Dr Chamara Wijesinghe
MBBS (Colombo), MDPsych(Colombo), MRCPsych(UK))
Senior Lecturer (Grade II)
Department of Psychiatry
Department of Psychiatry
Specialization
- General Adult Psychiatry
Awards and Fellowships
Academic honors:
- Received presidential research awards, vice chancellors awards, Sri Lanka Medical Association and Sri Lanka College of Psychiatrists awards for research
Orations/Guest lectures/Invited Speech/Plenary
- Sir Nicholas Attygalle Memorial Oration Sri Lanka Medical Association
Publications
Book Chapters
Publications in peer reviewed Journals:
- Editor - Psychological wellbeing during the covid crisis : A guide for health workers ISBN 978-624-5882-00-7
- Author - Hedemu Wedemu Suvin Sitimu : Lets Learn to Learn
Publications in peer reviewed Journals:
- Williams, Shehan S., Chamara A. Wijesinghe, Shaluka F. Jayamanne, Nicholas A. Buckley, Andrew H. Dawson, David G. Lalloo, and H. Janaka de Silva. "Delayed psychological morbidity associated with snakebite envenoming." PLoS neglected tropical diseases 5, no. 8 (2011): e1255.
- Wijesinghe, Chamara A., Shehan S. Williams, Anuradhani Kasturiratne, Nishantha Dolawaththa, Piyal Wimalaratne, Buddhika Wijewickrema, Shaluka F. Jayamanne et al. "A randomized controlled trial of a brief intervention for delayed psychological effects in snakebite victims." PLoS neglected tropical diseases 9, no. 8 (2015): e0003989.
- Rodrigo, Asiri, Chamara Wijesinghe, and K. A. L. A. Kuruppuarachchi. "Changes in attitudes toward psychiatry with introduction of a new curriculum: experiences of a Sri Lankan medical school." (2012).
- Isuru, Amila, Asiri Rodrigo, Chamara Wijesinghe, Dileepa Ediriweera, Shan Premadasa, Carmel Wijesekara, and Lalith Kuruppuarachchi. "A randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial on the role of preemptive analgesia with acetaminophen [paracetamol] in reducing headache following electroconvulsive therapy [ECT]." BMC psychiatry 17 (2017): 1-7.
- Wijesinghe, C. A., U. L. N. S. Liyanage, K. G. C. L. Kapugama, W. A. N. P. Warsapperuma, S. S. Williams, K. A. L. A. Kuruppuarachchi, and A. Rodrigo. "“Muddling by googling”–Cyberchondria among outpatient attendees of two hospitals in Sri Lanka." (2019).
- Chandradasa, Miyuru, Chamara Wijesinghe, K. A. L. A. Kuruppuarachchi, and Mahendra Perera. "Near-death experiences in a multi-religious hospital population in Sri Lanka." Journal of religion and health 57 (2018): 1599-1605.
- Baminiwatta, Anuradha, Madhubhashinee Dayabandara, Jayamal De Silva, Thanabalasingam Gadambanathan, Pabasari Ginige, Imalsha Premarathne, Harshini Rajapaksha, Anuprabha Wickramasinghe, Sambasivamoorthy Sivayokan, and Chamara Wijesinghe. "Perceived impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on psychiatric training among final-year medical undergraduates in Sri Lanka: An online survey of students from eight universities." Academic Psychiatry (2022): 1-6.
- Edrisinghe, N., C. A. Wijesinghe, S. S. Williams, and K. A. L. A. Kuruppuarachchi. "Tobacco smoking in persons with schizophrenia followed up at a teaching hospital in Sri Lanka." (2014).
- Kuruppuarachchi, K. A. L. A., and C. A. Wijesinghe. "Suicidal risk assessment and depression." The Ceylon medical journal 54, no. 1 (2009): 31-32.
- Baminiwatta, A., M. Dayabandara, J. De Silva, T. Gadambanathan, P. Ginige, I. Premarathne, H. Rajapaksha, A. Wickramasinghe, S. Sivayogan, and C. Wijesinghe. "Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on final-year undergraduate psychiatry training in Sri Lanka: A nationwide survey among medical students." In AUSTRALIAN AND NEW ZEALAND JOURNAL OF PSYCHIATRY, vol. 56, no. 1_ SUPPL, pp. 235-236. 1 OLIVERS YARD, 55 CITY ROAD, LONDON EC1Y 1SP, ENGLAND: SAGE PUBLICATIONS LTD, 2022.
- Gunathillaka, Kavinda, Chamara Wijesinghe, Trivon Gunasekera, Bhagye Premathilake, Asiri Rodrigo, Arunasalam Pathmeswaran, and Lalith Kuruppuarachchi. "Validation of the internet addiction test (IAT) to Sinhalese and assessment of internet addiction among school children in Sri Lanka." BJPsych Open 7, no. S1 (2021): S27-S27.
- Wijesinghe, C. A., T. N. P. Gunasekera, W. D. B. M. Premathilake, M. D. A. Rodrigo, A. Pathmeshwaran, and K. A. L. A. Kuruppuarachi. "Validation of the Internet Addiction Test (IAT) translated to Sinhala and assessing internet addiction among school children in the Western province of Sri Lanka." (2021).
- Gamage, S. A., C. Wijesinghe, P. Burtner-Freeman, and A. R. Wickramasinghe. "LEVELS AND FACTORS INFLUENCING FINE MOTOR SKILLS OF CHILDREN WITH DOWN SYNDROME IN MATARA DISTRICT OF SOUTHERN SRI LANKA." In JOURNAL OF INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY RESEARCH, vol. 63, no. 7, pp. 729-729. 111 RIVER ST, HOBOKEN 07030-5774, NJ USA: WILEY, 2019.
- Gamage, S. A., C. Wijesinghe, P. Burtner-Freeman, and A. R. Wickramasinghe. "CORRELATION BETWEEN FINE MOTOR SKILLS COMPETENCE AND CLASSROOM ACTIVITY PERFORMANCE OF CHILDREN WITH DOWN SYNDROME IN MATARA DISTRICT, SRI LANKA." In JOURNAL OF INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY RESEARCH, vol. 63, no. 7, pp. 731-731. 111 RIVER ST, HOBOKEN 07030-5774, NJ USA: WILEY, 2019.
- Yasarathna, K., Wijesinghe, C., Jayasuriya, B. and Pathirana, W., 2016. Dissolution incompatibility of paracetamol as a silent dissolution retardent of concomitantly administered drugs.
- Isuru, L. L. A., A. Rodrigo, C. Wijesekera, S. Premasinghe, C. A. Wijesinghe, D. S. Ediriweera, and K. A. L. A. Kuruppuarachchi. "A randomized, double blind, placebo controlled trial on effectiveness of preemptive analgesia with paracetamol on reduction of occurrence of headache after electro convulsive therapy." (2016).
- Rodrigo, A., C. A. Wijesinghe, V. K. Batuwana, B. V. S. Ruwanpriya, H. S. Somadasa, D. G. B. M. S. Dasanayake, and K. A. L. A. Kuruppuarachchi. "DEPRESSION AND ASTROLOGY IN SRI LANKA." In AUSTRALIAN AND NEW ZEALAND JOURNAL OF PSYCHIATRY, vol. 49, pp. 88-88. 1 OLIVERS YARD, 55 CITY ROAD, LONDON EC1Y 1SP, ENGLAND: SAGE PUBLICATIONS LTD, 2015.
- Kuruppuarachchi, K. A. L. A., and C. A. Wijesinghe. "A Case report of child sexual abuse-important points to ponder." (2010).
Professional Contributions
Positions held and holding in academic and scientific bodies :
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Treasurer and council member of the Sri Lanka College of Psychiatrists Former Secretary of the Sri Lanka College of Psychiatrists Honorary Psychiatrist Mel Medura Addictions Centre
Contribution to national development activities :
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Committee member of the National Alcohol and Tobacco Authority
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Member of the medical panel of Sri Lanka Cricket
Contact Details
Department
Psychiatry
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