Prof. Dewasmika Indrapali Ariyasinghe
Professor in Psychiatry
 
Publications
  1. Hasanthi C. Abhayaratna, Dewasmika I. Ariyasinghe, Pabasari Ginige, Miyuru Chandradasa, K. Supuni Hansika, Anshu Fernando, Swarna Wijetunge, Tharaka L. Dassanayake, Psychometric properties of the Sinhala version of the Swanson, Nolan, and Pelham rating scale (SNAP-IV) Parent Form in healthy children and children with ADHD, Asian Journal of Psychiatry, Volume 83, 2023,

  2. Pethiyagoda AUB, Pethiyagoda K, Ariyasinghe DI, Wijesinghe S, Dimiyawa KM, Wijethunga TM. Relationship between Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms and Emotional State among a Sample of Clinic Attendees of a Tertiary Care Center in Central Sri Lanka. Archives of Nephrology and Urology 4 (2021): 143-150

  3. Dassanayake TL, Baminiwatta, A. and Ariyasinghe, D.I. Demographically-adjusted normative data for Symbol Digit Modalities Test (SDMT) among Sri Lankan adults. Sri Lanka Journal of Psychiatry. 2021;12(1):07

  4. Tharaka Lagath Dassanayake , Chandana Hewawasam , Anuradha Baminiwatta , Narendra Samarasekara & Dewasmika Indrapali Ariyasinghe (2020): Sex-, age- and education-adjusted norms for the WHO/UCLA version of the Rey Auditory Verbal Learning Test for Sinhala-speaking Sri Lankan adults, The Clinical Neuropsychologist, DOI: 10.1080/13854046.2020.1829069

  5. Dassanayake TL, Ariyasinghe DI. Sex-, age- and education-adjusted norms for Cambridge Neuropsychological Test Automated Battery for Literate Sri Lankan Adults. The Clinical Neuropsychologist. 2019

  6. Fernando, A.M., Godavitharana, A.M.M., Pathirana, S., Tennakoon, S., Ariyasinghe, D. and Rajapakse, T.N., 2017. Stigma experienced by persons diagnosed to have a mental illness - a descriptive study. Sri Lanka Journal of Psychiatry, 8(2), pp.24-28. DOI: http://doi.org/10.4038/sljpsyc.v8i2.8157

  7. Dewasmika Ariyasinghe, Ranil Abeysinghe, Prabhash Siriwardena, Tharaka Dassanayake: Prevalence of Major Depressive Disorder Among Spouses of Men Who Use Alcohol in a Rural Community in Central Sri Lanka - Alcohol and Alcoholism (DOI: 10.1093/alcalc/agu105)

  8. D Ariyasinghe, R Abeysinghe Catatonia following abrupt discontinuation of clozapine- Sri Lanka Journal of Psychiatry 2014; 5(2) 27-28
Abstracts
  1. Baminiwatta AKAB, Ariyasinghe DI, Hewawasam C, Dassanayake TL: Ray Auditory Verbal Learning Test (RAVLT), Age, sex and education adjusted Sri Lankan norms-The KSM Annual Academic Sessions, 2020

  2. Gunathilake CT, Attanayake AMDLK, Hettiarachchi GB, Ariyasinghe DI, Kumarasiri PVR, Nithya G, Hewavithan PB: Association of ultrasonographic features of kidneys with duration of lithium exposurein patients with bipolar affective disorder - Annual Academic Sessions, KSM, 2020

  3. Dewasmika Ariyasinghe, Badra Hewavithana, Nishantha Nanayakkara, Ranjith Kumarasiri, Thilanka Senevirathne: Adverse effects of long term lithium maintenance therapy on kidneys in patients with bipolar affective disorder: Preliminary Findings– Sri Lanka College of Psychiatrists’ Annual Academic Sessions 2019

  4. Fernando, A.M., Godavitharana, A.M.M., Pathirana, S., Tennakoon, S., Ariyasinghe, D. and Rajapakse, T.N., 2017. Stigma experienced by persons diagnosed to have a mental illness – a descriptive study: Annual Academic Sessions, Sri Lanka College of Psychiatrists, 2017

  5. Dewasmika Ariyasinghe, Tharaka Dassanayake: Normative data for Cambridge Neuropsychological Test Automated Battery (CANTAB) for Sri Lankans: changes of cognitive functions from adolescence to late adulthood - World Psychiatric Association (WPA) World Congress, Berlin 2017

  6. Dewasmika Ariyasinghe, Tharaka Dassanayake, Ranil Abeysinghe: Depression among women who are spouses of men with alcohol related problems (ARPs) in rural Sri Lanka – Regional Congress of the World Psychiatric Association, Hong Kong 2014

  7. Dewasmika Ariyasinghe, Tharaka Dassanayake, Ranil Abeysinghe Prevalence of depression among spouses of patients with alcohol-related problems in two villages of the Central Province of Sri Lanka – Sri Lanka College of Psychiatrists’ Annual Academic Sessions 2012
Other Presentations in International Conferences
  1.  Reducing maternal suicides in resource-limited settings: A fallacy, dream or reality? World Psychiatric Association (WPA) World Congress, Berlin 2017
 
Books Published/ Chapters in Books
  1. 'You and Your mental Health' - Sarasavi Publishers

  2. 'ඔබ සහ ඔබගේ මානසික සෞඛ්‍යය' (Oba saha obage maanasika saukhyaya) - Sarasavi Publishers

  3. "What to do?" in Psychiatry, a book for primary care medical officers -.The Chapter on 'Caring for elderly people in the community'

  4. The editor of the Sinhala chapters of the book කොවිඩ් හමුවේ ඔබේ මානසික සුවතාව-සෞඛ්‍ය සේවකයන්ට අත්වැලක් (Psychological Wellbeing during the Covid crisis – A Guide to Health Care Workers)
 
Paper Articles
  1. Sexuality and sexual health (http://www.island.lk/index.php?page_cat=article-details&page=article-details&code_title=177111)

  2. Faces of depression (http://island.lk/index.php?page_cat=article-details&page=article-details&code_title=179854)

  3. Caring for a patient with dementia
    1. Part 1 - http://www.island.lk/index.php?page_cat=article-details&page=article-details&code_title=182084 (26.03.2018)
    2. Part 2 - http://www.island.lk/index.php?page_cat=article-details&page=article-details&code_title=182135 (27.03.2018)

  4. Understanding sexuality during youth (http://www.dailymirror.lk/medicine/Understanding-sexuality-during-youth/308-1491965)

  5. Schizophrenia (http://www.island.lk/index.php?page_cat=article-details&page=article-details&code_title=210071)

  6. What is bipolar disorder? (http://www.island.lk/index.php?page_cat=article-details&page=article-details&code_title=204649)

  7. Alcohol: How much is too much? (http://www.dailymirror.lk/opinion/Alcohol%3A-How-much--is-too-much-/172-163330)

  8. What is stress? (http://www.island.lk/index.php?page_cat=article-details&page=article-details&code_title=211154)
 
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