Miyuru Chandradasa

Employment

• Colombo North Teaching Hospital Consultant Child & Adolescent Psychiatrist
  2019 - Present
• Monash University Faculty of Medicine Nursing and Health Sciences Honorary Senior Lecturer
  2017 - 2020
• University of Kelaniya Faculty of Medicine Professor in Psychiatry
  2014 - Present

Education

• Royal College of Psychiatrists MRCPsych
  2017 - 2018
• University of Colombo MD Psych
  2012 - 2015
• University of Colombo MBBS
  2003 - 2009

Projects & Funding

Projects & funding information is unavailable.

Publications (123)

• Child mental health in the aftermath of the Ditwah cyclone in Sri Lanka
  Sri Lanka Journal of Psychiatry 2026 DOI: 10.4038/sljpsyc.v17i1.8667
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• Depressive symptoms as a predictor of addiction to tile-matching games: A cross-sectional study
  Sri Lanka Journal of Psychiatry 2026 DOI: 10.4038/sljpsyc.v17i1.8666
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• Clozapine for Post-traumatic Stress Disorder: Redefining Treatment Resistance in Soldiers without Psychosis
  Indian Journal of Psychological Medicine 2026 DOI: 10.1177/02537176261469995
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• Sri Lankan School Student and Teacher Perspectives of Adolescent Mental Health and Its Determinants: A Qualitative Exploration
  Healthcare 2026 DOI: 10.3390/healthcare14030311
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• The rise of 'self-diagnosis' in mental health
  Journal of the Postgraduate Institute of Medicine 2026 DOI: 10.4038/jpgim.v12i2.8566
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• Scroll control: Should Sri Lanka enforce a social media ban for minors?
  Sri Lanka Journal of Psychiatry 2025 DOI: 10.4038/sljpsyc.v16i2.8590
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• Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning Approach and Suicide Prevention: A Qualitative Narrative Review
  Preventive Medicine: Research & Reviews 2025 DOI: 10.4103/PMRR.PMRR_121_24
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• Burden of 375 diseases and injuries, risk-attributable burden of 88 risk factors, and healthy life expectancy in 204 countries and territories, including 660 subnational locations, 1990–2023: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2…
  The Lancet 2025 DOI: 10.1016/s0140-6736(25)01637-x
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• Global age-sex-specific all-cause mortality and life expectancy estimates for 204 countries and territories and 660 subnational locations, 1950–2023: a demographic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2023
  The Lancet 2025 DOI: 10.1016/s0140-6736(25)01330-3
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• Global burden of 292 causes of death in 204 countries and territories and 660 subnational locations, 1990–2023: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2023
  The Lancet 2025 DOI: 10.1016/s0140-6736(25)01917-8
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