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Clinical psychology in a medical setting in Sri Lanka

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

Piyanjali de Zoysa
Piyanjali de Zoysa*
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Department of Psychological Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Colombo, Sri Lanka, email ptdz@sltnet.lk
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It is my observation that Sri Lankan clinical psychologists, contrary to international standards, can, at times, be prevented from independent practice by psychiatric colleagues. This paper suggests reasons for the sometimes strained relations between clinical psychology and psychiatry and discusses the future of the profession in Sri Lanka. An important step would be the establishment of separate departments of clinical psychology in the health system, rather than psychologists being situated within departments of psychiatry.

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International Psychiatry , Volume 10 , Issue 1 , February 2013 , pp. 18 - 19
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Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists 2013

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