිය මගින් […]
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Saturday, April 12th, 2025
Dr. Ransirini de Silva & Dr. Ruwan M. Jayatunge Boredom is an underexplored but significant emotional state with implications for mental health. In the modern digital age—where attention is continually stimulated and information is instantaneously accessible—the experience of boredom may be more frequent, and perhaps more distressing, than in previous generations. Boredom is a transient […]
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Wednesday, March 26th, 2025
Dr Ruwan M Jayatunge M.D. PhD වරක් මා විසින් ලියන ලද සිංහබාහු කථාවේ මනෝ විද්යාත්මක පාර්ශවය ගැන ලිපිය – Sinhabahu The Paradigmatic Myth Of The Sri Lankan Oedipusකියවූ ප්රංශ ජාතික මනෝ විද්යාඥයෙකු වන Eric Smadja මෙම ලිපිය මහාචාර්ය ගනනාථ ඔබේසේකර වෙත යවන්න යැයි කීවේය. ඒ මන්ද කියා මා විමසූ විට ඔහු කීවේ ගනනාථ ඔබේසේකර යනු […]
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Friday, March 21st, 2025
Dr. Alexandr Dovgan & Dr Ruwan M Jayatunge Complex traumatic events are associated with armed conflict (Coventry et al., 2020), and it has a possible impact on mental health. These conflicts can cause physical, psychological, mental, and spiritual consequences for people (Moreno-Chaparro et al., 2022). Armed conflicts extinguish the social fabric and cause economic and cultural repercussions. Moreno-Chaparro […]
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Monday, February 24th, 2025
Dr Ruwan M Jayatunge M.D. පාතාලය මර්ධනය කිරීම සඳහා හමුදාවෙන් පැන ගිය සොල්දාදුවන් අත් අඩංගුවට ගැනීමට ආරක්ෂක ලේකම් නියෝග කොට තිබේ. ඔවුන් අත් අඩංගුවට ගැනීමට ගැනීමෙන් පමණක් මේ ප්රශ්නය විසඳිය නොහැක. යුද ආතතියට ලක්ව සිටින සහ සමාජ විරෝධී පෞරුෂ ලක්ෂන පෙන්වන කොටස් මනෝ විද්යාත්මක සහ මනෝ සමාජීය පුනරුත්තාපනයට යොමු කල යුතුය. ඒ සඳහා දැණුමක් තිබෙන […]
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Friday, February 21st, 2025
Dr. Sarath Panduwawala and Dr. Ruwan M Jayatunge Metabolic psychiatry is a new field in psychiatry, and it examines mental health issues associated with metabolic dysfunction. Current evidence indicates an association between metabolic dysfunction in the brain and mental illness (Smith, 2024). Metabolic syndrome also has a huge impact on mental health. The metabolic syndrome, […]
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Tuesday, February 4th, 2025
Dr Ruwan M Jayatunge M.D. P Torture and its Psychological / Sociological and Political implications Discussion by Dr Ruwan M Jayatunge M.D. PhD (This program was conducted under the guidance of Stanford University) Link ; Torture and its Psychological / Sociological and Political implications
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Tuesday, January 21st, 2025
Ruwan M Jayatunge M.D. PhD Civilized society is perpetually menaced with disintegration through this primary hostility of men towards one another. Sigmund Freud.Velupillai Prabhakaran (1954–2009) was the leader of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam, and he launched a destructive proxy war against the Sri Lankan government for over nearly three decades. Prabhakaran was the most lethal and cataclysmic force experienced by the […]
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Monday, January 13th, 2025
Dr Ruwan M Jayatunge M.D. දූෂිත වෛද්යවරු සීමිත කණ්ඩායමක් විසින් සිදු කරන මෙම නීති විරෝධී මිනිස් අවයව ජාවාරම දෙවනි වන්නේ මත්ද්රව්ය ජාවාරමට පමණි. වකුගඩු මාෆියාවේ රැකවරණය සහිතව ලියකියවිලි වල සඳහන් නොකර බොහෝ වකුගඩු සැත්කම් රහසින් පුද්ගලික රෝහල් වල සිදු වන බව වාර්තා වේ. මෙම මාෆියාව නිසා මේ වන විට ශ්රී ලංකාව නීති විරෝධී වකුගඩු බද්ධ […]
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Wednesday, January 8th, 2025
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 […]
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Monday, January 6th, 2025
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 […]
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Thursday, December 26th, 2024
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 […]
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Wednesday, December 25th, 2024
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 […]
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Tuesday, December 24th, 2024
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
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Monday, December 23rd, 2024
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 […]
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Thursday, December 19th, 2024
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 […]
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Monday, December 16th, 2024
By Dr . Wasantha Sena Weliange Dr. Upali Peris Dr. Manoj Fernando Dr. Ruwan M Jayatunge Youtube Link ; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IeS1RBhyp1E
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Monday, December 9th, 2024
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
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Sunday, December 1st, 2024
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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Tuesday, November 19th, 2024
By Professor Raj Somadeva and Dr Ruwan M Jayatunge TimeNov 21, 2024 10:30 AM Colombo Meeting ID725 2642 0413 Securitychecked Passcode******** Invite LinkInvite Link https://us04web.zoom.us/j/72526420413?pwd=VrhALeRPERtZdmyvYXDyyTmwoS4lsz.1https://us04web.zoom.us/j/72526420413?pwd=VrhALeRPERtZdmyvYXDyyTmwoS4lsz.1
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Monday, November 18th, 2024
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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Monday, November 11th, 2024
Dr Ruwan M Jayatunge M.D. Odysee Video Link alternative to YouTube : https://player.odycdn.com/v6/streams/90eac9df9ddf5fbd9a76399cd6fa420aa1a74cff/98b48a.mp4
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Thursday, October 31st, 2024
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Saturday, October 26th, 2024
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 […]
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Saturday, October 26th, 2024
By Ruwan M Jayatunge M.D. PhD Organized by the Wayamba University of Sri Lanka
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Tuesday, October 8th, 2024
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 […]
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