{"id":52155,"date":"2016-02-18T14:01:31","date_gmt":"2016-02-18T21:01:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/?p=52155"},"modified":"2016-02-18T14:01:31","modified_gmt":"2016-02-18T21:01:31","slug":"shell-shock-to-palali-syndrome-ptsd-sri-lankan-experience","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/2016\/02\/18\/shell-shock-to-palali-syndrome-ptsd-sri-lankan-experience\/","title":{"rendered":"Shell Shock to Palali Syndrome- PTSD Sri Lankan Experience"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Author- Dr Ruwan M Jayatunge \u00a0<\/b><\/em><\/span><\/h2>\n

Published by Godage International Publishers (Pvt.) Ltd<\/b><\/em><\/span><\/h2>\n
Shell Shock to Palali Syndrome is an impressive endeavour to put together all experiences from different dramatic and tragic situations in war impacted society. This book is for me the monumental example of sufferings all kinds of disasters were tormenting people, leaving heavy consequences on actual and future generations. This takes the description and elaboration of all sufferings onto highest priority of mental health policy of Sri Lanka.<\/div>\n
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\u00a0Comparing similar experiences from other countries, former Yugoslavia included, it can be seen that all sufferings are on common denominator of human condition. In that way we can be compassionate with other human beings regardless of their cultural characteristics. This is of utmost importance when we are planning and organizing help for these psychologically traumatized people, and our experiences on a professional level become comparable.<\/div>\n
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\u00a0Shell Shock to Palali Syndrome is a very powerful book on human suffering, either caused by man-made or natural disasters, that were overwhelming Sri Lanka during last several decades. The long shadows of traumatic experiences should be recognised and treated, because time proved not to be a general healer, it fails to heal all wounds. Dr Ruwan Jayatunge and his colleagues and teams are drawing upon their experience, knowledge and newly gained wisdom in helping traumatized people to mourn losses and to open up the processes of transformation from hatred and violence to empathy.<\/div>\n
Prof. Ivan Urli\u0107, M.D., Ph.D.,\u00a0<\/b><\/div>\n
Neuropsychiatrist, group analyst, Medical School, University of Split, Croatia<\/b><\/div>\n
KUDOS to Dr . Ruwan M Jayatunge for his astute clinical descriptions of the impact of combat. His cultural sensitivity of combat related trauma is a welcomed contribution.<\/div>\n
Professor Donald Meichenbaum -Research Director of the Melissa Institute for Violence Prevention: Miami USA<\/b><\/div>\n
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In this fascinating book, Dr. Ruwan M. Jayatunge develops a caleidoscopic perspective which clearly shows that PTSD is not a western culture-bound syndrome\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n
Professor Onno van der Hart – Utrecht University, Utrecht, Netherlands\u00a0<\/b>\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n
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Dr. Ruwan M. Jayatunga persuasively describes the psychological wounds of war. His book is remarkable for its comprehensiveness and historical research. This is a significant contribution to the literature.<\/div>\n
Professor Roger Brooke -Director, Military Psychological Services Duquesne University USA<\/b><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Author- Dr Ruwan M Jayatunge \u00a0 Published by Godage International Publishers (Pvt.) Ltd Shell Shock to Palali Syndrome is an impressive endeavour to put together all experiences from different dramatic and tragic situations in war impacted society. This book is for me the monumental example of sufferings all kinds of disasters were tormenting people, leaving […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[68],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-52155","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-dr-ruwan-m-jayatunge-m-d"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52155","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=52155"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52155\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=52155"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=52155"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=52155"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}