Symptoms of anxiety and depression in adolescent students; a perspective from Sri Lanka

• Main Authors: Wijeratne Thilina (Author), Gurusinghe Jayantha (Author), Welgama Srina (Author), Rodrigo Chaturaka (Author), Jayananda Gamini (Author), Rajapakse Senaka (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2010-03-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Sri Lanka recorded an extraordinary high suicide rate for adolescents aged 15 - 19 in the early 1990s (46.5/100,000). With this in perspective, the Ministry of Health in Sri Lanka recommends school programmes for adolescents by menta...