Scientific Commons: Athula Sumathipala

Understanding the explanatory model of the patient on their medically unexplained symptoms and its implication on treatment development research: a Sri Lanka Study (2008)

Sumathipala, Athula, Siribaddana, Sisira, Hewege, Suwin, Sumathipala, Kethaki, Prince, Martin, Mann, Anthony

Abstract Background Patients with medically unexplained symptoms (MUS) are often distressed, disabled and dissatisfied with the care they receive. Illness beliefs held by patients have a major...

Colombo Twin and Singleton Study (CoTASS): A description of a population based twin study of mental disorders in Sri Lanka (2008)

Siribaddana, Sisira H, Ball, Harriet A, Hewage, Suwin N, Glozier, Nick, Kovas, Yulia, Dayaratne, DARK, ...

Abstract Background The Sri Lankan twin registry is one of the first to be established in a developing country, and its design has ensured sampling from a wide range of environmental conditions. It...

Informed consent in Sri Lanka: A survey among ethics committee members (2008)

Sumathipala, Athula, Siribaddana, Sisira, Hewage, Suwin, Lekamwattage, Manura, Athukorale, Manjula, Siriwardhana, Chesmal, ...

Abstract Background Approval of the research proposal by an ethical review committee from both sponsoring and host countries is a generally agreed requirement in externally sponsored research....

Ethics Review Committee approval and informed consent: an analysis of biomedical publications originating from Sri Lanka (2008)

Sumathipala, Athula, Siribaddana, Sisira, Hewege, Suwin, Lekamwattage, Manura, Athukorale, Manjula, Siriwardhana, Chesmal, ...

Abstract Background International guidelines on research have focused on protecting research participants. Ethical Research Committee (ERC) approval and informed consent are the cornerstones....

Colombo Twin and Singleton Study (CoTASS): A description of a (2008)

Sisira H Siribaddana, Harriet A Ball, Suwin N Hewage, Nick Glozier, Yulia Kovas, Dark Dayaratne, ...

Research article

BMC Psychiatry (2008)

Biomed Central, Athula Sumathipala, Sisira Siribaddana, Suwin Hewege, Kethaki Sumathipala, Martin Prince, ...

Research article Understanding the explanatory model of the patient on their medically unexplained symptoms and its implication on treatment development research: a Sri Lanka Study

Under-representation of developing countries in the research literature: ethical issues arising from a survey of five leading medical journals (2004)

Sumathipala, Athula, Siribaddana, Sisira, Patel, Vikram

Abstract Background It is widely acknowledged that there is a global divide on health care and health research known as the 10/90 divide. Methods A retrospective survey of articles published in the...

Under-representation of developing countries in the research literature: ethical issues arising from a survey of five leading medical journals (2004)

Sumathipala, Athula, Siribaddana, Sisira, Patel, Vikram

Under-representation of developing countries in the research literature: ethical issues arising from a survey of five leading medical journals

Sumathipala, Athula, Siribaddana, Sisira, Patel, Vikram

Methods used for suicide vary between regions in the developing world

Patel, Vikram, Sumathipala, Athula

Under-representation of developing countries in the research literature: ethical issues arising from a survey of five leading medical journals

Sumathipala, Athula, Siribaddana, Sisira, Patel, Vikram

Methods used for suicide vary between regions in the developing world

Patel, Vikram, Sumathipala, Athula

Ethics Review Committee approval and informed consent: an analysis of biomedical publications originating from Sri Lanka

Sumathipala, Athula, Siribaddana, Sisira, Hewege, Suwin, Lekamwattage, Manura, Athukorale, Manjula, Siriwardhana, Chesmal, ...