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    Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS) in a lower-middle income country: A survey from Sri Lanka.
    (SAGE Publications, 2023) Rohanachandra, Y.M.; Chandradasa, M.; Dahanayake, D.M.A.
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    Age-related changes in adaptation to severe anemia in childhood in developing countries
    (National Academy of Sciences, 2007) O Donnell, A.; Premawardhena, A.; Arambepola, M.; Allen, S.J.; Peto, T.E.; Fisher, C.A.; Rees, D.C.; Olivieri, N.F.; Weatherall, D.J.
    Severe forms of anemia in children in the developing countries may be characterized by different clinical manifestations at particular stages of development. Whether this reflects developmental changes in adaptation to anemia or other mechanisms is not clear. The pattern of adaptation to anemia has been assessed in 110 individuals with hemoglobin (Hb) E beta-thalassemia, one of the commonest forms of inherited anemia in Asia. It has been found that age and Hb levels are independent variables with respect to erythropoietin response and that there is a decline in the latter at a similar degree of anemia during development. To determine whether this finding is applicable to anemia due to other causes, a similar study has been carried out on 279 children with severe anemia due to Plasmodium falciparum malaria; the results were similar to those in the patients with thalassemia. These observations may have important implications both for the better understanding of the pathophysiology of profound anemia in early life and for its more logical and cost-effective management.
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    Depression intervention in resource-poor regions
    (Royal College of Psychiatrists, 2004) Kuruppuarachchi, K.A.L.A.; Wijeratne, L.T.
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    Obstetrics and Gynaecology in the developing world
    (Blackwell Scientific Publications, 1996) Gunasekera, P.C.; Wijesinghe, P.S.
    No abstract available Comment on: Br J Obstet Gynaecol. 1996 Jun;103(6):491-3.,
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    A Two-year follow-up study of alcohol dependent men rehabilitated at a special unit in a developing country
    (Churchill Livingstone, 1992) de Silva, H.J.; Peiris, M.U.P.K.; Samarasinghe, D.S.; Ellawala, N.S.
    Two hundred and thirty-four alcohol dependent men who had all failed to improve after previous hospital-based interventions were admitted to an intensive 6-week residential rehabilitation programme conducted at a special unit in Sri Lanka. Outcome was assessed at 2 years post-treatment, and 36% of dependent persons remained totally abstinent. During an extended period of follow-up (mean 39.2 months) a significant association was found between abstinence and having a life partner, stable family support, a higher income and regular employment. However, there was no significant association between abstinence and age, duration of alcohol dependence, level of education or type of employment. Although the majority of alcohol dependent persons did not benefit from the programme, our results compare favourably with those of similar studies done in developed countries.
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