souvenir journal

INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON PSYCHOLOGY & ALLIED PROFESSIONS - SRI LANKA 2011

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INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON PSYCHOLOGY &

ALLIED PROFESSIONS SRI LANKA 2011

I C P A P S L 2011

05TH

to 08TH

DECEMBER 2011

“TOWARDS HIGHER ACHIEVEMENT

AND SPIRITUALITY

through

MENTAL PROCESSES

and

BRAIN CULTURE”


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SLAPCAP

Organizer Co-organizer

SRI LANKAN ASSOCIATION UNIVERSITY

FOR OF

PSYCHOLOGY, KELANIYA

COUNSELING AND SRI LANKA

PSYCHOTHERAPY

(S.L.A.P.C.A.P.)


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THE CONFERENCE LOGO

DEPICTION

Symbol Of ‘Psyche’ Depicts Mental Processes

Two Lobes Depict Brain’s Functional Processes (Brain Culture)

‘Globe’ Shape Depicts Universal Brotherhood And Future Hope For The Human Race

Light Blue And Light Green Colours Depict Unconditional Acceptance– Nurtured

Serenity Lasting Inner Healing With Higher Mental Realization

The International Conference on Psychology & Allied Professions

Sri Lanka 2011

Website : www.slapcap.org OR www.icpapsl2011.com E.mail : [email protected]

http://www.slapcap.org/

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CONTENTS PAGE

His Excellency the President of Sri Lanka 05

Hon. Prime Minister of Sri Lanka 06

Vie Chancellor of the University of Kelaniya 07

Professor Emeritus Jitendra Mohan – Panjab University India 08

Message from Organizers of ICPAPSL2011 09

Consultative Council (National and International) 11

Organizing Committee of The International Conference on Psychology and Allied

Professions Sri Lanka 2011 13

Services Profile 15

Keynote Speakers 21

THE PROGRAMME 25

The Programme at a glance 28

Index of Abstracts 30

The Programme in detail 32

Abstracts 40

Presenters / Speakers / Delegates

Final Declaration of the Colombo ICPAPSL2011

A word of thankfulness


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MESSAGE FROM HIS EXCELLENCY

THE PRESIDENT OF THE DEMOCRATIC SOCIALIST REPUBLIC OF SRI LANKA


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MESSAGE FROM

THE HON. PRIME MINISTER

OF THE DEMOCRATIC

SOCIALIST REPUBLIC OF

SRI LANKA

Buddhism as a philosophy and Psychology as a positive science meet together where the mind is

concerned. Both search and seek the reality. Realistically our Sri Lanka is just springing up after a

bitter battle of war for the past nearly 30 years. No more war, no more destruction but we all want

peace and construction.

Human suffering is caused not so much by external traumas per se, but by our responses to these

traumas. These responses are conditioned by mental factors such as desires and fears which may be

denied or repressed. If mental „suffering‟ is caused by an individual‟s reactions to life events rather

than by the events themselves, then that suffering potentially can be relieved through a personal

transformation in which life events are experienced from a different frame of reference.

Peace, happiness and serenity are abstracts that would be experienced by an individual through his

inner forces thus motivating him to achieve higher and higher. Lasting peace, lasting happiness are

to be achieved individually and socially today to be brought forward such experiences to next

generations.

I am so happy to hear about this International Conference on Psychology and Allied Professions

that is hosted in Sri Lanka for the first time. Sri Lanka is an ancient country with a written and

evidence based history of more than 2500 years. Our countrymen has been flourished and

nourished by the wisdom of Buddhist philosophy. Because of the tolerability today Sri Lanka is

seen to be a multi-ethnic and multi-religious country setting up an example to our friendly nations.

I hope and wish that this International Conference be a very successful dialogue where your

mighty knowledge and experience will be brought to one floor so that this may give a message to

our societies.

04th

November


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DESK OF THE VICE CHANCELLOR

UNIVERSITY OF KELANIYA

SRI LANKA

PROFESSOR DR.SARATH AMUNUGAMA

It gives me great pleasure to write a message to the Souvenir Abstract Book of the first

International Conference on Psychology & Allied Professions Sri Lanka 2011. As the Co-

organizer of this great event I feel our University is privileged to share and expand broad

spectrum of experience and knowledge with our Conference delegates.

Psychology is a positive science which gives us the true picture of behaviour of an individual

or a society without being judgmental. All questions related to Why – When – Where – How –

and in What way are well answered in this discipline. When we realize the real situation we

can take measures to overcome, face or conquer day to day challenges of life. This alone

proves that psychology is a scientific disciplines and not merely a ‘philosophy’. Scientific

study is a constant search for truth and meaning.

It is imperative that Sri Lanka after having memories of bitter armed struggle for nearly

thirty years initiates efforts to contextualize our professional experience with collaboration of

our Overseas friends for the benefit of humanity.

Organizing such a great event is no an easy task. I take this opportunity to thank and

congratulate all active organizers of this International Conference for their painful

endeavours. I hope and wish that all concerned will grasp the maximum from this

International Conference and continuity will be carried on to the future.

Professor Dr.Sarath Amunugama

Vice Chancellor

University of Kelaniya,

Sri Lanka.

14th

November 2011


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PROFESSOR EMERITUS JITENDRA MOHAN

PANJAB UNIVERSITY INDIA

" TOWARDS SPIRITUALITY THROUGH MENTAL PROCESSES

AND BRAIN CULTURE"

The eternal spirit to communicate, cooperate and develop flow

through confluence is evident in nature and some times humans also attempt to be together to

gain, grow and glow. Spirituality has beckoned many a sages, saints and messiahs to weave a

fabric giving solace and peace to all. Our limitations, in terms of, geopolitical, linguistic and

visions prevent free flow of thoughts, ideas and beliefs. Many a time we tend to erect borders

even on spiritual issues and common heritage of mankind. Modernization has provided us speed

and reach but requires personal exchanges, conversation and above all togetherness to further joy

and harmony..

It is believed that nothing move faster and more than an idea, probably, this

thought has given us the mission and agenda for the coming International Conference of

Psychology and other Professions to move towards Spirituality through Mental Processes and

Brain Culture. .While I heartily appreciate this endeavor on the part of SRI LANKAN

ASSOCIATION FOR PSYCHOLOGY, COUNSELING AND PSYCHOTHERAPY.

I feel fully involved in this positive effort to invite experts from different professions and lands

to deliberate and evolve specific recommendations and views to enhance the meaning of

psychological well being and spiritual union. I hope and pray for the success of all of us,

including our leaders to develop a road map leading to love, enhancement and deeper purpose of

our living!

Praying with folded hands and inner trust for the success of our conference!

I HOPE ,BELIEVE AND VISUALIZE THAT WHEN MINDS MEET ,THOUGHTS

EMERGE AND THEY CAN CHANGE THE WORLD!

Professor Jitendra Mohan

PRESIDENT :INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY OF MENTAL TRAINING FOR EXCELLENCE

PROFESSOR EMERITUS OF PSYCHOLOGY PRESIDENT: ASIAN ASSOCIATION OF APPLIED PSYCHOLOGY

Department of Psychology, Panjab University Chandigarh-160014 INDIA

Phone : 91 172 2534546 (O) (M) 0091 9876 491 321


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WELCOME!

GREETINGS!

THE INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON PSYCHOLOGY & ALLIED PROFESSIONS

SRI LANKA 2011 (ICPAPSL2011)

Sri Lanka - the ‘Pearl of the Indian Ocean’ is now a very peaceful country with its people’s hospitality and

its nature’s blissful beauty.

Throughout the year we enjoy the green foliage everywhere, and in the middle hilly site of the Island with

ever soothing drifting fog. Sri Lanka flourishes with bluish seas with golden sandy beaches.

While the peoples of Sri Lanka are enjoying the blessings of the Nature, they now long for Higher

achievement towards Spirituality of Humanity.

On behalf of the Council of Management of Sri Lankan Association for Psychology, Counselling, and

Psychotherapy (S.L.A.P.C.A.P.) we very sincerely greet and welcome you to join the :

INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON PSYCHOLOGY AND ALLIED PROFESSIONS SRI LANKA

2011 (ICPAPSL2011)

DECEMBER 5th

to 8th

, 2011

at Hotel Galadari, Colombo, Sri Lanka

The Major Theme is:

“TOWARDS HIGHER ACHIEVEMENT AND SPIRITUALITY THROUGH MENTAL PROCESSES

AND BRAIN CULTURE”

The Reason to select the Major Theme:

Today we find a Great Competition globally. The Economies – Education – Commerce and Trade – Politics

- Information Technology – Science – Medicine – Health – Law – Sports – Professions - Academic fields –

Infrastructure and Constructional developments - even Religious preaching are seen highly competitive.

Through all these competitions, Human being is longing for Inner Happiness. It is not only the material

‘well-being’. The Human Being, with all his complex Biological functions, with all his cognitive, affective

and conative mental processes which are functioned by the amazing cultures (centers) of the brain,

Individually as well as Socially, is striving to attain ‘Inner Happiness’.

There is a huge gap between the ‘privileged’ and the ‘less privileged’, the ‘developed’ and the ‘under-

developed’, the ‘high luxury lives’ and the ‘poorest of the poor’. A thought was emerged:

WITHER THE HUMAN RACE? - WHERE DOES IT GO?

Let us all get together and have a dialogue - search – re-search – investigate to find out the underlying

binding ‘UNIVERSALITY’ of Humanity?

‘HIGHER ACHIEVEMENT’ and ‘SPIRITUALITY’ are well accepted MAJOR THEMETIC TERMS that brings

all of us together. Yes. all under one roof.

The Conference focuses on International, Inter-disciplinary, Inter-academic, Inter-professional approach to

address across life span searching for ‘Inner Happiness’ ‘Inner Healing’ or Higher Mental Process called

‘Spirituality’ as Advancement of Humanity for sustainable global peace.

This Conference would give the Human Race a hope for the future. It would also serve as a ground-channel

of meeting all fields of disciplines (viz: psychology – medicine – law – Commerce & Trade – Banking &

Finance – Construction and Development – Political and Policy Making – Information Technology & Media -

different Academics - Professionals - Social Dignitaries etc.


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We assure you that The Conference will be so Educative, Informative and enriching with Global Knowledge

which enhances International understanding with ‘love’ and ‘kindness’.

Many scientific and practical sessions would give immense benefits to delegates of all corners of the world.

This conference will be a Global Force to open eyes of all Nations towards experiencing ‘Inner Happiness’

for lasting global peace and the wellbeing of Human Family.

With Great Wishes !.

Sincerely,

ORGANIZER - SRI LANKAN ASSOCIATION FOR PSYCHOLOGY,

COUNSELING AND PSYCHOTHERAPY (S.L.A.P.C.A.P.)

CO-ORGANIZER - UNIVERSITY OF KELANIYA – SRI LANKA


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With best wishes for the International Conference on Psychology & Allied Professions Sri Lanka 2011 (ICPAPSL2011)

The Consultative Council Ven. Dr. K. Pannindriya Thero

Dr.Guy Ale - President Lifespan Seminars, USA

Dr.Maria Leventis - Psychiatrist, Psychotherapist, Inspirer and Founder of Global Perceptiveness,

Greece

Dr.Micheal James Irland - Australia

Professor Jitendra Mohan - India

Dr.Aishath Ali Naaz - Consultant Clinical Psychologist - Maldives

Professor Harald Hochgraffe – Germany

Consultant in Social Work – Ms. Esther Abel - Germany

Dr.Hans Vischjager – Consultant Psychotherapist - Netherlands

Prof.Dr.M. Kamal Uddin, Associate Professor of Psychology- Bangladesh

Senior Professor Daya Edirisinghe

Professor W.A.Gnanadasa Perera

Prof. Lakshman Madurasinghe, President ACA-USA

Senior Consultant Psychiatrist Dr.G.S.Gnanasingham

Mr.S.W.Premaratne

Dr.H.R.S.Keerthisinghe

Dr.Ruwan Ferdinando – Consultant Community Physician

Dr. Ms.Anoma Kumarage

Dr .Viraj Ratnayake

Dr.Hakon Inge Stenmark - St.Olav University - Norway

Dr.Aspasia Peppa - Global Perceptiveness, Greece

Dr.Herbert Chiu - City University of Hong Kong

Dr.Lionel K Mandy USA

Ms.Vasantha Chandrasekera

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The Organizing Committee of The International Conference on Psychology & Allied Professions

Sri Lanka 2011

(I C P A P S L 2011)

Registrar General Secretary

Senior Professor W.A. Professor Daya Edirisinghe Gnanadasa Perera

Chair Committees President / Originator Chair International Affairs Dr.H.R.S.Keerthisinghe Professor Lakshman Madurasinghe Dr.G.S.Gnanasingham Dr.A.Balasuriya Chair Affairs Psychological Medicine Academic Review

Committee Committee

Vice President Vice President Mr.Hugo Wisidagama Dr.Hans Vischjager

Vice President Treasurer

Dr.Ruwan Ferdinando Mr.S.W.Premaratne

Chair Acamedic Legal Consultant

Review Committee

Committee Coordinator CommitteConvener

Mr.H.Lalith Perera Mr.K.Senthival

Ms.Vasantha Chandrasekera Ms.W.P.Fonseka

Legal Consultant Committee Assistant

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Assistant Secretary to the President

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Volunteers

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Ms.VH Samanmali Fonseka

Mr.Lalinda Buddhika

Ms. S Dushika Soundararjan

Ms.Devathusyanthini

Mr. Arumugam Ravichandran

Mr.R.Praveen

Ms. Usha Barathee Mylendran

Mr.WM Janaka K Wanasinghe

Mr.MSM Shiraz

Mr.MRM Rikas

Mr.Shenal John

Ms.Nilanka Rajani

Dr.Ms.Anuradha Subashini Wickramaratne


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Services Profile of SLAPCAP

Psychological Counselling & Psycho therapy for the benefit of :

· The Child - School Children

· Adolescents

· Pre-marital

· Family

· Adults

· Senior Citizens

· Conducting Mobile Counselling Clinics – Disaster Victims

· Outreach Psychological Counselling Centres

. Research and Documentation

Rehabilitation Services : “Sahana Sevana” Rehabilitation Home is running since 18 years for the benefit of Mentally and

Physically Disabled Individuals and Psycho-social victims (Residentially and Non-residentially)

without any foreign aid. This Rehabilitation home is incorporated with a Parliament Act in Sri

Lanka.

WELCOME TO

"Sahana Sevana" Rehabilitation Home

(Incorporated with a Parliament Act of Sri Lanka)

No.8, Hekitta Lane, Wattala, Sri Lanka

AUBOWAN WITH BLESSINGS !

CHRISTIANS CONTEMPLATE 'MAITHREE' MEDITATION BY BUDDHISTS

NURSING CARE SING SONG AND HAPPY DANCE

DRAMA THERAPY TRAINING ON MAKING SOFT TOYS


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Mental Relief and De-stress Work-shops for the benefit of :

· Schools

· University Students

· Children‟s Homes

· Prisons

· Commercial Organizations

· Government Institutions

· Nurses‟ Training Schools

· Disabled Personnel in Armed Forces

· Suicide Prevention etc.

Emotional release therapeutic process

Other workshops on request:

· Disaster Stress First Aid (DISFA)

· Stress Inoculation and Healthy Management Work-shops

. Leadership (Managerial )Training workshops

. Youth Leadership Workshops

· Healthy Family Living – Work-shops

· Personality Higher Modification Work-shops

· Anger - Healthy Management Work-shops

· Productivity Enhancement Work-shops

· Healthy Life Management Work-shops

· Employer-Employee Healthy Relationship

. Motivation for Higher Performance

Relaxation for Tsunami survivors De-tramatization process for forces


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Training Programmes:

· Advanced Diploma in Psychological Counselling and Psychotherapy (A.D.Psycho.C.) for

Professionals- – 40 months

· Advanced Diploma in Psychology – 24 months

· Diploma in Psychology – 12 months

· Certificate Programme in Psychology – 06 months

· Advanced Diploma in HR Management & Development – 24 months

· Diploma in Physiotherapy – 20 months

· Diploma in Nutrition and Dietetics – 20 months

· Nurse-aid Training Programme – 06 months

· First-aiders Training Programme – 03 months

· Care-givers for Disabled Training Programme – 03 months

· Also - DEGREE programmes on BSc. M.Sc. upto Ph.D. in Indian Universities – while being

in Sri Lanka - very cost-effective .(Indian Universities are accredited by the UGC-SL and

Commonwealth Universities Codex and International Universities Index)

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Training psychological counsellors



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40 months trained psychological Counsellors - Convocation ceremony

Great Oath of Counsellors Dr.Kashav Dev of India lighting the Blessed Oil Lamp


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INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON PSYCHOLOGY AND ALLIED PROFESSIONS

05TH

TO 08TH

DECEMBER 2011

Keynote Speakers

Professor Sarath Amunugama

Sarath Amunugama, Justice of the Peace, is a leading Sri Lankan Academic ,

who is a Professor of French and is currently the Vice Chancellor of

the University of Kelaniya.

Amunugama received his secondary education at Kingswood College, Kandy and

entered the University of Ceylon before attending University of Sorbonne

III,Paris specializing in modern languages where he gained his Licentiate, Master's and PhD. He

then gain a DESS from the University of Burgundy.

Dr.Maria Leventis

Maria was born at Eleusis.

After finishing the studies in medicine she decided to specialize in psychiatry and

indeed the Second University Clinic of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki,

the most comprehensive curriculum. As Maria saya…” The roads opened through

my education leads me even closer to Socrates' dictum "the one thing I know that

I know nothing," one I know that I know nothing…….But I want to know! Along

with psychiatry, studying the ancient Greek philosophers, history, literature, poetry and various

religious approaches. All add information to my software, but there's always the feeling unfulfilled.

In 2002, she started her Master in Art Therapy. She continues t add….”Among other things, then

started my relationship with art history. With enchants the world of symbols. Focusing on the

decoding of the symbols used in art, religion, philosophy, the morals and customs in daily life. I

feel that I have found many pieces of the puzzle but I still missing something”.

The lecture entitled "Breaking Inner Codes", Ms. Leventis and John will present the innovative

method of Global Antiliptikotitas enlargement of human perception.

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Dr.John Karlaouzos

John was born in Athens.

In 1979, he began his studies at the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology,

Australia. There, with the help of two teachers he continued his research on the

Pythagorean geometric shapes and geometric solids of Plato, to decode the

intelligence involving.

He has travelled widely to all four (4) points of the horizon, Europe, Asia, Africa,

America, aiming to discover the holy knowledge, codified in manners, in customs

and art of peoples.

Dr.Guy Ale

Dr.Guy Ale - President Lifespan Seminars, USA

President Lifespan Seminar, USA http://www.lifespanseminar.com/

Guy Ale was born into a Jewish family, lived in a Muslim country as a child,

and in predominantly Christian societies as an adult. He a member of

International High IQ Society, lived in four countries on three continents, and

speak four languages.

He says that never felt a part of any one religion, and have always felt at one with God. He further

says that he had known how long he would live for the past eighteen years. This insight first came

as a feeling which he mistrusted and suspected, but as it wouldn‟t go away, he gradually have come

to accept and rely on, to the point where it is now a fully articulated philosophy. This philosophy

states that it is in our DNA to sense the amount of energy coursing through us, and that we also

have the ability to regulate this life force.

“The critical thing in terms of creative impulse seems to be that when something aberrant or

unusual happens – either in your life or in your work – that you don‟t ignore it. The easiest thing is

to ignore when something strange happens. The roots of innovation lie in taking seriously and

developing something which nobody else has paid attention to and which you and the rest of the

universe might be inclined to ignore. You need to have a lot of fortitude to do this because most

other people aren‟t going to be giving you a lot of positive signals.” – Professor Howard Gardner of

the Harvard Graduate School of Education.

He believes that the perception of our duration is a latent capacity in us, a genetic feature which is

unknown at this point in our evolution, as the introduction of fire, the invention of flying, and the

discovery of radio waves were before we revealed them.

Over the last eighteen years this awareness has been tested and fortified in reality. It is not a

highfalutin theory but a practical approach to life which enables him to be in the best physical and

mental conditions he had ever been, without the use of drugs, pills, or enhancements of any kind. In

terms of behavior, it prevents anxieties and desperate actions and leads to a more graceful

existence. When we are able to see the entire structure of our life, we are better able to deal with the

everyday challenges we confront build our networks, enhance social capital and work together to

make this planet a better place to live in.

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Dr. Ior Guglielmi

Dr. Ior Guglielmi was born in Verona, and graduated at the University of

Padova, school of medicine, with a thesis on the Physiological and

Clinical effects of Transendental Meditation. He did research studies on

EEG coherence at MERU in Switzerland from 1978 to 1981. He has

studied Maharishi Ayurveda in India with Dr. Brihaspati Dev Triguna, Dr.

V. M. Dwivedi, Dr Kasture, Dr Raju and Dr Balaraj Maharshi in India in

1981, 1986, 2003 and in Holland, 1985, 1986,1987 and 1990. in USA 1994, Swisserland 1989,

1992. He has been chief of staff in health centers and pancha karma in Como,, Limone del Garda

and Verona. He has been president of the Doctor Association for Perfect Health and he is professor

of Maharishi Ayurveda at Maharishi Vedic University and Maharishi European Research

University Holland. He has taught ayurveda to thousands of doctors and pharmacits since 1997. He

has been lecturing on TM, Vedic Science, Maharishi Ayurveda and Maharishi Vedic Astrology all

over Italy and abroad for many years. At the moment he is responsabile for Maharishi Ayurveda in

Italy, Greece, Sri Lanka, Quwait, Barhain, Kazakhstan, Niger and Papua.

Professor Jitendra Mohan

Professor Emeritus of Psychology, Panjab University, Chandigarh.

M.A. Psychology (1962) First Class First, Ph.D in 1966

Former Dean of Faculty of Arts, University Fellow, Chairman (Professor)

of Department of Psychology, Panjab University, Chandigarh

U.G.C Emeritus Fellow (2008-2010)

National Fellow : Indian Council of Social Science Research (2003 – 2005)

Visiting Professor in China, U.K., Malaysia, Iran, Serbia and Turkey.

Publications – Twenty Five. 300 Research Papers & Chapters.

Editor-in-Chief – Asian J. of Psychology and Education, on the Board of 15 Academic Journals.

Guided 76 Ph.D.

Completed 18 Sponsored Research Projects in the field of Applied Psychology.

Delivered 20 Keynote addresses and 100 invited lectures in various International Conferences

and delivered more than 400 lectures in India.

He would love to be viewed as a Psychologist applying his knowledge & skills for excellence

and peace in the world


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PROGRAMME

04th

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05th

December 2011 - 9:00 am to 04.00 pm SECRETARIAT is Opened at Galadari Hotel

Registrations

PROGRAMME ON 05TH

DECEMBER 2011

- 4:30 pm All Participants have to be in their seats in the Main Conference Hall

- Arrival of the Chief Guest

- 05:00 pm – Light of Light – Conventional Oil Lamp

- 05:15 pm – Blessings from Religious Dignitaries

- 05:35 pm - Puja Dance

- 05:40 pm - Welcome Address – Professor Lakshman Madurasinghe

- Objectives of the International Conference – Dr.H.R.S.Keerthisinghe

President-ICPAPSL2011

- Keynote Speech – Professor Dr.Sarath Amunugama – Vice Chancellor University of

Kelaniya

- 06:00 pm - Address – Chief Guest

- 06:20 pm - Vote of Thanks – Senior Professor Daya Edirisinghe

- 06:30 pm - Sri Lanka National Anthem with Mighty Respect for All International

Delegates

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6:45 PM to 08:00 PM - Secretariat is opened for Registrations

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05th

December 2011

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INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON PSYCHOLOGY & ALLIED PROFESSIONS

SRI LANKA 2011

PROGRAMME AT A GLANCE

Monday 05th December 2011 : 08:00 AM to 04:00 PM – Registration at the

Secretariat

05:00 PM to 06:30 PM – Inaugural Opening Ceremony

07:30 PM to 09:30 PM – MEET & GREET – DINNER – ROOM ANTHURIUM

Tuesday 06th December 2011 :

07:00 AM to 09:00AM Registration SECRETARIAT

09:00 AM to09:45 AM KEYNOTE SPEAKER (1)

DR.GUY JOSEPH ALE

MAIN BALLROOM

09:45 AM to 10:30 AM KEYNOTE SPEAKER(2) DR.IOR GUGLIELMI

MAIN BALLROOM

10:30 AM to 11:00 AM MID-MORNING REFRESHMENTS HALL (C)

11:00 AM to 01.:00 PM ACADEMIC SESSIONS HALL (A) and HALL (B)

01:00 PM to 02:00 PM L U N C H ROOM ANTHURIUM

02:00 PM to 02:30 PM WORK SHOP – (4 GROUPS) HALL (A) and HALL (B)

02:30 PM to 03:30 PM ACADEMIC SESSIONS HALL (A) and HALL (B)

03:30 PM to 04:00 PM MID-EVENING REFRESHMENTS HALL (C)


05:00 PM to 05:30 PM EVALUATION HALL (A) and HALL (B)

RELAX


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Wednesday 07TH December 2011 :

09:00 AM to 09:45 AM KEYNOTE SPEAKER (3)

DR.MARIA LEVENTI

MAIN BALLROOM

09:45 AM to 10:30 AM KEYNOTE SPEAKER (4)

DR.IOANNIS KARLAOUZOS

MAIN BALLROOM

10:30 AM to 11:00 AM MID-MORNING REFRESHMENTS HALL (C)

11:00 AM to 01.00 PM ACADEMIC SESSIONS ROOM (A) and ROOM (B)

01:00 PM to 02:00 PM LUNCH ROOM ANTHURIUM

02:00 PM to 02:45 PM KEYNOTE SPEAKER (5)

PROFESSOR JITENDRA MOHAN

MAIN BALLROOM

02:45 PM to 03:15 PM VEDIC / YOGA DEMONSTRATION MAIN BALLROOM

03:30 PM to 04:00 PM MID-EVENING REFRESHMENTS HALL (C)


05:00 PM to 05:30 PM

WORKSHOP DRAFT OF THE

DECLARATION HALL (A) and HALL (B)

07.30 PM to 09.30 PM SOCIO-CULTURAL GET TOGETHER

MULTINATIONAL DINNER WITH ENTERTAINEMNTS

ROOM ANTHURIUM

Thursday 08TH December 2011:

08.00 AM to 11.00 AM CLOSING / FAREWELL CEREMONY MAIN

BALLROOM


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INDEX OF ACADEMIC THEMES

01. OPTIMIZING YOUR LIFESPAN POTENTIAL – Guy J Ale - KEYNOTE SPEAKER

02. BREAKING INNER CODES - Leventi M., Karlaouzos Y. - Greece

03. DEVELOPING ADOLESCENTS' ABILITIES, GOAL SETTING AND PROBLEM SOLVING THROUGH GLOBAL PERCEPTIVENESS‟ METHOD - Peppa A. - Greece

04. INTERACTING WITH INFORMATION MODULES - Stavropoulos A. - Greece

05. THE EFFECT OF LISTENING TO GAYATRI MANTRA ON EEG - Susan Thomas - India

06. NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL PROFILE IN ALCOHOL DEPENDENT INDIVIDUALS -Susan Thomas - India

07. THE CONCEPT OF HYPNOSIS IN PATANJALI YOGA SUTRAS - Jini K Gopinath and Shitika Chowdhary - India

08. ELIMINATING EXCLUSIONARY PRACTICES IN EDUCATION TO MAKE WAY FOR INCLUSION Shalini Felicity Wickremesooriya - Sri Lanka

09. MEDITATION PRACTICE IN THE COMMUNITY: PSYCHOLOGICAL OUTCOMES AND PROCESSES - Michael James Ireland - Australia

10. A STUDY TO EVINCE THE IMPORTANCE OF SATVA PAREEKSHA (MENTAL STAMINA) IN AYURVEDA AND ITS INFLUENCE ON TREATMENT - Adiga Handady Shripathi - India

11. “SCOPE OF AYURVEDIC PANCHAKARMA THERAPY IN TREATING PSYCHOLOGICAL DISORDERS” - Adiga Handady Shripathi and G.L.Ramya Narayan - India

12. MUSIC AS THERAPY - Balambegai Rajaeshwaran – Sri Lanka

13. ORGANIZATIONAL CONFLICTS BY STRUCTURAL FACTORS AND EFFECT UPON MANAGERIAL DECISION MAKING ROLE IN SRI LANKAN UNIVERSITIES - Henegama H Prsangika – Sri Lanka

14. WORKING WITH EXPLOITED WOMEN AND ABUSED CHILDREN IN THE MALDIVES REFLECTIONS AND INSIGHTS OF A CLINICIAN - Aishath Ali Naaz - Maldives

15. CHILD ABUSE IN THE MALDIVES: AN OVERVIEW Fathimath Sauda / Aishath Ali Naaz - Maldives

16. ABUSE TOWARDS WOMEN IN THE MALDIVES: A LOOK AT THE CURRENT PATHWAYS TO ASSISTANCE - Aishath Jinanee Ibrahim - Maldives

17. GENDER BASED ROOT CAUSE ANALYSIS IN IT INDUSTRY - Ritu Soni - India

18. REDUCING STRESS THROUGH THEATRE – A CASE STUDY FOR CHILDREN -Yogesh Chand Gambhir - India

19. THE MORE THERE IS CLARITY IN APPLICATION THE MORE THE CONFIDENCE IS A NEW INTERPRETATION OF BUDDHIST PRACTICE OF MEDITATION – Ven. Miriswaththe Wimalagnana – Sri Lanka

20. HELP IN THE AFTERMATHOF TERROR – PSYCHOSOCIALSTRATEGIES FOR SURVIVORS OF THE UTOYA MASSACRE IN OSLO 22.07.11. - Hakon Stenmark - Norway

21. NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL REHABILITATION- HOLISTIC APPROACH - Jamuna Rajeswaran - India

22. USE OF MOTION PICTURE IN THE CLINICAL PRACTICE - Prashanth Mahendrarjah – Sri Lanka

23. PILOT STUDY ON STUDENT INVOLVEMENT IN RELIGIOUS CULTS THROUGH MENTAL PROCESS - Padma Sriyani Yatapana – Sri Lanka


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24. SPIRITUAL PSYCHOLOGY AND WELL BEING - Jitendra Mohan - KEYNOTE SPEECH - India

25. Role of Spirituality and Positive Emotions in Healthy Ageing - Meena Sehgal - India

26. TAOIST MIND-TRAINING, SPIRITUALITY AND MORAL DEVELOPMENT – Dr Herbert Chiu – Hong Kong

27. THE PATTERN OF PATIENTS ATTENDING FOR PSYCHOSOCIAL COUNSELING (BY THE GENERAL PRACTITIONER) IN GENERAL PRACTICE CONSULTATION - Fernando M.G.T. – Sri Lanka

28. ASSOCIATION OF CEREBRAL CORTICAL GREY MATTER DEFICITS, COGNITIVE NEUROLOGICAL MEASURES AND SYMPTOM RATINGS IN SCHIZOPHRENIA - Nishantha Kumarasinghe – Sri Lanka

29. EXTENSION OF HUMAN LIFE SPAN - Anura Sirimanna – Sri Lanka

30. THE PARADIGM OF “INSIDE-OUT”: A PSYCHOLOGICAL, PHILOSOPHICAL AND SPIRITUAL ART

OF LIVING - Rev. Fr. Jeevantha Peiris - Sri Lanka

31. THE RELEVANCE OF CLASSIFICATION IN INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY AND ITS IMPLICATION ON

INTERVENTION - Madhusoodana Sunnambala - India

32. HUMAN DEVELOPMENT- A PSYCHODYNAMIC PERSPECTIVE - NIRMALAN DHAS – Sri Lanka

33. PSYCHOTHERAPY AND SPIRITUALITY - Hans Vischjager - Netherland

34. AN ENLIVENED CONSCIOUSNESS ( E-CONSCIOUSNESS) PAVING THE WAY FOR ENHANCED SOCIAL CAPITAL TOWARDS SUSTAINABLE GROWTH - Lakshman Madurasinghe – Sri Lanka

35. ASSESSMENT OF ANXIETY AMONG HIGHER EDUCATION STUDENTS AND ITS RELATIONSHIP WITH SPIRITUALITY - Lancy D‘Souza – Sri Lanka

36. VEDIC SPIRITUAL HYPNOSIS FOR UNIVERSAL PEACE – Shri Ravisankar Ramanathan - India

37. CULTURAL NOTION OF DEPRESSION IN NEPAL - Usha Kiran - Nepal

38. HIGHER ACHIEVEMENT THROUGH CONSCIOUSNESS BASED RECOVERY (AN APPROACH TOWARD LASTING HEALING THROUGH UNCONDITIONAL ACCEPTANCE)

H.R.S.Keerthisinghe – Sri Lanka

39. WOMEN RIGHTS PROTECTION IN SRI LANKA; CASE STUDIES ANALYSIS - Samarakoon.W.M.S.A. And Jayasena.C. – Sri Lanka

40. EASTERN AND WESTERN TRADITIONAL FORMS OF HEALING – Lionel K Mandy - USA

41. AWARENESS FROM PARTICULAR TO GENERAL: SEARCH FOR THE SPIRIT FROM NUCLEUS, BODY AND PSYCHE – AN EPISTEMOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVE – Mathew John Kokkatta - India

42. MUSIC THERAPY AS A RELAXATION INSTRUMENT – W A Gnanadasa Perera – Sri Lanka

43. CHIPS VERSUS OFFENCES – Vasantha Chandrasekera – Sri Lanka

44. EXPERIENCES IN CONDUCTING THE EDUCATIONAL PSYCHOLOGY MODULE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH NURSING TUTORS - Ferdinando R.


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SRI LANKA 2011

DETAILED PROGRAMME FOR KEYNOTE SPEECHES AND ACADEMIC SESSIONS

TUESDAY 6TH DECEMBER 2011

MAIN BALLROOM

KEYNOTE SPEAKER (1): Dr. Guy Joseph Ale

09.00 AM TO 09.45 AM

Chair :Professor Jitendra Mohan – India

Co-Chair :Dr.H.R.S.Keerthisinghe – Sri Lanka

Co- Chair: Dr.Maria Leventi - Greece

KEYNOTE SPEAKER (2): Dr.Ior Guglielmi

09.45 AM TO 10.30 AM

Chair : Dr.Hakon Inge Stenmark – Norway

Co-Chair : Dr.Aspasia Peppa – Greece

Co- Chair: Dr.Ruwan Ferdinando – Sri Lanka

10.30 AM TO 11.00 AM – REFRESHMENTS

11:00 AM to 12:00 NOON

HALL (A) HALL B

ACADEMIC SESSION 01

Chair : Mrs. Teresa Eve Mishler-USA Co-Chair : Dr. Aishath Naaz - Maldives Co- Chair: Dr. Champika Dilrukshi De Silva-NZ

ACADEMIC SESSION 02

Chair : Prof.Madhusoodana sunnambala-India Co-Chair : Dr. Susan Thomas-India Co- Chair: Dr.Prabha Gunawardena-NZ

01

The effect of listening to gayatri mantra on EEG

(Index 05)

04

A study to evince the importance of satva

pareeksha (mental stamina) in ayurveda and its

influence on treatment

(Index 10)

02

Eliminating exclusionary practices in education to make

way for inclusion

(Index 08)

05

The more there is clarity in application the more the

confidence is

(Index 19)

03

The concept of hypnosis in patanjali yoga sutras

(Index 07)

06

Working with exploited women and abused children

in the maldives:

(Index 14)


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Contd..

TUESDAY 06TH DECEMBER 2011

12.00 NOON TO 01.00 PM

HALL (A) HALL (B)

ACADEMIC SESSION 03 ACADEMIC SESSION 04

Chair : Professor Harald Helmut Hochgraffe

Co-Chair : Mr. Mahendrarajah Prashanth

Co- Chair: Ms. P.S.Yatapana-Sri Lanka

Chair : Professor M.H.M. Tissera

Co-Chair : Dr. Chiu Kou Tai Herbert

Co- Chair: Rev.Fr. M.P.A.Jeevantha Peiris - Sri

Lanka

07

Women rights protection in sri lanka; case studies

analysis

(Index 39)

10

Use of motion picture in the clinical practice

(Index 22)

08

Neuropsychological rehabilitation- holistic approach

(Index 21)

11

The pattern of patients attending for psychosocial

counseling (by the general practitioner) in general

practice consultation

(Index 27)

09

Pilot study on student involvement in religious cults

through mental process

(Index 23)

12

Child abuse in the Maldives: an overview

(Index 15)

01.00 PM TO 02.00 PM - L U N C H - ROOM ANTHURIUM

Contd… TUESDAY 06TH DECEMBER 2011 AFTERNOON

02:00 PM to 02:30 PM

GROUP WORK – FOUR GROUPS - HALL (A) AND HALL (B)

HALL (A) 02.30 PM to 03.30 PM HALL (B)

ACADEMIC SESSION 05

Chair: Professor G. Dayalatha Lekamge

Co-Chair : Dr. Sinniah Thevananthan

Co- Chair: Dr. K.M. Nishantha Kumarasinghe

ACADEMIC SESSION 06

Chair: Ven. Professor Ittademaliye Indrasara Thero

Co-Chair : Professor Sehgal Meena Kumari Co- Chair: Professor Shripathi Adigah

13

Human development- a psychodynamic perspective

(Index 32)

16

The paradigm of ―inside-out‖: a psychological,

philosophical and spiritual art

(Index 30)


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Extension of human life span

(Index 29)

17.

The relevance of classification in intellectual disability

and its implication on intervention

(Index 31)

15

Psychotherapy and spirituality

(Index 33)

18

Assessment of anxiety among higher education

students and its relationship with spirituality

(Index 35)

MID-EVENING REFRESHMENTS - 03.30 PM TO 04.00 PM

04:00 PM to 05:00 PM

HALL (A) HALL (B)

ACADEMIC SESSION 07

Chair: Dr.Guy J Ale –USA

Co-chair: Professor Jini K Gopinath -India

Co-chair: Ven.Miriswaththe Wimalagnana Thero-SL

ACADEMIC SESSION 08

Chair: Dr.Rajeswaran Balambegai-SL

Co-chair: Mr.Andreas Stavropoulos-Greece

Co-chair: Ms. Shalini Wickremesooriya-SL

19

Eastern and Western Traditional Forms of Healing

(Index 40)

22

Cultural notion of depression in Nepal

(Index 37)

20

Scope of ayurvedic panchakarma therapy in treating

psychological disorders

(Index 11)

23

Awareness from particular to general: search for the

spirit from nucleus, body and psyche – an

epistemological perspective

(Index 41)

21

Neuropsychological profile in alcohol dependent

individuals

(Index 6)

24

Association of cerebral cortical grey matter deficits,

cognitive neurological measures and symptom

ratings in schizophrenia (Index 28)

WEDNESDAY 07TH DECEMBER 2011

MAIN BALLROOM

KEYNOTE SPEAKER (3): Dr.Maria Leventi

09.00 AM TO 09.45 AM

Chair : Professor Lakshman Madurasinghe-SL

Co-chair: Mr. Mr.S.W.Premaratne

Co-chair: Professor Dr.Ritu Soni

KEYNOTE SPEAKER(4):Dr.Ioannis Karlaouzos

09.45 AM TO 10.30 AM

Chair : Professor Lakshman Madurasinghe-SL

Co-chair: Mr. Mr.S.W.Premaratne-SL

Co-chair: Professor Dr.Ritu Soni-India

10.30 AM TO 11.30 AM

HALL (A) HALL (B)


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ACADEMIC SESSION 09

Chair: Dr. Lionel K Mandy – USA

Co-Chair : Mrs.Micha Artemis-Greece

Co- Chair: Dr.Mathew John Kokkatta

ACADEMIC SESSION 10

Chair: Dr. Michael J. Ireland – Australia Co-Chair : Dr.Jamuna Rajeswaran-India

Co- Chair: Rev.Fr.M.P.A.JeevanthaPeiris-SL

25

Music as therapy

(Index 12)

28

Abuse towards women in the Maldives: a look at the

current pathways to assistance

(Index 16)

26

Role of Spirituality and Positive Emotions in Healthy

Ageing

(Index 25)

29

Help in the aftermath of terror – psychosocial

strategies for survivors of the Utoya massacre in Oslo

(Index 20)

27

Gender based root cause analysis in it industry

(Index 17)

30

Organizational conflicts by structural factors and

effect upon managerial decision making role in Sri

Lankan universities

(Index 13)

11.30 AM TO 01.00 PM

HALL (A) HALL (B)

ACADEMIC SESSION 11

Chair: Senior Prof.Daya Edirisinghe - SL Co-chair : Dr.Guy J Ale - USA

Co-chair: Prof. Dr. Shripathi Adiga H -India

ACADEMIC SESSION 12

Chair: Professor Jitendra Mohan - India Co-Chair : Dr.G.S.Gnanasingham - SL

Co- Chair: Ms.Vasantha Chandrasekera-SL

31

Reducing stress through theatre – a case study for

children

(Index 18)

36

Taoist mind-training, spirituality and moral

development

(Index 26)

32

Higher achievement through consciousness based

recovery (an approach toward lasting healing through

unconditional acceptance)

(Index 38)

37

Interacting with information modules

(Index 4)

33

Meditation practice in the community: psychological

outcomes and processes

(Index 09 )

38

An enlivened consciousness ( e-consciousness)

paving the way for enhanced social capital towards

sustainable growth

(Index 34)

01.00 PM TO 02.00 PM L U N C H - ROOM ANTHURIUM

MAIN BALLROOM


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KEYNOTE SPEAKER (5):

Professor Emeritus Jitendra Mohan

02:00 PM to 02:45 PM

Chair: Senior Professor Daya Edirisinghe-Sl

Co-chair: Dr. Michael J. Ireland – Australia

Co-chair: Professor Ritu Soni - India

VEDIC / YOGA DEMONSTRATION

Shri Ravisankar

02.45 PM to 03.30 PM

Chair: Senior Prof.Daya Edirisinghe-SL

Co-chair: Dr. Michael J. Ireland – Australia

Co-chair: Professor Ritu Soni - India

03.30 PM TO 04.00 PM MID-EVENING REFRESHMENTS

04.00 PM TO 04.30 PM

HALL (A) HALL (B)

ACADEMIC SESSION 13

Chair: Professor Harald Helmut Hochgraffe-

Germany

Co-Chair : Dr.H.R.S.Keerthisinghe-SL

Co- Chair: Dr.Hakon Stenmark - Norway

ACADEMIC SESSION 14

Chair: Prof.Lakshman Madurasinghe

Co-Chair : Dr.Michael J Ireland

Co- Chair: Prof.

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Developing adolescents' abilities, goal setting and

problem solving through global perceptiveness‘ method

(Index 03)

41

Interacting with information modules

(Index 04)

40

Chips versus offences

(Index 43)

42

Music therapy as a relaxation instrument

(Index 42)

43

Experiences in training the educational psychology

module to public health nursing tutors

(Index 44)

PANEL – FINAL DECLARATION – 04.30PM TO 05.30 PM

CONSULTATIVE COUNCIL PRESENT

MAIN BALLROOM


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8th December 2011 09.00 AM to 11.30 AM

FAREWELL and CLOSING CEREMONY

08:30 AM - All are seated in the main Conference Hall 08.45 AM - Arrival of the Chief Guest

09.00AM - Traditional Oil Lamp

09.15 AM - Briefing the Hon. Prime Minister of the Event

09.30 AM - Symbolic Certification by the Hon. Prime Minister

09.40 AM - Offering Dance

09.50 AM - Reading the Great Convention

10.00 AM - Future Events

10.10 AM - Address by the Hon. Prime Minister

10.20AM - Vote of Thanks

10.30 AM - Official Closing of the I C P A P 2011 declared

International Delegates‟ Flags will be folded with Great Respect and handed over to them.

Refreshments Tea / Coffee

Delegates could obtain their Certificates from the Secretariat

07th December 2011

06:30 PM to 09:00 PM

GRAND SOCIO-CULTURAL GET TOGETHER

MULTINATIONAL DINNER - ENTERTAINMENTS

ROOM ANTHURIUM


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ABSTRACTS

01

OPTIMIZING YOUR LIFESPAN POTENTIAL

Ale, G. J.

Lifespan Seminar LLC - USA

[email protected]

The past century has given us more scientific discoveries than the entire preceding human history before it.

Emerging scientific fields present a view of humankind as the eyes and the mind of the universe in its

developmental process of waking to higher consciousness. We are the result of 13.7 billion years of evolution

since the big bang, and we‘re programmed for ongoing quest to further understand what it means to be alive.

This article explains that it‘s inherent in our genes to sense how long we can live, and looks at the scientific,

spiritual and practical applications of this skill. Science: Every living organism has an Optimal Duration of

Existence. This is the amount of years that they are expected to live under optimal conditions. Whales who

live 80 years and Shrews who live 2, both have approximately one billion and a half heartbeats in a lifetime.

Unlike creatures in the wild, we humans have an innate capacity to manage and distribute our given amount

of energy – given the amount of heartbeats – over a lifetime. Consciousness in the universe has been

unfolding for the past 14 billion years since the big bang. Humankind, the primary known conveyor of

consciousness in the cosmos, is at the present stage of evolution, and has not reached its final form. The

perception of our duration is a natural step in our future progress.Human life expectancy is increasing at a rate

of approximately two years per decade. The longest verified human life on record is 122 years. Within these

known boundaries, any number we can reasonably conceive in accordance with our physical, emotional, and

mental states is valid. Practice: Body-consciousness techniques – breathing, meditation, and mental-imagery

routines – to (which will help) help individuals locate the perception of their optimal duration in themselves;

and self-management skills – good nutrition, rest, dealing with stress, and active lifestyle – to (in order to help)

individuals to realize this potential. Benefits: When we are able to see the entire structure of our life we are

better able to deal with the everyday challenges we confront. This holistic system helps individuals gain higher

self-awareness and deeper appreciation of life.


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02

BREAKING INNER CODES

Leventi M., Karlaouzos Y.

Global Perceptiveness - Greece,

[email protected]

INTRODUCTION

Global Perceptiveness is a genuinely unique method for widening human perception. Our inspiration was born

out of the need to find plausible answers to the principal questions concerning the function of the ―human

apparatus‖. Most of the approaches available, whether academic, philosophical or spiritual, have anticipated

human existence in terms of its properties. We alternatively propose an integral approach to consciousness

upgraded by our own discovery, ―Inspired Geometry‖.

OBJECTIVES

More specifically, the psychoanalytic approach recognizes the importance of the unconscious but provides no

means to consciously access that state and draw valuable information. Jungian theory indeed highlights

‗archetypes‘ significance; nonetheless, one cannot disregard that there is a multitude of archetypes, some

known, many others yet to be discovered. Spiritual approaches embrace the notion of love and cosmic truth

but provide limited information on how to overpower one‘s personal ―shadows‖.

On the other hand, Pythagoras and Plato stressed their belief in the geometric underpinnings of the cosmos

and therefore of the human nature itself; whilst History of Art offers an indisputable testament to the deep and

abiding connections of symbols expressed across different cultures and eras.

Having successfully incorporated major but conflicting schools of consciousness theory and research into a

genuinely integral approach, we consequently introduce the three inspired keys of Global Perceptiveness:

RESULTS

the eight dimensions of self * visualization and * inspired geometry exercises

By applying these keys, an individual may consciously access the unconscious and extract invaluable

information. Geometrical shapes serve as entry-points to the unconscious.

Ethically speaking, our method is solely based upon ―loving love‖ which functions on a tripartite level (spiritual,

emotional, behavioural) as the primordial force that gives rise to every new emergence in the evolutionary

process.


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03

DEVELOPING ADOLESCENTS' ABILITIES, GOAL SETTING AND PROBLEM SOLVING THROUGH

GLOBAL PERCEPTIVENESS‟ METHOD

Peppa A.


[email protected]

INTRODUCTION

Adolescents differ greatly from adults in their physiological, emotional development and cognitive abilities. The

aim of this paper is to present the ways in which Global Perceptiveness' method can assist adolescents in

exploring themes of self, connection with others, goal setting, communication and their journeys ahead.

Unlike other approaches, which put emphasis mostly on ―behavioural modification,‖ GP is an authentic,

holistic method of transforming adolescents‘ perceptions and mindset. GP encourages self discovery and true

empowerment for adolescents.

OBJECITVES

Through the worldwide unique system of "eight-dimensional' analysis and the inspired-geometry visualization

training, adolescents can acquire the skills, know-how, and materials they need to be successful in leading

lives of positive character, set goals and achieve them, strengthen their sense of self and foster the

development of critical thinking and effective communication.

GP's approach to change, goal setting and problem solving, involves progress through a series of eight key-

stages, the so called eight dimensions of self. By applying the eight dimensions, adolescents learn

interactively the importance of breaking down goals into small steps so as to maximize the probability of

achievement.

Global Perceptiveness respects young people's need for freedom and creativity. We believe adolescents have

the power to change their lives for the better and that ultimately, any lasting positive change and life-skill

development must come from within – it cannot be forced upon or granted to an individual from the outside.

Therefore GP's method and all of its practices are being applied within the context of ‗‘loving love‘‘.

BENEFITS

Effective change initiatives require vision and a comprehensive change management approach which is

concrete, easily taught, easily learned, and transferable. Adolescents who learn and practice GP's approach

not only internalize the process, but also articulate the logic behind their choices.



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04

INTERACTING WITH INFORMATION MODULES

Stavropoulos A.


[email protected]

INTRODUCTION

Communication is all about exchanging information. Every person willing to transform his/her present state of

being to an ideal, requires information.

OBJECITVES

This paper reveals how Global Perceptiveness' (GP) method can be applied to communicate information

within us, between us and around us. We constantly function as transmitter and receiver simultaneously. By

examining the context of the exchanged information, one may trace the presence of viruses "travelling" either

way. The enclosed message is therefore being compromised. Our personal decoding system is flawed. GP

argues that the info-signal's flows or contamination originate from our established learning experiences and

our idiosyncratic conscious, subconscious and unconscious parts of self.

Verbal and non-verbal communication constitutes only a small fraction of the entire 'body of information' being

communicated. The remaining and most significant part lies beyond the limits of our sensory system and is

performed by our extrasensory perception system (ESP). To make the inexplicit information-signal clearly

understood and defined, GP introduced the 8-symbolic dimensions of self, which serve as 8 keys for unlocking

one's self-knowledge.

The way to access one's innate information is through GP's "inspired geometry" method of visualization. The

later evolved from Pythagoras findings that geometric symbols as such, actually entail eternal knowledge and

intelligence. By applying the method, an individual's ESP-communication is directed towards forming a safe

path from the conscious to the unconscious and back.

RESULTS

Such information transforms one's established method of learning, helps identify and delete his/her viruses, as

well as uncover the unmolested core of his/herself. Consequently, any individual can then be in a position to

fully appreciate the Apollo-temple's inscription in Delphi ―KNOWING THY SELF‖ and go far beyond.



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THE EFFECT OF LISTENING TO GAYATRI MANTRA ON EEG

Susan Thomas

National Institute of Mental Health and Neuro Sciencies - INDIA

[email protected]

INTRODUCTION

The word meditation is used to describe practices that self-regulate the body and mind, thereby affecting

mental events by engaging a specific attentional set and is believed to influence brain wave patterns (Vaitl et

al., 2005).

OBJECTIVES

The aim was to study the effect of listening to gayatri mantra on Electroencephalograph (EEG) in meditation-

naive individuals.

Method: The sample included 11 subjects who had never practiced meditation. The subjects were in the age

range 20-35 years and did not have any significant medical, psychiatric, neurological or neurosurgical

disorders. Informed consent was obtained from all participants. A 32 channel EEG recording was done which

includes a 3 minute eyes closed phase, 15 minutes mantra listening phase and another 3 minute eyes closed

phase. The subjects listened to gayatri mantra during the meditative phase. The EEG thus obtained was

analysed using the (Fast Fourier Transform) FFT method, and a spectrum analysis was done. The pre

meditation EEG and the post meditation EEG were compared.

RESULTS

The results show that the percentage of gamma and beta waves increased in the post meditation EEG with

respect to the pre meditation EEG.

Discussion: Buddhist monks have a predominance of gamma waves in their brain as a result of long term

meditation and increase the feelings of blissfulness (Lutz et al, 2004). Gamma waves relate to neural

consciousness via the mechanism for conscious attention and beta waves is active concentration.

CONCLUSION

The present study shows that a 15 minute listening to Gayatri mantra can increase the percentage of gamma

and beta waves in meditation naive individuals.


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NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL PROFILE IN ALCOHOL DEPENDENT INDIVIDUALS

Susan Thomas

National Institute of Mental Health and Neuro Sciences - INDIA

[email protected]

INTRODUCTION

Alcohol dependence can lead to deficits in cognitive functions. The most consistent evidence of behavioural

impairment in chronic alcohol dependent individuals has been found in visuospatial and visuomotor skills,

executive functions, abstract reasoning, new learning, attention and memory (Bates and Convit, 1999).

AIM

To determine neuropsychological deficits in alcohol dependent individuals.

METHOD

The sample included 44 patients, who fulfilled the criteria for ICD 10 (F 10.2) diagnosis of Alcohol

Dependence Syndrome. Informed consent was obtained from all participants. A neuropsychological

assessment of the cognitive functions including attention, mental speed, working memory, response inhibition

and verbal and visual learning and memory was carried out. The patients were assessed after one day after

admission to the hospital. The results were compared with the norms for the same gender, age and education.

RESULTS

Descriptive Statistics such as mean, standard deviations and percentages were used to describe the

demographic and clinical details of the patients. The profile of deficits in alcohol dependent individuals showed

significant impairments in verbal working memory and delayed visual memory. Impairments were also seen in

focused attention, mental speed, visuospatial working memory, response inhibition, verbal learning and

memory and immediate visual memory.

Discussion: The deficits in neuropsychological deficits imply that there is predominant involvement of the

frontal and temporal lobes. The existence of significant cognitive deficits in alcohol dependent individuals

could affect the capacity to maintain abstinence. Moderate cognitive impairment compromises the learning of

treatment content (Zinn, Stein, and Swartzwelder, 2004).

CONCLUSIONS

Alcohol Dependent individuals have significant cognitive deficits, which may affect their treatment and relapse.


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THE CONCEPT OF HYPNOSIS IN PATANJALI YOGA SUTRAS

Jini K Gopinath and Shitika Chowdhary

Christ University, India.

[email protected], [email protected]

INTRODUCTION

THE CONCEPTUAL PARALLELS BETWEEN YOGA AND HYPNOSIS

The trance states in yoga and hypnosis are associated with similar phenomena like relaxation, disinclination to

talk, unreality, misrepresentation, alterations in perception, increased concentration, suspension of normal

reality testing, and the temporary nature of the phenomena (Erickson, Hershman, & Secter, 1961).

AIM

The aim of the study was to find parallels between the trance states of hypnosis and Patanjali‘s Yoga Sutras

METHOD

The sample included a text on Patanjali‘s Yoga Sutras (Four Chapters on Freedom by Swami Satyananda

Saraswati). The study was conducted in two phases. In the first phase a thematic analysis of the text was

conducted to understand the concept of trance in the yoga sutras. In the second phase of the study, the

concept of trance in the yoga sutras was compared to the concept of trance in hypnosis. The concepts on

hypnosis were obtained through the review of literature

RESULTS

The findings of the study show that there are parallels between the trance in hypnosis and the trance in

Patajali‘s yoga sutras.

DISCUSSION

The parallels between hypnosis and the yoga sutras exist in the deepening and induction of trance, the

phenomena experienced during trance, and in the therapeutic gain, techniques and process.

CONCLUSION

The present study shows there are similarities in the two states and the concepts of yoga need to be

incorporated in modern therapeutic domain.




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ELIMINATING EXCLUSIONARY PRACTICES IN EDUCATION TO MAKE WAY FOR INCLUSION

Shalini Felicity Wickremesooriya – Sri Lanka

[email protected]

INTRODUCTION

The research is set in Sri Lanka, where official policy and legislation advocates‘ inclusive education but,

schools are not obligated to implement inclusive educational practices. Inclusive education, targets at

advancing democratic principles and values and beliefs concerned with equality and social justice1 and is

considered a precursor to inclusive societies.

THE AIM

The aim of the research is to identify and eliminate exclusionary practices in adult-child communication that

prevent disabled students from receiving quality education along with their peers. The research question;

―How do I as a consultant, inspire teachers to be genuinely interested in employing adult-child

communication practices which promote active learning, enhance self-esteem and improve social

relationships of students with the label of Speech, Language and Communication Needs?‖

METHODOLOGY

I selected the action research methodology, to blend research and practice and bridge the gap between the

academic world of research and actual practice2. Through action research I sought to engage the research

participants, in a collaborative, democratic research process to empower and liberate them3.

FINDINGS

indicate that by targeting a single exclusionary practice and attempting to eradicate negative practices it is

possible to make school environments more inclusive. However, changing teacher attitudes and pedagogical

practices requires commitment from school management.

The research is of specific significance in Sri Lanka, where exclusionary practices are rampant and disabled

students do not receive quality education because they are viewed from a deficit lens. In addition this thesis

supplements global literature on inclusive education in developing countries.


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MEDITATION PRACTICE IN THE COMMUNITY: PSYCHOLOGICAL OUTCOMES AND

PROCESSES

Michael James Ireland

University of Queensland - Australia

[email protected]

AIMS

This research aimed to overcome this deficit in the knowledge base by:

Indexing fundamental dimensions of variation in meditation practice,

Directly measure the strength and direction of the relationship between these dimensions and multiple

psychological health outcomes, and

Explore possible mediators underlying these relationships.

Methodology

Cross-sectional, naturalistic field research was conducted utilizing online and paper/pencil survey

methodology. Constructs were operationalised using established, reliable, and validated instruments. A large

(N > 900) international sample completed measures. Theoretical modeling was conducted using AMOS 18.

Findings and Analysis

Among community members across multiple cultural, national, and ethnic boundaries, increased meditation

practice related to increased happiness, wellbeing, health, life satisfaction, and resilience, and reduced

depression, anxiety, and stress. These effects were mediated by mindfulness and meditative insight.

These results indicate that among members of the community who practice meditation, the degree of practice

relates to better health and functioning and this is likely the product of greater mindfulness and insight.

Contribution

This is the first attempt to collect data from a large international non-clinical sample, to operationalise

meditation practice according to key dimensions of practice (intensity, duration and frequency), and to test a

multiple-outcome, multiple-mediator theoretical model which systematically and simultaneously tests

hypothesized effects.

Bio-ethical boundaries

This study was cleared in accordance with the ethical review processes of the University of Queensland and

within the guidelines of the National Statement on Ethical Conduct in Human Research.


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A STUDY TO EVINCE THE IMPORTANCE OF SATVA PAREEKSHA (MENTAL STAMINA) IN

AYURVEDA AND ITS INFLUENCE ON TREATMENT

Adiga Handady Shripathi

Manipal University Medical College - INDIA.

[email protected]

INTRODUCTION

The doctrine of comprehensive, holistic avenues of health in Ayurveda upholds its 10 point

interrogation/examination methods, of which examination of Satva(mind & its attributes) in terms of

bala(strength/stamina) possesses imperative significance. Charaka Samhitha elaborately, exceptionally

explains psychopathology, pertaining to 8 essential psychological factors (1) and 22 psychological characters

(2) perturbed varyingly in different diseases. Apprehension of Satva in relation to strength - Pravara(excellent),

Madhyama(moderate) and Avara(poor) influences planning, proper implementation of therapeutic

procedures. This retrospective study tries to evince the same.

METHODOLOGY

Out of the 14 cases satisfying inclusion - exclusion criteria, 2 were of Pravara, 6 – Madhyama and 6 – Avara

Satva. Analysing those with Avara Satva, 83.34% were male, 66.67% between 21- 30 years, 83.34% with

Vata predominant constitution. 66.67% of them discontinued scheduled treatments, in a day/two abruptly

while there were no dropouts in other two categories.

BENEFITS

Ayurvedic classics often associate Vata dosha with vacillations. (3)They annotate exclusion of weak, angry,

grief struck… persons from engaging in Panchakarma therapy (4).This continually changing, competitive era

affects human psychological traits, with or without allusions. So, thorough examination of Manasika

bhavas(psychological traits, with positive - negative components) and assessment of Satva(mental stamina)

play a pivotal role in planning therapeutics. And also, patients with Avara satva demand additional assurance,

regulation of thoughts, counselling, care… virtues of Satvavajaya chikitsa(psychotherapy) along with other

therapeutic modalities.

CONCLUSION

However, simple, standardised grading scale to measure these psychological traits; larger sample size with

longer duration of treatment and follow up are essential. The study establishes the realisms of classics and

demands further savvy.



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SCOPE OF AYURVEDIC PANCHAKARMA THERAPY IN TREATING PSYCHOLOGICAL DISORDERS

Adiga Handady Shripathi G.L.Ramya Narayan

[email protected] [email protected]

INTRODUCTION

Ayurveda, the Indian art of holistic medicine incorporates three fold therapeutic modalities, Daiva

vyapashraya(divine/spiritual), Yukti vyapashraya(rational/biological) and Satvavajaya(psychological)

treatment.

AIM

Panchakarma, the inimitable, integral component of rational/biological therapeutic modality refers to the five

purificatory procedures which expel out the vitiated doshas(humors), accumulated metabolic waste/toxins and

bring about bio-cleansing of internal channels/pathways. This comprises of Vamana(therapeutic emesis),

Virechana(therapeutic purgation), Niruha Vasti(decoction enema), Anuvasana Vasti(oil enema) and

Nasya(nasal administration of medicaments). (2) Ayurvedic classics explicate psychological disorders under

the lemma of humoral diseases(manasa dosha vikaras- anxiety,fear,pride...), psychosomatic(psychosis,

convulsive diseases, obsession...), personality disorders, mental retardation, geriatric related disorders..etc.,

Panchakarma therapy possesses both preventive and curative esteem with respect to these diseases.

Acharya Charaka cites that shodhana karma relishes the mind, senses, body and thereby bestows sound

memory and intelligence. (3) While elucidating the effects of vamana and virechana Acharya Vagbhata has

referred to bestowment of mental, intellectual exponents. (4) Depending upon the predominance of the

tridoshas – Vata, Pitta and Kapha, suitable panchakarma procedures are to be carried out in psychological

disorders. Example: Snehapana(internal oleation) in anxiety disorders; Vasti(enema) in Vata

,Virechana(purgation) in Pitta predominant convulsive disorders, Vamana(emesis) in depressive

disorders...etc., (5) Various researches and clinical trials have established the efficacy of specific formulations

utilised in these therapeutic procedures and shewed the scope of Panchakarma in the same.

BENEFIT

As such, with advancement in science and technology, increased episodes of psychological disturbances and

fast changing life styles, there is immense scope for utilising Ayurvedic approach and therapeutics in par with

contemporary psychiatry to afford complete treatment.




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MUSIC AS THERAPY

Balambegai Rajaeshwaran

Eastern University, Sri Lanka.

[email protected].

INTRODUCTION

Music plays an important role in the lives of human beings. In addition to its role in entertainment, its use in

clinical management has been accepted all over the world. Music is widely accepted as extremely therapeutic

and various views have been expressed both by researchers as well as medical professionals on its healing

qualities and soothing effects, particularly with regard to ailments connected to the mind such as ―dementia‖.

METHODOLOGY

The view that music originated from various sounds of nature and animals also contribute to this idea. Several

universities have included the subject of “Music as Therapy‖ as an essential component of the curriculum in

their Departments of Music, particularly as a subject of specialization at the postgraduate level. Further

researches on Music therapy by post-graduate students supported by Government Agencies and Universities

can significantly lead to achieving new dimensions in the field of ―music as therapy‖ as well as widening the

role of musicians in this aspect.

BENEFIT

This paper deals with Music as a therapy. It traces the background of the ―Ragas‖ and attempts to identify

their influence in the healing process. This paper also attempts to identify the various aspects of music as a

therapy. Finally the paper attempts to focus on modern trends in music therapy in addition to its role in music

education.



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ORGANIZATIONAL CONFLICTS BY STRUCTURAL FACTORS AND EFFECT UPON MANAGERIAL

DECISION MAKING ROLE IN SRI LANKAN UNIVERSITIES

Henegama H Prsangika Herath HMA

Wayamba University of Sri Lanka


INTRODUCTION

Causes of organizational conflicts have been widely researched and among them organizational structural

factors play a major role.

METHODOLOGY

A study in Sri Lankan university found that organizational structure, leadership interpersonal differences,

professional differences, policies, resource availability, and unresolved conflicts are major causes of

organizational conflicts (Henegama and Ranawaka, 2011). Organizational conflicts by structural factors could

affect upon managerial decision making role.

OBJECTIVE

The main objective of this study is to analyze the organizational structural factors as a cause of organizational

conflicts and effect upon managerial decision making role in Sri Lankan universities. A survey was conducted

for managers in universities selected under the stratified random sampling method. The study hypothesized

that organizational conflicts by organizational structural factors significantly affect managerial decision making

role. The study resulted that structural factors of departmentalization has highest significant effect while

specialization and bureaucracy have less significant effects in creating organizational conflicts. Also there is

significant effect of organizational structural factors on managerial decision making role. It is concluded as

organizational structural factors of departmentalization, specialization, bureaucracy cause organizational

conflicts and such conflicts negatively affect while structural factors significantly affect overall managerial

decision making role in universities. It is recommended restructuring and proper conflict management process

to enhance managerial decision making role, which will improve harmonious environment in Sri Lankan

universities facilitating the higher education.




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WORKING WITH EXPLOITED WOMEN AND ABUSED CHILDREN IN THE MALDIVES:

REFLECTIONS AND INSIGHTS OF A CLINICIAN

Aishath Ali Naaz

MIPSTAR PVT. LTD - Maldives

[email protected]

CONTEXT

Women exploitation and child abuse is perhaps as prevalent in the Maldives as in most of the South Asian

countries. However, in the absence of comprehensive research it is difficult to provide the extent, types and

patterns of abuse and exploitation which is prevalent in the country. Furthermore, there is little documentation

of the understanding and experiential accounts of clinicians who has worked with these issues in the

Maldives.

OBJECTIVE

The present paper is an experiential account of the work carried out with exploited women and abused

children by a clinician in a private practice in Male‘, Maldives.

METHOD

Retrospective data gathered from the clinical case records and session notes maintained by the clinician for

the past one year will be screened for cases of women exploitation and child abuse. The nature of

psychological assessments, type of interventions carried out, observations and experiences of the clinician will

be analyzed using both qualitative and quantitative methods.

RESULTS/CONCLUSION

Women with history of exploitation, mainly presents with symptoms of depression. Sexual abuse, child

molestation, physical abuse is common. Child abuse and exploitation is frequently caused by a significant

other person. Themes which commonly emerge in the sessions include, emotions linked with victimization, the

alteration of the attitude to life, the perceived injustices caused due to gaps in the legal system, fear of further

victimization, and the challenges linked to seeking psychological and legal support.



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CHILD ABUSE IN THE MALDIVES: AN OVERVIEW

Fathimath Sauda Aishath Ali Naaz

Mipstar Pvt. Ltd - Maldives


INTRODUCTION

Recent media report suggests that there is a considerable increase in the number of child abuse cases in the Maldives.

However, in the absence of comprehensive research in the area, the incident rate, types and patterns of child abuse is

still not clear.

The current study will, therefore explore the available secondary data to examine the incidence, type and patterns of

child abuse in the Maldives. The components of various intervention and preventive programs that are carried out in the

country will also be explored.

OBJECTIVE

To examine the incidence, type and patterns of child abuse in the Maldives.

To explore the type and nature of various programs which are currently available in Maldives

The present study will involve a resource and situation assessment of the child abuse scenario in the Maldives.

DESIGN AND SETTING

Secondary Data on the number and type of child abuse cases reported to the Maldives Police Service, Ministry of

Gender and Family, UNICEF-Maldives, Human Rights Commission of the Maldives, Prosecutor General‘s Office,

Criminal Court, Kudakudhinge Hiyaa,, Society for Health Education (SHE), Child Abuse Prevention Society (CAPS),

Advocating Rights of Children (ARC), over the past 5 years will be gathered. Furthermore, key informant interviews and

focus group sessions will be held with stakeholders. Both qualitative and quantitative data analysis will be carried out.

RESULTS AND CONCLUSION

Findings and limitations of the study will be discussed in detail.




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ABUSE TOWARDS WOMEN IN THE MALDIVES: A LOOK AT THE CURRENT PATHWAYS TO

ASSISTANCE

Aishath Jinanee Ibrahim Aishath Ali Naaz

MIPSTAR Pvt. ltd, Maldives


INTRODUCTION

The abuse of women is becoming a major concern in the Maldivian society. In recent years there has been a

significant increase in number of women coming forward to seek assistance for both protection and treatment.

This may be attributed to raise in educational standards, increase in general awareness and greater access to

formal avenues of assistance to help seekers.

A number of NGOs and government agencies in the Maldives are working to support victims of abuse.

However, most of the work these agencies do is limited to creating awareness. Often the victims of abuse do

not get the necessary help and support they need. This lack of specific clinical / therapeutic support for the

victims of abuse is an issue that needs to be addressed urgently, especially in light of increasing number of

victims coming forward seeking assistance.

OBJECTIVE

This research explores the existing pathways the victims of abuse currently go through in the Maldives with

the intention of ensuring that each phase of the pathway leads to addressing the victims‘ psychological and

mental health issues.

METHOD

The research uses quantitative as well as qualitative methods to study the existing pathways victims of abuse

go through. Qualitative data would be gathered from government agencies, NGOs and from key informants.

Quantitative data would be limited to published secondary data from concerned agencies.

RESULTS / CONCLUSIONS

The study proposes a model which would ensure that victims of abuse receive the appropriate psychological,

social and spiritual support they require at each phase of the pathway. Based on the findings

recommendations would be made to the necessary agencies.




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GENDER BASED ROOT CAUSE ANALYSIS IN IT INDUSTRY

Dr.Ritu Soni Ms Aspinderpreet Kaur

Guru Nanak Girls School - INDIA


INTRODUCTION

In today era of tough competition in terms of time and quality, testing has to be supplemented with the root

cause analysis (RAC).

THE GOAL

The goal of RCA is to identify the root cause of defects and initiate actions so that the source of defects can

be eliminated.

METHODOLOGY

The qualitative analysis provides feedback to the quality managers that eventually improve both the quality

and the productivity of the software organization. It is easy to do prevention during the developing the

application rather than to fix it after completion.

CONCLUSION

Since during the development of the project, human beings play a vital role so, we can‘t ignore the human

reliability and the human error occurs during the software development. Human reliability depends not only on

technological knowledge but also on gender, personnel behavior or even office environment. This paper deals

with effect of gender on root cause for occurrence of defects.




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REDUCING STRESS THROUGH THEATRE – A CASE STUDY FOR CHILDREN

Yogesh Chand Gambhir Ritu Soni

Punjabi University-India, GNG College - India


INTRODUCTION

Stress is a part and parcel of everyday life of all human beings, whether adults or children. But in today's time

with competition, parental academic and social pressures stress has assumed a new dimension and stress

among children.

AIM

Stress may be external or internal; whose persistency causes many mental or physical diseases. So it has to

be reduced by any means. The best way to manage stress is to learn how to relax yourself. Hence a

recreational activity like theatre can be extremely useful for relaxation and further fighting the reasons of

stress.

METHODOLOGY

Theatre Therapy is the use of theatre techniques like theatre games, theatre exercises, performances etc, to

facilitate personal growth and promote mental health. This paper aims at the quantification of stress reduction

among children through theatre.

BENEFITS

A comparative study is done among residential, non-residential schools having different levels of achievement

goals.



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THE MORE THERE IS CLARITY IN APPLICATION THE MORE THE CONFIDENCE IS

A NEW INTERPRETATION OF BUDDHIST PRACTICE OF MEDITATION

Rev. Miriswaththe Wimalagnana

Buddhasravaka Bhiksu University, Sri Lanka

[email protected]

INTRODUCTION

Buddhist meditation in present contexts is not merely intended for gaining spiritual goals but it also is practiced

by many considering its healing potentialities. The inner concentration created by the contemplation on

different subjects of meditations has varieties of such healthy potentialities for physique and psyche. So the

practice of different meditations signifies its own method to be followed. Early Buddhist discourses and post

canonical literature has a bulk of information of instructions, methods and benefits of different meditations.

AIM

At a time when hundreds of books and articles have been composed on the subject one may feel that it is

understood in its entirety. But a question 'What is the nature of application of vipassana at the initial level of

the practice' very hardly one can find an unambiguous answer from the bulk of secondary literature. For the

interested beginner this makes it very difficult to progress the meditation. Whatever the purpose is spiritual or

secular, the theoretical understanding is very important for the confidence of the practitioner. This does not

mean that the traditions of meditations lack proper methods or techniques to master meditation. Instead, it

implies that for the scholar of the subject, still there are aspects to theoretically study carefully.

BENEFITS

This research is an attempt to explain the nature of how samatha (Concentration meditation) and vipassana

(insight meditation) interplay for the progress of Buddhist meditation in both initial and transcendental levels.

The research is done based totally on Primary texts of Pali literature. It shows the errors of some of the

interpretations of Samatha and vipassana.



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HELP IN THE AFTERMATHOF TERROR – PSYCHOSOCIALSTRATEGIES FOR SURVIVORS OF THE

UTOYA MASSACRE IN OSLO 22.07.11.

Dr. Hakon Stenmark,

St. Olavs University Hospital, Norway

[email protected]

On the 22.07.2011 a bomb went off at the government building in Oslo, and then a shooting massacre took

place at the Utoya Island, where 720 youths participated at a youth gathering. The youths were chased

around the island for over an hour by a single terrorist before he was captured. All together 75 people died

from both incidents, and most of the survivors experienced severe traumatic exposure.

After the terrorist attack an extensive psychosocial program was employed to help the survivors of the attack,

the family members of deceased and families of survivors.

The psychosocial program involved active support from the royal family and from leading politicians of the

country as well as extensive efforts of help from health professionals throughout the country. One month after

the massacre an organized return to Utoya was set up for survivors and for family members of the deceased.

The health services gave each survivor and family of deceased a contact person to follow them for one year

ahead with psychosocial support. Proactive help was offered in which the contact persons actively make

regular contact with the affected persons throughout the year. People with severe posttraumatic reactions

were referred for treatment of trauma related disorders. The presentation will give details of the help offered

and accounts of how the help was perceived from the survivors and families.


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NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL REHABILITATION- HOLISTIC APPROACH

Jamuna Rajeswaran Raja kumara.K

National Institute of Mental Health & Neuro Sciences, INDIA

INTRODUCTION

Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is A silent epidemic of modern times. In India 30,000 people die and 1, 25,000

become disabled due traumatic brain injury (TBI).

OBJECTIVES

The highest risk group includes children, adolescent and young adult men in the age range of 15-25 years.

The majority of TBI cases (61.1%) are a result of road traffic injuries, followed by falls (22.5%), violence

(10.6%), others (4.3%) and unknown (1.1%) (Gururaj, 1993). In comparison to all other global regions, Asia

has the highest percentage of TBI-related outcomes as a result of falls (77%) It is a complex injury with a

broad spectrum of symptoms and disabilities. The impact on a person and his or her family can be

devastating. When traumatic brain injury occurs, the lives of the person who sustains the injury and his or her

family may be changed forever.

METHODOLOGY

Cognitive difficulties are very common in people with TBI. Cognition includes an awareness of one's

surroundings, attention to tasks, memory, reasoning, problem solving, and executive functioning (e.g., goal

setting, planning, initiating, self-awareness, self-monitoring and evaluation). Problems vary depending on the

location and severity of the injury to the brain. A study was carried out on 100 mild to moderate TBI

individuals.

RESULTS

They were assessed using the NIMHANS Neuropsychology Battery 2004. Results showed deficits in

attention, executive functions and learning and memory. Studies have shown Neuropsychological

rehabilitation to be usefulness in improving the cognitive functions and day to day functioning. Cognitive

rehabilitation is defined as a systematic, functionally oriented service of therapeutic cognitive activities, based

on an assessment and understanding of the person‘s brain-behavior deficits. We have developed home

based, Hospital based, cognitive retraining for TBI. Neuro-feedback training is also offered to individuals with

TBI. Details will be presented.


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USE OF MOTION PICTURE IN THE CLINICAL PRACTICE

Prashanth Mahendrarjah – Sri Lanka

[email protected]

INTRODUCTION

From its very beginning, the cinema provided romance and escapism for millions of people all over the globe.

It was the magic carpet that took people instantly away from the harsh realities of life. In the beginning, the

movies offered a panacea in the depression years in the Unites States, was the opium of the people through

World War II, and continued to waft the public away from reality throughout the following decades.

OBJECTIVES

What makes film the most international of the arts is the vast range of films that come from more than 50

countries – films that are as multifarious as the cultures that produce them. However, not only does cinema

provide pure entertainment worldwide, it is also known as ―The Seventh Art‖. Certainly, over the past century,

creative cinema has dominated the film industry worldwide since 1920s and gradually spread from the US and

Europe to Central and Eastern Asia and also to the developing world.

Writing about film as early as 1926, the Italian-born French critic discussed that ―cinema must go beyond the

realism and express the film makers‘ emotions as well as the character psychology, an even their

unconscious.‖ On this basis, we should not devaluate films as a cradle of entertainment and education and as

a significant influence on people's attitudes to psychological behaviors (Gabbard&Gabbard, 1999). As we

know it today, cinema played a pivotal part in the social, political and cultural psyche of our world (Bhugra D,

2009).

According to ZUR Institute (2010), "Movies affect many of us powerfully because the combined impact of

images, music, dialogue, lighting, sound and special effects can elicit deep feelings and help us reflect on our

lives. They can help us to better understand our own lives, the lives of those around us and even how our

society and culture operate. They can shed light on political and spiritual matters too and can provide

catharsis and perspective and may open our eyes to new ways of thinking, feeling and pursuing our lives.

There are many ways to harness the power of movies to heal, grow and change. Movies have been used as

an adjunct to psychotherapy and counseling as well as by themselves."

Films can offer realistic depictions of character styles and psychopathologic disorders, as well as personal and

family dynamics, with subtexts alluding to the prevailing social norms. An advantage of using films for teaching

is that they are well produced, interesting and lively, and there are no concerns over confidentiality.

Characters experience their symptoms in the context of their lives, not in an isolated clinical encounter

(Bhugra D, 2009).

In the medical history, using fiction as a methodical tool in not actually new, since the 1930s, when doctor

named William C. Menninger first assigned fiction to psychiatric patients, therapists have introduced literature,

novels, short stories and poetry into the therapeutic process.

Movies are simply the latest, most accessible and time saving addition to what has become known as biblio-

therapy (Hesley J, 2007).

According to film literature, this is generally known as media psychology, but, if you using only films as a

clinical tool that comes under the name of movie therapy or cinema therapy or film therapy or reel therapy.

The idea behind this is ―that patients learn to watch movies constructively so that they can reflect and pay

attention to both the story and to themselves. In doing so, they can to learn to understand themselves and

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others much more objectively. On the other hand, movies connect a patient‘s world to the characters and plots

– furnishing role models, providing inspiration and hope, and offering new solutions to old problems. They

assure patients that they are not alone, the others have experienced hardship and triumphed‖ (Hesley J,

2007).

Motion pictures can be used in educating different subjects, including psychology (Fleming et al, 1990),

developmental psychopathology (Nissim &Sabat, 1979), and individual and couple therapy (Hesley & Hesley,

2001). As a result, nowadays, ―an increasing number of therapists are relying on movies to move people

toward breakthroughs faster. In this age of managed care, time has become precious: using movies allows

patients to grow in their own ―free‖ time. At the same time, clinicians have found movies predominantly

effective in ‗couples‘ therapy‘‖(Hesley J, 2007).

RESULTS

Finally, I would like to point out that psychology has always been a popular topic within the movies, on the

other hand, currently, movies become as a clinical tool for therapists to treat their clients in many ways shapes

and forms. However, there has been concern raised within the discipline that its portrayal in general along with

that of psychologists and psychological disorders has been far from accurate on the whole. Indeed, such was

the concern that back in 1998 members of the media psychology division of the American Psychological

Society established a Media Watch Committee (known as Division 46) to examine the way psychologists,

particularly therapists were portrayed in movies, television shows and other media contexts (APA, 1998).

In this following study, I have drawn upon a variety of approaches and real life examples. In my efforts to

provide both a breadth and depth of analysis, this study makes fee use of range of popular texts and reviews,

as well as previous academic work in the area. I also apply pertinent academic history in scrutinizing the

principles and aesthetic conventions of the films, as set within the medical and psychological context from

they emerged. As a growing academic film person, I would like to say ―don‘t take movies too literally. Take

them carefully and thoughtfully‖ as Don Delillo noted "Film is more than the twentieth-century art. It‘s another

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PILOT STUDY ON STUDENT INVOLVEMENT IN RELIGIOUS CULTS THROUGH MENTAL PROCESS

Padma Sriyani Yatapana

Institute of Technology University of Moratuwa, Sri Lanka

[email protected]

INTRODUCTION

It is pathetic to observe a trend of some of the university students leaving their studies to enter the priesthood

in various religions. We find many of these students are educated, intelligent and with strong family

background. When browsing the internet, it could be seen that this problem exists all over the world. Weeping

mothers, desperate fathers and family members are looking for help to save their victims from this destructive

culture. Many researcher and non profitable organizations are actively involved to address this problem. If

there is a radical change in the behavior pattern of a student indicating negative attitudes in their life style,

then we can reasonably believe that the group he is involved is a cult.

OBJECTIVES

Cults recruit members through deception and coercive mind control. Because of the mind controlling aspects

in these cult procedures, students can become victims of mental illnesses like depression, schizophrenia and

may tend to lose sensitivity and correct perception. Ultimately, their families become desperate and will be

crippled economically and socially.

RESULTS

This is a case study aiming to extend it for the island. Using a designed questionnaire, the students‘ behavior

patterns and the characteristics of the group were compared with the established norms by the well-known

researchers in the world. As the cults hide their actual affairs, it is very difficult to obtain information. It could

be seen from this study that the abnormal behaviors developed with these students or groups are related to

characteristics of destructive cults.

The only way to prevent from getting involved in cults and rescue them from cults is to create awareness of

existence of these destructive cults and mind control techniques they indulge in.



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SPIRITUAL PSYCHOLOGY AND WELL BEING

Jitendra Mohan,

Panjab University - India

[email protected]

INTRODUCTION

―WHEN THE INFINITY IS SUBTRACTED FROM INFINITY THE REMAINDER IS STILL INFINITY‖

(ISHOPANISHAD)

TRUE WAS THE CONSCIOUS ENERGY IN THE PRIME TRUE WAS HE IN THE BEGINNING OF AGES TRUE HE IS

EVEN NOW, AND TRUE HE VERILY SHALL BE FOR EVER (GURU NANAK DEV)

HE WHO KNOWS HIMSELF KNOWS THE LORD (PROPHET MOHAMMED)

THE KINGDOM OF HEAVEN IS WITHIN YOU (JESUS CHRIST)

LOOK WITHIN, THOU ART THE BUDHA (LORD BUDHA)

THE GREAT SAGES, SEERS AND PROPHETS SHOWED THE PATH OF SPIRITUALITY TO BEGIN FROM WITHIN.

― The perennial personal journey, spanning centuries and continents, beyond traditions, beliefs, and styles

towards the innermost recesses of existence opens the way to enlightenment, awakening, peace, healing, and

spiritual evolution engulfing the entire cosmic consciousness

JITENDRA MOHAN (2007)

OBJECTIVES

SPIRITUAL PSYCHOLOGY AND SUBJECTIVE WELL-BEING

Through most of the history of modern psychology, the term religion has been both an individual and an

institutional construct. William James (1902) distinguished a ―firsthand‖ experiential religion that is direct and

immediate from a secondhand institutional religion that is an inherited tradition.

One is witnessing, a polarization of religiousness and spirituality, with the former representing an institutional,

formal, outward, doctrinal, authoritarian, inhibiting expression and the latter representing an individual,

subjective, emotional, inward, unsystematic, freeing expression (Koenig et al., 2001).

According to Rao (2005), Spirituality and religion have gained a measure of respectability in recent years in

academic discussions, thanks to the substantial literature that appears to connect them to health (George et

al. 2002; Koenig et aI., 2001).

There are distinguishing characteristics of religion and spirituality. These include,

first, religion is community focused, observable, measurable, and objective, whereas spirituality is

individualistic, less visible and measurable and more subjective.

Second, religion is organized, behavior oriented, and involves outward practices. Spirituality, however, is less

formal and systematic and more inward directed.

Spirituality refers to the experience of a personal relationship with the transcendent (Mora, 1994).

Transcendence refers to an individual's need to feel what he or she is in a timeless context, i.e., beyond what

he or she experiences right now at a particular place (Sarason, 1974). Also, Spirituality implies that the

individual is part of a greater whole, which in turn influences how the individual acts (Ericsson 1982).

Recently, Spirituality has been considered by the World Health Organization an important aspect of health, in

addition to Physical, Psychological, and Social Health (Yogesh et aI., 2004).


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Spirituality is said to involve a search for meaning and purpose in life, unfolding mysteries of the universe,

harmony, peace, wholeness, and transcendence (Tanyi, 2002).

According to Harris and Moran (1998), Spirituality is: (a) experience of the sacred other which is accompanied

by feelings of wonder, joy, love, trust and hope (b) connectedness with and responsibility for the self, other

people and the non-human world (c) the illumination of lived experience with meaning and value (d) the need

for naming and expression in either traditional or nontraditional ways.

BENEFITS

WHAT IS SPIRITUAL PSYCHOLOGY?

Exploring the spiritual component in beliefs and behavior is the business of spiritual psychology (Rao, 2005).

Indian psychology has much to offer for a foundational base to build the edifice of spiritual psychology. The

following twelve points provide the outline of the model based on classical Indian psychological thought (Rao,

2005).

Psychology is the study of the person (jiva).

The person is consciousness embodied.

The person is not an isolated and disconnected entity in that the jiva is transpersonal, unbounded by

transcognitive states.

Consciousness-as-such is irreducibly distinct from the material objects, including the brain and the mind.

Mind is different from consciousness as well as the body/brain machine. Unlike consciousness, the mind

is material, albeit subtle. Unlike the brain, the mind has non-local characteristics, i.e., it is not constrained

by time and space variables, as gross material objects are.

The mind may also be seen as the facilitating principle and function that interfaces consciousness at one

end and the brain processes at the other.

Consciousness in the human context, i.e., consciousness embodied, is circumscribed, conditioned, and

clouded by a vortex of forces generated by the mind-body connection. Consequently, the conditioned

person becomes an instrument of individualized thought, passion and action, an isolated person.

From individuation arise, on the one hand, subjectivity, rational thinking and relativity of truth and values.

On the other hand, there arises the ego as the organizing principle.

With the ego, come attachment and craving which lead the person in turn to experience anxiety,

insecurity, stress, distress, disease and suffering.

Situated in such an existential predicament of ignorance and suffering, the goal of human kind is

liberation (moksha) by a process of reconditioning training and consequent transformation of the person

to achieve higher states of awareness and achievement. This is accomplished by accessing

consciousness as-such and attaining Transcognitive states.

Endowed with consciousness, mind, and body, the person is capable of brain-processed learning

(sravana), mind-generated understanding (manana) and consciousness-accessed realization

(nididhyasana).

Yoga is a method of liberation via realization of transcognitive states. Realization takes different forms

relative to the different dispositions of the seekers. These include knowledge focused jnana yoga to meet

the thought needs, devotion filled bhakti yoga to deal with one's passionate nature, and action oriented

karma yoga for those dominated by the impulse to act.

In Indian psychology, there is no clear-cut incompatibility or conflict between science and spirituality.

Transcendence is the goal of spirituality. Transcendence is achieved through a process of transformation.

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Role of Spiritual Psychology in Promoting Well Being

One of the most enduring pursuits throughout history of mankind has been the search for happiness, well

being and a good life.

Even Csikszentmihalyi (1990) opined that the pursuit of happi-ness has been, and remains, the most central

motivator of human thought and action: ―Twenty-three hundred years ago Aristotle concluded that, more than

anything else, men and women seek happiness. While happiness itself is sought for its own sake, every other

goal—health, beauty, money, or power—is valued only be-cause we expect that it will make us happy.

WHAT IS WELL BEING

The concept of Well-Being refers to optimal psychological functioning and experience.

Well-being may be defined according to global question about overall life satisfaction and domain specific

questions about work, income, social relationship and neighborhood (Andrews, 1991).

Subjective Well-Being (SWB), refers to people's emotional and cognitive evaluations of their lives, includes

what lay people call happiness, peace, fulfillment, and life satisfaction.

THE HEDONIC VIEW

Equating well-being with hedonic pleasure or happiness has a long history, Aristippus, a Greek philosopher

from the fourth century B,C. taught that the goal of life is to experience the maximum amount of pleasure and

that happiness is the totality of one's hedonic moments.

THE EUDAIMONIC VIEW

Aristotle considered hedonic happiness to be a vulgar ideal, making humans slavish followers of desires. He

posited, instead, that true happiness is found in the expression of virtue-that is, in doing what is worth doing.

Fromm (1981), drawing on this Aristotelian view, argued that optimal well-being (vivere bene) requires

distinguishing.

“Between those needs (desires) that are only subjectively felt and whose satisfaction leads to momentary

pleasure, and those needs that are rooted in human nature and whose realization is conducive to human

growth and produces eudaimonia, i.e. "well-being." In other words...

the distinction between purely subjectively felt needs and objectively valid needs-part of the

former being harmful to human growth and the latter being in accordance with the requirements of human

nature.”

Self-determination theory: (Ryan & Deci 2000) is another perspective that has both embraced the concept of

eudaimonia, or self-realization, as a central definitional aspect of well-being and attempted to specify both

what it means to actualize the self and how that can be accomplished.

SPIRITUAL WELL BEING

Spiritual Well Being may be viewed as an expression of spiritual maturity (Ellison 1983) may also be seen as

integral experience of a person who is functioning as God intended. Spirituality as a dimension of well being

describes the experience of being in harmony, the integration of inner and other.

―Psychology of Religion and Spirituality‖ (Pargament, 1999)

Historically, psychologists have been called the least religious of all academicians (Leuba, 1934).

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According to Reed (1987), Spiritual well-being in patients with cancer has been found to positively correlate

with subjective well-being, lower pain levels, a faster recovery time from intercurrent illness, fighting spirit,

hope and positive mood states, high self-esteem, social competence, purpose in life and overall quality of life.

Religion and spirituality have been found to have on overall beneficial effect on health (Plante and Sherman,

2001).

George et al. (2000) proposed three mechanisms whereby religion could be related to health: the promotion of

health behaviors, the provision of social support and the coherence hypothesis. Membership in several

denominations actively encourages moderation in eating and exercise, while discouraging such potentially

harmful behaviors as smoking, drug use, excessive alcohol consumption and premarital sex (Pargament,

1997; Musick et al., 2000). Similarly, several studies have documented the relationship between social

support, a known predictor of health (House et al., 1988), and religion. The third proposed mechanism

suggests that religion ―provides a sense of coherence and meaning so that people understand their role in the

universe, the purpose of life, and develop the courage to endure suffering‖ (George et al., 2000).

A fourth mechanism linking religion and health may be the physiological response to stress.

SPIRITUALITY AND HEALTHY AGING

As regards association between healthy aging and spiritual well being, Campbell (1981) suggested that well

being depends on the satisfaction of three basic kinds of need: The need for having, the need for relating, and

the need for being.

A fourth set of need which was acknowledged later was termed as the need for transcendence.

According to Sehgal (2005), the postmodern age is the age of stress and anxiety. Relationships that were

sacrosanct have been sacrificed at the altar of hedonistic, fast-paced life. Greed, for everything that money

can buy, is all-pervasive. However, most people express a vacuum in their lives and are still looking for

happiness or, at least, the way to become happy.

TOWARDS DEVELOPING PARADIGMS OF HEALTH AND WELL-BEING

The behavioral medicine paradigm of health posits that health is multi-dimensional; disease is what makes

you ill at ease. The disease models vary from biomedical models to biopsychosocial models. The

biopsychosocial model considers emotional problems and stress as the root for most physical problems.

The Western and Indian models of health, as advocated by spiritual leaders, share many commonalities:

health is multidimensional; disease has multifactor etiology; disease is rooted in emotional conflicts; stress-

related illnesses can be treated and prevented by focusing on lifestyle, emotions, personality, social network,

coping, and stress-reduction techniques.

According to Mohan (2005) Spirituality is a universal human experience, crossing cultural and geographical

boundaries, although its substance and form may differ. Religion of one kind or another existed, and continues

to exist, in all societies; and it has profound effects on the lives of those who practice it. Prayer is central to all

religious practices. It encompasses all religions, even those that do not specifically acknowledge an entity like

God as in Buddhism.

Physical Health and Spirituality

In a review of 250 epidemiological studies on religion and nine areas of clinical disease, Levin and Vanderpool

(1987) found 27 studies that included attendance at services as predictor variables, of which 22 revealed

significant associations with beter health.

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Evidence points towards the efficacy of the technologies of spirituality in decreasing chronic pain of the body.

AS TO HOW SPIRITUALITY MAY ENHANCE WELL BEING THROUGH POSITIVE EMOTIONS VIZ

FORGIVENESS GRATITUDE & HOPE.

Mohan et al (2007) studied dispositional forgiveness in relation to Personality and Spiritual Well Being among

Indian Adolescents. Results clearly revealed positive correlations between dispositional Forgiveness, Spiritual

well and Personality dimensions of Extraversion and social desirability. Results also revealed a negative

between dispositional forgiveness and personality dimensions of neuroticism as well as Psychoticism.

EVIDENCE THAT ADOLESCENTS‘ SPIRITUALITY AND THE SENSE OF MEANING THAT IT GENERATES

IS PROTECTIVE COMES FROM SEVERAL STUDIES.

The advent of spiritual psychology may be appreciated so that behavior scientists, educators, managers, and

HRD experts could understand, analyze and employ appropriate strategies and interventions for coping,

healing, optimizing and enhancing human creativity, tolerance and happiness.

WAYS TO RAISE YOUR CONSCIOUSNESS

1. Forgive yourself and others: Life is too short to hold on to regrets, grudges, miscommunications, or

disappointments.

2. Practice gratitude and appreciation: Whatever you focus on grows. So, when you focus on everything

in your life, you feel grateful for all and the wonderful people you appreciate, the universe hands you

more to feel grateful about.

3. Live each day as though it were your last.

4. Suspend judgment: One judges another to feel less guilty about one‘s own misgivings. Judgment

energy is dense, dark and heavy.

5. View every experience as a gift.

6. Stay consciously aware of all your thoughts and feelings: It is easy to fall into negative patterns of

complaining and feeling like a victim of society and your life. When you catch yourself in the negative

zone, don‘t feel badly about it and beat yourself up. Simply choose to switch your consciousness to

one of gratitude and positive thinking.

7. Treat your physical body as your temple: Your body is the only vehicle you‘ve been given for this ride

called life.

8. View the world through the eyes of a child: Children are enthralled by the process of observing and

experiencing the wonder and beauty in every single thing. They can‘t get enough. Look at every three,

sunset, cloud and human being as a child would and you‘ll be in a constant state of wonder, joy,

surprise, acceptance and enlightenment.

9. Give love, love, love from your heart: It‘s all about love. Love is the highest vibration. Allow yourself to

receive love unconditionally from others. Give love from your heart unconditionally to yourself and

others and you will experience the highest state of consciousness possible.

10. Meditate or pray: You open up a direct link between yourself and the spiritual realm when you

meditate or pray. You will come closer to your creator energy, raise your vibration experience, peace,

clarity, joy and connection, as well as a perfectly balanced state between your mental, physical,

emotional and spiritual realms.

A SIMPLE PATH

“THE POVERTY IN THE WEST IS A DIFFERENT KIND OF POVERTY – IT IS NOT ONLY A POVERTY OF

LONELINESS BUT ALSO OF SPIRITUALITY”. “THE FRUIT OF SILENCE IS PRAYER THE FRUIT OF PRAYER IS


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FAITH THE FRUIT OF FAITH IS LOVE THE FRUIT OF LOVE IS SERVICE THE FRUIT OF SERVICE IS PEACE”

MOTHER TERESA

“PEOPLE USUALLY CONSIDER WALKING ON WATER OR IN THIN AIR A MIRACLE. BUT I THINK THE REAL

MIRACLE IS NOT TO WALK ON WATER OR IN THIN AIR, BUT TO WALK ON AIR. EVERYDAY WE ARE ENGAGED

IN A MIRACLE WE DON’T EVEN RECOGNIZE: A BLUE SKY, WHITE CLOUDS, GREEN LEAVES, THE BLACK,

CURIOUS EYES OF A CHILD – OUR OWN TWO EYES. ALL IS A MIRACLE

“THEY WERE A PEOPLE THAT HAD GROWN UP IN SILENCE AND SOLITUDE BETWEEN A HARD SKY AND A

HARD EARTH; HARD WAS THEIR LIFE IN THE MIDST OF THESE AUSTERE, ENDLESS SPACES; AND SO THEY

COULD NOT ESCAPE THE LONGING AFTER A POWER THAT WOULD ENCOMPASS ALL EXISTENCE WITH

UNERRING JUSTICE AND KINDNESS, SEVERITY AND WISDOM: GOD THE ABSOLUTE. HE DWELLS IN INFINITY

AND RADIATES INTO INFINITY – BUT BECAUSE YOU ARE WITHIN HIS WORKING, HE IS CLOSER TO YOU THAN

THE VEIN IN YOUR NECK…”

THE ROAD TO MECCA

“THERE ARE MANY MORE BEAUTIFUL LANDSCAPES IN THE WORLD, BUT NONE, I THINK, THAT CAN SHAPE

MAN’S SPIRIT IN SO SOVEREIGN A WAY…. THE DESERT IS BARE AND CLEAN AND KNOWS NO COMPROMISE.

IT SWEEPS OUT OF THE HEART OF MAN ALL THE LOVELY FANTASIES THAT COULD BE USED AS A

MASQUERADE FOR WISHFUL THINKING, AND THUS MAKES HIM FREE TO SURRENDER HIMSELF TO AN

ABSOLUTE THAT HAS NO IMAGE: THE FARTHEST OF ALL THAT IS FAR AND YET THE NEAREST OF ALL THAT

IS NEAR”.

THE MIRACLE OF MINDFULNESS

“DON’T DRINK YOUR TEA LIKE SOMEONE WHO GULPS DOWN A CUP OF COFFEE DURING A WORKBREAK.

DRINK YOUR TEA SLOWLY AND REVERENTLY, AS IF IT IS THE AXIS ON WHICH THE WHOLE EARTH

RESOLVES – SLOWLY, EVENLY, WITHOUT RUSHING TOWARDS THE FUTURE. LIVE THE ACTUAL MOMENT.

ONLY THIS ACTUAL MOMENT IS LIFE.”


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ROLE OF SPIRITUALITY AND POSITIVE EMOTIONS IN HEALTHY AGEING

Meena Sehgal

Panjab University – India

[email protected]

INTRODUCTION

Spirituality has been considered as an important aspect of health by WHO (1998) in addition to physical,

mental and social aspects. Spirituality is viewed as a human need for transcendence and means to optimise

potential. It is often equated with search for meaning in life and peace. Tanyi (2002) uses the word

connectiveness while discussing the concept of spirituality. She opined that connectiveness relates to

relationship we share with ourselves, others, nature or God; gives meaning to life and motivates individuals to

achieve their optimal being.

There is large evidence today that spirituality is related to holistic health and well being (Koenig et al., 2000;

Singh and Maheshwari, 2009; Mohan, 2011 and Sehgal, 2011). According to Pargament et al. (2001) people

feeling disconnected with God, who feel alienated and unloved by God show higher morbidity and mortality.

Subjects high on spiritual well being also exhibit higher Satisfaction with Life and Happiness.

OBJECTIVES

The aim of the present study was to study the role of spirituality in healthy ageing.

Hansen Kyle (2005) defined Healthy Ageing as the ability to conitive to function mentally, physically and

socially even with advancing age. Healthy ageing is associated with low probability of disease and disease

related disability, high cognitive and physical functioning and active engagement with life.

METHODOLOGY

The present research was based on the premise that Spiritual Well Being in older people via positive emotions

would play a crucial role in Healthy Ageing. The main objective of the study was to study the role of Spiritual

Well Being, Positive Emotions viz. Happiness, Forgiveness, Satisfaction with Life, Satisfaction with Life and

Stress with Healthy Ageing.

Sample comprised of 50 males and 50 females in the age range of 65 – 75 years. They were administered

measures of Physical fitness, Mental Health, Satisfaction with Life, Happiness, Stress, Forgiveness and

Spiritual Well Being.

RESULTS

Results clearly revealed that Healthy Ageing was associated with Spiritual Well Being, Happiness,

Forgiveness, Satisfaction with Life, Mental Health and Low Stress. Implications of the findings for promoting

healthy ageing are discussed.


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TAOIST MIND-TRAINING, SPIRITUALITY AND MORAL DEVELOPMENT

Dr Herbert Chiu

SCOPE, City University of Hong Kong

[email protected]

INTRODUCTION

Tao, according to Taoism‘s original master Lao-Tzu (Watters, 1995), is the origin and way of all existences. A

human can live harmoniously if his / her way of life concerts with Tao. Harmony, as depicted in Tai Ping Jing

(The Book On Harmony) is not to be understood only at the individual level. It transcends the here and now

micro level of the person, to levels like the society, the state, the world, nature, and the future (Yu Liming,

2001). To do so, a man has to recognize his nature and manage his life in accordance to Tao. Taoist mind-

training is one of the Taoist approaches for doing so. It enhances one‘s awareness of the relationships

between humanity, existences, and Tao.

OBJECTIVES

The Taoist approach to mind-training involve meditation and reflection on the influence of the ego, and its

mental processes on one‘s relationship with the self, human beings, existences, and Tao. The ego, is

conditioned by worldly cravings and mentalities that alienate one with his /her nature, and thus the Tao. As

Zhuangzi says, since the ego is egocentric, its understanding about life and existence is limited by its own

perceptions (Ware, 1983).

RESULTS

Tao can be contemplated by meditation training that clears egocentric mental processes of the ego in its

relating with the world, and nature. When one changes its relationship with existence from being the center of

the world to being one of the members of the world, one begins to see a different picture about life, and

nature. Ones way of living thus also changes. A more wholistic view about life and more equalitarian and

caring attitudes about existence emerge. More importantly, it is the awareness, and experience of being one

with other beings and existences that fuels the changes, the transcendences and the transformation of the

perceptions and attitudes into a way of life, as Guanzi says (Zhao Shouzheng, 1999) – the Taoist way, and its

spirituality. The changes can be gradual, or exponential. Psychologically speaking, it is a form of human moral

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THE PATTERN OF PATIENTS ATTENDING FOR PSYCHOSOCIAL COUNSELING (BY THE GENERAL

PRACTITIONER) IN GENERAL PRACTICE CONSULTATION

Fernando M.G.T.

Ministry of Health, Sri Lanka

[email protected]

INTRODUCTION

General practitioners are in a prime position to counsel patients presenting with psychosocial problems.

Many General practitioners in Sri Lanka enter general practice with some training in counseling skills but they rarely

continue counseling process due to many reasons.

OBJECTIVE

To describe the pattern of clients and their psychosocial problems and therapy given during counseling process in

general practice.

METHOD

Clients who need counseling make an appointment with the family doctor (counselor)

Who asses and initiate physical, psychological or social therapy according to their reasons for encounter. Those who

needs psychosocial counseling follow up by 30 to 40 minutes sessions accordingly. Interpersonal, couple, family and

group counseling is offered. Case histories collected by the doctor over the period of 7 months were categorized

according to the main issue for which the person presented and psychological therapy given. Psychoanalytic,

Behavioral, Person centered, Gestalt, Reality, Cognitive and Integrative psychotherapies were applied. Psychological

therapies were practiced.

RESULTS

78 clients attended for counseling over the period of 7 months. There were 53 ( 67.9 % ) males and 22 (28.2%) females.

The majority were 16 - 45 years of age comprising 49 ( 62.8% ). 24 clients referred by another doctor while 54 attend

by self or other ways of information. 63 clients attend for interpersonal counseling when 15 were couple or family

counseling. Psychosocial problems were Anxiety and anger 15 (19.2% ), Depression15 ( 19.2% ), Relationship

issues11 ( 14.1% ), Child education and behavior 8 ( 10.2% ), Psychotic 7 ( 8.9% ), sexual 5( 6.4% ), addiction (alcohol

and drugs) 5 ( 6.4% ), OCD 4 ( 5.1% ) and multiple issues 4 ( 5.1% ). 58 clients attended one session while 17 attend 2

to 5 sessions.

CONCLUSIONS

Physical as well as psychological therapies receive by the patients when GP doing psychosocial counseling at same

consultation.

Doing counseling by the general practitioner himself with qualifications, help to improve psychosocial-wellbeing of

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ASSOCIATION OF CEREBRAL CORTICAL GREY MATTER DEFICITS, COGNITIVE NEUROLOGICAL

MEASURES AND SYMPTOM RATINGS IN SCHIZOPHRENIA

Nishantha Kumarasinghe

Sri Jayawardene University, Sri Lanka

[email protected]

INTRODUCTION

This project aimed to identify, cerebral cortical grey matter deficits associated with cognitive impairment

neurological soft signs and symptoms of schizophrenia. Data collection was carried out in Sri Lanka and final

analysis done at the University of Newcastle Australia.

METHODS

High-resolution three dimensional structural magnetic resonance images were acquired from previously never

medicated schizophrenia (DSM IV) patients (n=18) from NIMH National Institutive of Mental Health Sri Lanka.

Cortical pattern averaging method was used to calculate regional cerebral cortical grey matter density.

Cognitive (Repeatable Battery for the Assessment of Neuropsychological Status) and Neurological soft signs

(NSS) assessments were preformed. Symptoms were rated (Brief Psychiatric Rating Scale) at the outset and

6 weeks post treatment phase. All data were compared against age sex handedness matched healthy

volunteers (n=18).

RESULTS

Grey matter deficit of schizophrenia patients in some Brodmann areas (BA) areas significantly correlated

(P<0.05) with individual cognitive tests (Figure 01). There was no significant association of the NSS scores

with mean grey matter measures of any individual Brodmann areas.

Improving positive symptom ratings also correlated with better performance on figure copying (rs=0.72;

P=0.006) and semantic fluency (rs=0.64; P<0.02).

DISCUSSION

Cerebral cortical regional grey matter deficit in schizophrenia was associated with cognitive test performance

and positive symptoms but neither with negative symptoms nor with NSS, might reflect sample and

methodological variation of the current study.

CONCLUSION

This study justifies association of cerebral cortical grey matter density reduction with cognitive deficit and

positive symptoms in schizophrenia. This might be am important step in identifying some intermediate

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EXTENSION OF HUMAN LIFE SPAN

Anura Sirimanna

Project for the Extension of Human Lifespan - Sri Lanka

[email protected]

INTRODUCTION

Life is available to the humans as well as to the animals and plants. Here we talk about the human life which

is bound with psychology. Further life is a combination of Physical structure mental processes, psycho social

and physical environment as well as deep spirit.

OBJECTIVES

Life span is the length of time between the birth & death. Extension of Human life span is extending the length

of time between the birth & death. Concept of extending human life span arose in presenter within the period

of guerilla terrorist regime in Sri Lanka. Terrorists threatened others for achieving their short term goals and

directed masses for the benefit of terrorism. They threatened the whole island using periodical terrorist

attacks.

Instead of being trapped in group activities which were legal and not rejected by the government but indirectly

benefited terrorism; individual effort was essential to make a tunnel out of terrorism. My earlier experience in

Hatha Yoga postures and Pranayama meditation helped me for same. In the year 1996 I was able to

introduce Hatha Yoga basics and some Yoga postures to some school children. Later I was able to reach

spirits of the gatherings who were holding offerings ( Poojas )under sacred Bo – trees for strengthening of

war heroes of Sri Lanka armed forces and police, not knowing that they are extending the span of terrorism

by giving strength to the soldiers of both sides. In the year 2000 I started an alternative offering (pooja) Using

my Sinhala publication ―Chanting of Transcendental Dhamma‖. It included a plea for peace.

METHODOLOGY

Researched by the name of ―Project for the Extension of Human Life Span”.

BENEFIT

My book was published introducing the ―Project for the Extension of Human Life Span‖. A handbook of

preliminary physical exercises as a basic guideline to start Hatha Yoga postures and Pranayama

meditation. I look forward to continue the ―Project for the Extension of Human Life Span‖ as a universal project

with the participation of you all.


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THE PARADIGM OF “INSIDE-OUT”: A PSYCHOLOGICAL, PHILOSOPHICAL AND SPIRITUAL ART OF

LIVING

Rev. Fr. Jeevantha Peiris

Divine Mercy Retreat centre - Sri Lanka

[email protected]

INTRODUCTION

It is a principle-centered approach to a powerful emotional intelligence and interpersonal effectiveness. Inside-

Out means to begin first with self. In other words, begin to deal with the core of one self: frames of mind,

paradigms, personality and motivations.

OBJECTIVES

Its logic is that private victory; intended as emotional intelligence, precedes public victories; understood as

social intelligence. An ideal example is that making and keeping promises to oneself precede making and

keeping promises to others. Inside-Out approach strengthens the capacity to distinguish and to take control of

the space between the stimulus and response. Thus, one begins to master the ability to use the space

between stimulus and response in a new and creative way which causes to recognize and accept how he/she

was programmed and conditioned by the environment, past events and the memories. The schema theory of

cognitive psychology explains this conditioning: it accounts for the effects of emotional states on memory and

cognitive processes. Schema theory proposes that people in a typical, prevailing mood have a generalized

framework or schema or mental script that is congruent with that mood state. Therefore, paradigm of Inside-

out presents totally a new possibility to begin with the desire to centre one‘s life on the principles of natural

law, to brake out of the paradigms and mental scripts created by others and the comfort zones of unworthy

habits. Stephen covey introduces this paradigm shift from Outside-In to Inside-Out:

Change- real change- comes from the inside out. It does not come from modifying the attitudes and behaviour

with quick fix personality ethic techniques. It comes from striking at the root- the fabric of our thought, the

fundamental, essential paradigms, which give definition to our character and create the lens through which we

see the world.

The process of awakening of the potentials of oneself, perhaps still hidden or blocked due to biological,

psychological and social reasons, is merely not an intellectual effort. Here, it is necessary to underline the

destructive character of the outside-in paradigm. That is to be guided by the only vision of oneself which

comes from the social mirror: from the current social paradigm and from opinions, perceptions, and paradigms

of the people around him/herself.

METHODOLOGY

There are three social maps of determinism which condition the emotional-social intelligence. One is genetic

determinism: strong conviction that says one is determined by the biological factors and hereditary influence

especially related to one‘s own temperament: ―I am born like this.‖

The second is psychic determinism: belief that the personal history especially the childhood experiences and

parental influence have determined the behaviour and thought pattern of the person specially related to one‘s

own character: ―I am made like this.(by my parents)‖ The third is environmental determinism: believe that

social and economical circumstances determined one‘s life: ―I am grown like this.‖


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BENEFIT

In doing the paradigm shift from Outside-In to Inside-Out one makes use the emotional intelligence

endowments specifically self-awareness, imagination, conscience and independent will in order to change the

frame of mind with regard to the social maps of determinism. Inside-Out is an art of living embodied by three

realms. Realms of psychology, philosophy and spirituality are brought together in the individual considered as

the man incarnated spirit. In as much as he is ‗spirit‘, man is open to the unlimited horizon of being, capable of

transcending all that is finite and himself. In as much as he is ‗incarnate‘ spirit, he is finite and limited, and he

does not exhaust in himself the possibilities of the human essence.


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THE RELEVANCE OF CLASSIFICATION IN INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY AND ITS IMPLICATION ON

INTERVENTION

Madhusoodana Sunnambala

Horizon Campus - Sri Lanka

[email protected]

INTRODUCTION

A variety of terms have been used to describe the condition of people who have a low level of cognitive

functioning and associated deficits in adaptive behavior (Skills of daily living). Like: developmental disability,

intellectual disability, mental deficiency, mental handicap, mental retardation, and disability. The aim is to

focus on the relevance of classification on the term intellectual Disability.

DEFINITION

―Intellectual disability is a disability categorized by significant limitation both in intellectual functioning and in

adaptive behavior, which covers many everyday social and practical skills. This disability originates before the

age of 18‖.

The concept of disability being a static, life – long condition is passed. People with interactive disabilities can

lead vibrant and fulfilling lives in society. A disability should be considered within the context of an individual‘s

environmental and personal factors, and the need for individualized supports. Limitations coexist with

strengths in an individual and the IQ alone does not give the information need to identify what support will

improve a person‘s functioning. Intellectual disability provides a developmental approach for the assessment,

diagnosis and treatment of persons with intellectual disability throughout their life span.

OBJECTIVES

The main aim of the present study is to find out the relevance of ―How the classification of ID (Intellectual

Disability) affects in the planning of treatment process (Intervention). The classification is essential in

understanding the‖ present level of functioning‖ which is actually the critical point in treatment process. The

present level of classification is on the IQ basis which is divided into five categories. In planning an

intervention for an intellectually disabled child it is necessary to find this classification as an indication of his

―present level of functioning‖, the effectiveness of intervention is totally depend upon this understanding.

RESULTS

A therapist must have an understanding on how an intervention must be planned and what are the major

aspects he should be taken into consideration form this analysis. The probability of outcome in intervention is

totally depends upon overall understanding of the patient, the present level of functioning which is a crucial

crux in the recovery processes. This will provide and opportunity to involve the group (Family therapists,

academicians) in order to take away the stereotypic attitudes that prevails in the society about retardation.


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HUMAN DEVELOPMENT- A PSYCHODYNAMIC PERSPECTIVE

Nirmalan Dhas

[email protected]

INTRODUCTION

The observation of human development from a psychodynamic perspective exposes factors relevant to the

current context of the human species and life on Earth in general. This is of relevance to those engaged in

research and policy formulation and indeed even to the man in the street who has concerns regarding the

future of humanity.

AIMS

This perspective has much to contribute to the field of Disaster Management and Sustainability in

Development as well as to the question of Civilizational Transformation and the concept of good governance

in this context.

METHODS

Methods of research based on both qualitative and quantitative data are being worked out keeping in mind

that explorative actions take priority over research in this respect given the exegencies of the current context

which place severe constraints on time scales.

RESULTS

Largely drawn from the field of climate sciences, which findings raise serious concerns relating to the mental

and physical well being of the human species given likely developments in the short term.The perspective

developed herein has so far not been found in related literature. It may possible reside in some unrecognized

works that may be found in the future.


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PSYCHOTHERAPY AND SPIRITUALITY

Hans Vischjager – Netherland

[email protected]

Black boy in Chicago,

Playing in the street ,

Not near enough to wear

Not near enough to eat

Don't you know he saw it

On a July afternoon

He saw a man named Armstrong

Walk upon the moon

Young girl in Calcutta

Barely eight years old

The flies that swarm the market place

Will see she don't get old

Don't you know she heard it

On that July afternoon

She heard a man named Armstrong

Had walked upon the moon

The rivers are getting dirty

The wind is getting bad

War and hate are killing off

The only earth we have

But the world all stopped to watch it

On that July afternoon

To watch a man named Armstrong

Walk upon the moon.

The undertones you often hear, ‗My God is better than your God‘. ‗My religion is better than your religion‘ and

‗My faith is stronger than your faith.‘

As a way of thinking might be, appropriate at this time. ‗He who condemns another man‘s religion might just

be condemning the right religion‘.

I wonder what religion we had when this earth and universe was created? For those who believe in God, no

matter what you may call your God, was it His intention to have thousands of different beliefs and thoughts

about the same creator?

I remember in 1990 being in America I was invited to a religious event. It was during the time that America first

went to war with Iraq. The clergyman made the following statement.

He asked, ‗America has gone to war with Iraq and the American government is saying that we will win the war,

because God is on our side. However the Iraqis were saying, ‗We will win the war because Allah is on our

side.‘

The question was, ‗Who‘s side is God really on?‘


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No one in the congregation answered. Finally the clergyman said, ‗What I think God is on no one‘s side. He is

sitting up there somewhere (pointing upwards), crying His eyes out.‘

What this indicates is that the Creator does not have or believe in a singular religion, belief, or faith. Man has

decided in their infinite wisdom to create what we see today. Buddhism, Christianity, Islam, Hinduism,

Judaism and hundreds of other religions.

If you really study all these beliefs, you will discover that each of them is basically teaching the same thing.

‗Love one another. Be kind to each other. Show compassion to your fellow man. Follow what is good and

reject what is evil.

It is at this point that we meet the problem of apparently conflicting reports of the divine coming from the

different religious traditions. Can the Eternal One be at once the Adonai of Judaism, the Father of Jesus

Christ, the Allah of Islam, the Krishna and the Shiva of theistic Hinduism, the Brahman of advaitic Hinduism,

the Dharmakaya or the Sunyata of Mahayana Buddhism, and the Nirvana of Theravada Buddhism?

If we assume this statement to be correct, by what right do we have to condemn an other person‘s belief.

Assuming again that after we die our soul or spirit is transported to somewhere else, no matter what it may be

named, will it be only Christians, Jews, Hindus, Muslims or Buddhists who will experience this transition? I find

this extremely arrogant to belief.

God or the Creator does not make a distinction in a title or name that man has adopted for himself. He will

look at your performance while you were still of this earth no matter what your belief was while you were still

alive. If we accept this, there will be no need to force one‘s religion or faith upon someone else, but respect

each other for what they believe.

Perhaps if you read the my latest book ―Sayings of Wisdoms‖ of the different faiths which is to follow with an

open mind, perhaps you will realize that there is no need to argue, fight or make war. Perhaps we can learn to

live in peace and harmony regardless of colour, creed or religion.

Spirituality means different things to different people and people express their spirituality in varied ways.

Spirituality can play an important role in helping people maintain good mental and emotional health and live

with or recover from mental health or emotional problems. Psychologists and Psychotherapists therefore need

to respect their clients need to express their spirituality.

What is spirituality? Can spirituality protect mental health?

Can spirituality help people with mental and emotional health problems?

How can spirituality be part of Psychological and Psychotherapeutic services?

What is spirituality?

Spirituality means different things to different people. They may interpret it as:

Their religion or faith.

Giving meaning and direction to their life, sometimes described as their ‗journey‘.

A way of understanding the world and their place in the world.

Belief in a higher being or a force greater than any individual.

A core part of their identity and essential humanity.

A feeling of belonging or connectedness.

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A quest for wholeness, hope or harmony.

A sense that there is more to life than material things.

As quoted by a client:

“I don’t believe in a God – a divine being of any description… But I do have a great wonder at the workings of

the world and the universe. I suppose you could call that a spiritual response.”

Spirituality is often seen as a broader concept than religion. Some spiritual beliefs are particular to an

individual, whereas the beliefs attached to a religion are shared by large groups of people who follow

established teaching.

People may develop and express their spirituality through:

Religious practices such as worship, prayer and reading religious texts.

Coming together as a spiritual community.

Living by certain values.

Rituals such as burning incense.

Wearing particular clothes or eating particular foods.

Cultural or creative activities such as making music or creating art.

Getting closer to nature.

Activities that develop self-awareness or personal control such as contemplation or yoga.

Physical activity.

Friendship or voluntary work.

Some people may consider these activities central to their lives, but they may not think of themselves as

‗spiritual‘ nor associate these activities with ‗spirituality‘.

Being able to express and explore our spirituality is a basic human need and a universal human right. This

right applies to everyone and is enshrined in European and UK law, based on the Universal Declaration of

Human Rights.

Can spirituality protect mental and emotional health?

Spirituality can help people maintain good mental and emotional health. It can help them cope with everyday

stress and can keep them grounded. Tolerant and inclusive spiritual communities can provide valuable

support and friendship. There is some evidence of links between spirituality and improvements in people‘s

mental or emotional health, although researchers do not know exactly how this works.

Can spirituality help people with mental or emotional health problems?

Spirituality can also help people deal with periods of mental/emotional distress or mental illness. Spirituality

can bring a feeling of being connected to something bigger than yourself and it can provide a way of coping in

addition to relying on your own mental resilience. It can help people make sense of what they are

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“I’m quite happy to live with the idea that… in a fallen world there are things that happen to people just…

through chance and circumstance. But what one does need to believe is that all of that is happening in an

ultimately meaningful framework.”

Having a spiritual life can give people strength and improve their wellbeing. But some people‘s experiences of

spirituality may be damaging to their mental or emotional health. They may find certain belief systems

repressive and their followers judgmental.

Occasionally, people‘s past experiences can be unhelpful to their recovery from mental health problems,

whether or not they felt uncomfortable with those spiritual influences at the time. Their beliefs may disturb or

frighten them and that can lead to behaviour that other people find challenging.

How can spirituality be part of mental health services?


“I think it was a combination of my Psychotherapist, the medicine and my spiritual life. In some incredible way

they all came together and I think it was the spiritual element that was the glue that held it together.”

Psychology and Psychotherapy services need to respect clients spirituality as a human right. Psychology

and Psychotherapy services culture that responds to spiritual needs:

Acknowledges the spirituality in people‘s lives.

Gives clients opportunities to talk about spirituality.

Encourages clients to tell the Psychologist or Psychotherapist their needs.

Helps clients to express their spirituality.

Uses person centred planning and incorporates spiritual needs.

People express their spirituality in many different ways and spiritual beliefs can influence the decisions clients

make about the treatment they receive or how they want to be supported. Taking the spiritual needs of clients

into account can support their recovery or help them live with their mental health or emotional problems in the

best way for them as individuals.

Encouraging clients to explore what is important to them spiritually can be a valuable self help strategy as

people often want to talk about their spirituality.


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AN ENLIVENED CONSCIOUSNESS ( E-CONSCIOUSNESS) PAVING THE WAY FOR ENHANCED

SOCIAL CAPITAL TOWARDS SUSTAINABLE GROWTH

Lakshman Madurasinghe

[email protected]

INTRODUCTION

In these ever increasing social interactions it has become clearer that myriad of everyday interactions

between people have led to the creation of social capital. We cannot say with any certainty where it is located.

Some surmise that it may be located within the individual person or within the social structure.

OBJECTIVES

But deeper research has shown us that it is located in the space between people. Therefore it is not the

prerogative of any government or social institution but is based on the interactions of humans with other

humans based on principles of trust, mutual reciprocity and norms of action which when enlivened opens

portals towards sustainable growth.

While the foundations of a multi-cultural ethos could be laid using tolerance and civility, I believe that we

should reach a stage where we understand and feel for other humans even without express communication, a

level I believe is possible though new neural pathways. On social capital that has the most beneficial effect on

society is characterized by competence, commitment, character, and consciousness—that is, the direct

development of human consciousness through a technology of efficacious meditation which also utilizes

symbols that trigger archetypes.

METHODOLOGY

Research also indicates that an authentic transformation emerges from a search for one‘s true ident ity and

meaning in life, doing what one loves and developing oneself continuously. An authentic transformation

should always reflect one‘s true character, and should be built on one‘s values, strengths, uniqueness, and

genius which then adds meaning and value to what he brings to society thus resulting in enhanced social

capital.

RESULTS

With new neural pathways, as we start operating with empathy, heart coherence and trust, it opens

opportunities for individual, groups, social organizations and even nations to deal with a higher degree of

emotional and spiritual intelligence averting conflict, relational toxity and even war thus creating enhanced

Social Capital beneficial to all. This would be essential a collective effort to reach the Millennial Development

Goals , sustainable development and help create a better world for all.

The writer opined that the enhanced social capital which is beneficial is not confined to competence alone but

a function of 4-C s Competence, Commitment, Character and Consciousness.


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ASSESSMENT OF ANXIETY AMONG HIGHER EDUCATION STUDENTS AND ITS RELATIONSHIP WITH

SPIRITUALITY

Lancy D‘Souza

University of Mysore - India

[email protected]; [email protected]

INTRODUCTION

The present study reports assessment of anxiety levels and its relationship with spirituality among

postgraduate students of Mysore University.

METHODOLOGY

A total of 100 (66 male + 34 female) students studying in management and humanities were randomly

selected for the study. They were administered IPAT anxiety scale (Cattel & Scheier, 1963) and Spirituality

scale (Piedmont, 1999).

RESULTS

Results revealed that an alarming 43% of the students suffer from morbid anxiety and only 4% of them were

found to be secure. Demographic variables like gender, age and course did not have influence over anxiety.

Further, students with different levels of anxiety did not differ in their spirituality scores.

A general discussion on anxiety reduction techniques were also described at the end.




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VEDIC SPIRITUAL HYPNOSIS FOR UNIVERSAL PEACE

Ravisankar Ramanathan Karthikeyan Ramanathan

Vedic & Scientific Research Foundation - India

[email protected]

INTRODUCTION

The Indian ancient Vedic tradition contains methodologies to synchronize the energy from the nature

especially Fire, Water, Air, Space and Earth with the energy from the five basic elements of Human Body –

Ear, Nose, Eyes, Mouth and Body. This Vedic spiritual practice creates inner energy, activates the hypnosis

power to control the senses of self as well as others, control the diseases.

OBJECTIVES

Hypnosis is a state where the conscious mind relaxes or doesn‘t function and allows the subconscious to

work. The heat energy emanating from the eyes and the sound energy from the mouth plays vital role in

hypnotizing any living beings and also in affecting the atmospheric processes related to rainfall, wind flow. The

internal spiritual energy and the external physical strength are very much essential for the vedic hypnosis

experts and they effectively utilize their brain potential through rigorous spiritual practices to achieve their

goal.

RESULTS

The Spirituality - unconditional devotion with complete dedication is an essential factor for Vedic Hypnosis

expert. The essence of Spirituality is the duty to live to its full the glorious destiny of being human. Spirituality

tunes the mindset to higher objectives of human life, discovering the purpose and value of life and equipping

the individual and the society with a bent of mind to serve the society with utmost sincerity & unconditional

devotion. It is possible to inculcate positive vibrations, positive thoughts in the minds of everyone through

vedic spiritual hypnosis and create harmony for universal peace.


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CULTURAL NOTION OF DEPRESSION IN NEPAL

Usha Kiran

Trichandra Multiple Campus - Nepal

[email protected]

INTRODUCTION

The exploratory study of depression in Nepal is designed to examine the cause, symptoms, help seeking

behavior and how socio-cultural factors influence experience of depression and how people conceptualize the

illness experience.

OBJECTIVE

This study focused on samples of 48 key informants from different geographical regions (mountain, hill, valley

and plain). Focused group discussion was used to generate qualitative information. The themes emerged from

the content analyses of FGD were as follows: (a) Depression is the consequences of possession by ghosts,

the devil, evil spirits and unfavorable planetary effects, (b) Depression is the result of deeds of one‘s past life,

(c) Depression is conceptualized in somatic terms as a social metaphor, (d) Depression was viewed as a brain

or nerve weakness or a neurological problem. (e) Depression was equated with hysteria and attributed to the

evil eyes, witchcraft and ancestral spirits. (f) Depression is caused by heavy workload in the home as well as

outside and no time for leisure activities, (g) Depression is attributed to a failure to propitiate the Gods and

Goddesses, which resulted in divine retribution, (h) Depression is the tendency of women to blame

themselves and self-silencing, (i) Health seeking behavior of women was influenced by their belief in

traditional healers and their practices.

RESULTS

Further, patients sought the help of chemists or preferred alternative medical practices. The results have

implications for the delivery of culturally sensitive mental health services in different geographical regions in

Nepal. Awareness of culturally appropriate terminology for depression is a useful way of bridging the gap

between lay and biomedical models of illness and may help improve levels of recognition and treatment

compliance.


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HIGHER ACHIEVEMENT THROUGH CONSCIOUSNESS BASED RECOVERY

(AN APPROACH TOWARD LASTING HEALING THROUGH UNCONDITIONAL ACCEPTANCE)

H.R.S.Keerthisinghe - Sri Lanka

[email protected]

INTRODUCTION

Human being though ‗complex‘ in nature his ‗universality‘ is well appreciated. As a universal creature he

possesses great potentials, strengths, motivation for higher achievement, as well as weaknesses not only

physically and materially but psychologically, psycho-socially and even ‗spiritually‘. Great potentials may

overcome great weaknesses. There are occasions when great weaknesses have over shadowed great

potentials and conceal ‗higher achievement‘. Today‘s unlimited competion has gone to that extent even to

challenge ‗humanness‘. This may pave way for one to raise against another, nation against a nation, with

never ending suspiciousness with ‗non-acceptance‘.

OBJECTIVE

To examine potentials, strengths and weaknesses co-related with emotionality that may give rise to lasting

‗affective functions‘ and as a result healthy or unhealthy behavoural patterns. Causative factors will be

identified with a view of rendering a caring support to overcome weaknesses if any.

METHODOLOGY

A research study had to be made to investigate deeper into these effects of emotionality of an individual while

his cognitive and conative functions well advanced. Randomly 1000 schools(500,000 ordinary level and

advanced level students), 10 prisons (1000 prison inmates), 3 Buddhist monasteries(90 Buddhist students) , 3

seminaries (40 seminarians) (25 children‘s homes) were subjected to the study.

Eight dimensional activities oriented programme was used for the purpose of this study.

1. Awareness of self

2. Psycho-social environmental influences

3. Identifying potentials, strengths with co-related and inter-connected emotions

4. Identifying weaknesses, ‗negatives‘ with co-related and inter-connected ‗events‘ and ‗emotions‘

5. Indexing stress factors, anxiety states, depressive symptomatology and any physical (bodily)

symptoms

6. Age-bound physical activities

7. Activities to ‗evacuate‘ such emotions that are engulfed at the deeper layers of ‗unconscious‘ or

mental processes

8. Empowering ‗self‘ through ‗Spirituality‘ – experiencing the lasting healing and unconditional

acceptance (an approach to unconditional forgiveness) which one experiences as lasting ‗happiness‘

– which will be experienced by the

RESULT

78-80% have shown ‗re-energized‘ and have determined to make use of their optimal potentials

10-12% have been seeking further support for their recovery

1-2% with depressive symptomatology have been detected – (psychiatric /

psychological intervention)

4% with anxiety states have been identified (psychiatric / psychological intervention)

3% sociopathic cases have been identified (which needs further investigation and social



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Unhealthy family life-style 63%

Other psycho-social issues

BIO-ETHICAL BOUNDARIES

Ethics of using this holistic recovery process had been investigated by the Ethical Review Committee of

SLAPCAP – consultants of Sri Jayawarnepura University, University of Kelaniya, Eistat University, Macquarie

University.


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WOMEN RIGHTS PROTECTION IN SRI LANKA; CASE STUDIES ANALYSIS

Samarakoon.W.M.S.A. and Jayasena.C.

[email protected]

Women are no longer considering as a subordinators in the society. Number of provisions in

internationally as Universal declaration of human rights and as legal establishments in

domestically to ensure and fulfil the women rights. Though various steps have taken to protect

the women rights, still the states in developing category treat the women in secondary person

and the women even do not hold the capacity for protecting their rights in certain circumstances.

Fear and sham in most of Asian societies discourage the women to stand to protect their rights.

In case of Sri Lanka; women face many difficulties including sexual harassments, verbal abuses

and put her down in psychology particularly in travelling by public transport system. Rarely, they

talk against those issues. Why women in Sri Lanka, even they are educated, keep silent when

they face inconveniency from man.

The research problem is that, whether number of provisions allocates to protect the women

rights, why do they discourage to stand on their rights? One hypothesis test in the research,

which is women have psychological barrier to protect her rights in case of violating them. More

priority is given to qualitative data. Qualitative data is collected from oral history, interviews and

focus group discussions. Secondary data is collected from library surveys. Basic finding is

women do not reveal any incidents of their rights violation in public transport system due to fear

and sham. Educationally, professionally they are in top rank though they have psychological

backwards to make her personality to talk against the sexual violence in public transport.



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EASTERN AND WESTERN TRADITIONAL FORMS OF HEALING: WHERE DOES PSYCHOLOGY FIT?

Dr. Lionel K Mandy – USA

[email protected]

INTRODUCTION

The desire of humans to heal ourselves of our maladies is probably as old as humanity itself. Over the

millennia, human beings have developed a wide variety of tools and techniques to heal ourselves and each

other. In more recent times, certain forms of healing have come to be associated with certain groups of

humans. So, for example, the use of energy to heal, which is currently popular in the West, appears to have

its origins in eastern (Asian) cultures. Similarly, the focus on and use of the mind in healing enterprises

appears to be centered in the West (Europe and America). But what about the rest of the world? We know

that western medical forms of healing (including the modern use of drugs and psychological therapy) came

into existence no more than a century or two ago. What happened prior to that?

OBJECTIVE

This paper examines the relation between these differing forms of therapy and the science (and art) of

psychotherapy.

METHODOLOGY

Through interviews, training, research, and introspective inquiry, this ongoing research seeks to center

psychology in the arena of healing.

RESULTS

This is ongoing research. As the world of knowledge and spiritual connections merge, the sources and uses

of healing modalities merge.

CONCLUSION

Psychology is centered in the spiritual practices of healing. This focus creates a fuller discussion of spiritual

and other issues central to human existence.


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AWARENESS FROM PARTICULAR TO GENERAL: SEARCH FOR THE SPIRIT FROM NUCLEUS, BODY

AND PSYCHE – AN EPISTEMOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVE

Mathew John Kokkatta

Hyderabad University – India

[email protected]

Ever since Aristotle developed the Nous and Logos principles, propagated among others through the paideia

in the Hellenist epoch, paved the way for the possibility of higher knowledge, mankind relishes the vast

possibility of philosophical speculation to sharpen and elevate the human mind to higher levels. Hence the

relevance of Renaissance after the middle ages despite the cultural decadence of civilizations in the modern

times. The rediscovery of the dawn of golden ancient is the need of the time, for which elementary and school

education can play a pivotal role.


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MUSIC THERAPY AS A RELAXATION INSTRUMENT

Professor W.A.Gnanadasa Perera

Sri Jayawardenepura University – Sri Lanka

[email protected]

(With reference to some selected topics of certain fields in Sri Lanka.)

Presently Music is considered as entertainment, performing art and psychotherapy.

Music is also utilized for physical , Mental, Spiritual emotion social and healing purposes.

This therapy is also important for metabolic balance of the human body and immunity.

In relation to mental aspects this therapy can be utilized to minimized anxiety, depression insomnia.

In relation to the spiritual aspects it can be used for the development of happiness.

In relation to the emotional aspects, it is widely used to reduce Anger and emotions.

In relation to the social aspects, it is important for the social rehabilitation and personal development.

This is also considered as a supportive psycho therapy since it is also connected to several another psycho

therapies.

Furthermore, it is necessary for hypnotism medication and relations aroma and speech therapy.

Music and Relaxation

Even there are so many Psycho Therapies existing for mental and Physical relaxation, Clinical Music has

takes a major role among them.

Rhythmic sensations emitted by music is absorbed to the necessary scenery neurons of our brain and there

by stimulates required action. We will encounter inner response since the brains inner lobes pertaining to

entertainment are activated.

This inner response will results in entertainment and response.

By this our attention will be centralized in the brain with music and results in mental solace.

By this we will be naturally relaxed.

In stressful occasions when we listen to music we feel the relaxation response immediately. Music is also

used to relax the entire organs of the body. Either by inhalation, exhalation or by simple meditation Body‘s

tight muscles can be relaxed.

After this exercise we may listen to music and enjoy the privileges of mental relaxation.

In the meantime direct concentration on music, will lead to physical and mental happiness.

In order to obtain relaxation through music therapy the under mention Psycho therapy tools can be defined.

1. Mental imagination (Imagining the environment according to music)

2. Deep breathing and physical relaxation according to music. Vivid exercised which can be performed

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Benefits of Music Relaxation

1. Controlling of emotion.

2. Management of Stress.

3. Subjective welling

4. Development of attention

5. Improvement of Memory

6. Development of Personality.

7. Development of Physical Health.

8. Minimization of mental and Physical pain.

9. Regulations of heart beat.

10. Support for healthy sleep and high blood pressure.

11. Minimisation of migraine and headache.

Research and case studies of Sri Lanka in relation to music therapy

Therapeutic features can be seen in Folk and occult practice. Specially in poetry music for this feature can be

seen.

Music therapy differs on age

Eg – Cradle Music

The rhythm used on cradle music creates healthy sleep in children

Therefore similarities in ancient cradle music , normal cradle music and international cradle music. This cradle

music developed through our folk music.

Pregnancy Music Therapy

10 years ago we subjected 10 pregnant mothers for music therapy and we selected another group of 10

mothers without providing music therapy. The group who did not received music therapy is the observation

category.

The final observation within 10 years taken from this specimen, was that t children of 10 mothers who

received music therapy had develop a sound mental background.

The children of mothers did not received music therapy showed hyperactivity and violence.

Music therapy for School Children

We selected year 10 children from school in the city and 22 schools in the suburbs. The total number from

city schools were 1100 and total from rural schools were also 1100. We issued each child an anxiety test list.

According to the test evaluation we observed that 150 out of 1100 children in rural schools do have heavy

anxiety features.

Also observed that 90 out of 100 children in city, schools do have heavily anxiety features.

The children who showed heavily anxiety features were subjected to listen to a voice tape of music therapy for

a period of one month.

Later the anxiety test was performed again.


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Results found were that 120 out of 150 of rural children and 85 out of 90 city children have showed a

progressive development.

In addition to these programs successful results have been indicated as a results of music therapy programs

conducted in the prison and rehabilitation centers.

Rehabilitation has taken a major place among the psycho social psycho therapy programs conducted in

prisons and rehabilitation centers.

Music therapy is used for thought modification which done for rehabilitation of wrong doers.

Out of this mental and physical relaxation takes and important place.

Music therapy for abnormal children

By usage of music therapies for victims of down syndrome, Autism and mental retardation, improved their

speech and languages ability. Specially this therapy can be used children of hyper activity.

Music therapy for Job Stress

The researches conducted using employees of 10 government factories we observed the following out comes.

1. Reduction of job stress.

2. Improvement of efficiency

3. Improvement of motivation

4. Anger Management and assistance for organization development

The total outcome of all the researches clearly show trial music therapy has a great contributed for subjective

wellbeing.


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CHIPS VERSUS OFFENCES

Wasantha Chandrasekara

Attorney At Law of The Supreme Court of Sri Lanka

Invention of Computer Technology is a turning point in the world history which paved the way to another

Industrial Revolution. It brought a significant change in the life style of the human and he must have been

overjoyed by the miracles performed.

With the passage of time, it is seen that human life is caused disturbances by the abuse of this unique

technology. The human became victimized of the wrongs committed through computers by his unscrupulous

fellow beings. Unfortunately Internet provides ample room to an influx of offences such as computer

hacking ,creating viruses to damage a computer ,theft, fraud, forgery, offences relating obscenity and

indecency, child pornography, intimidation by threatening e-mails ,breach of copy right ,cheating etc.

Apart from those offences, Internet is highly used to commit the offence, defamation. We frequently see

certain websites and internet tabloids which are indulged in mud slinging campaigns that maliciously ruin

renowned personalities.

Many Laws were passed in many countries to control the offences committed through computers. Computer

Crime Act No.24 of 2007 was passed in Sri Lankan parliament. Despite these laws, Law enforcement

authorities face difficulties in bringing offenders into book due to the complexity of Computer Technology.

Therefore it is necessary to be mindful of other measures.

There is no doubt that this conference is a plat form for a broad spectrum of ideas. It is my view that the time

is ripe now to introduce a self-monitored code of ethics relating to the use of internet where the mind of the

user is focused on spiritual values. It will certainly clear the path to the highest achievement of his life.


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EXPERIENCES IN CONDUCTING THE EDUCATIONAL PSYCHOLOGY MODULE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH

NURSING TUTORS

Ferdinando R., Kulatunga T., Fernando A., Kodippili A., Wicramasinghe I.

Health Education Teaching Unit, National Institute of Health Sciences - Sri Lanka

[email protected]

INTRODUCTION:

National Institute of Health Sciences is the premier public health training institute in Sri Lanka. It conducts the six

month Public Health Nursing Tutor Training which is intended to train the public health nurses as tutors in public

health nursing. The present student group consisted of 32 officers who have 5-15 year public health experience.

OBJECTIVE:

To describe the experience of the training staff in conducting the Educational Psychology module to meet the

requirements of these experienced adult learners.

METHODOLOGY:

A discussion was held among the staff who undertook the training which concentrated on the following areas of

training: the student group; objectives; content; methodology; challenges; evaluation results; success stories;

expressed views of the students.

RESULTS:

The trainers are of the view that it is a challenge to teach theoretical material in educational psychology since

the student group are mostly above the age of 40, are experienced in the public health field and are more

interested in learning practical things which are relevant to them, and generally lack a sound knowledge in

English. The Sinhala / Tamil terminology too was not easy to understand in students‘ opinion. The following

areas have been relatively difficult to understand: theories of learning / educational psychology, perception,

taxonomies of education. The following areas have been relatively easy to understand: factors affecting

learning, adult learning, self learning, learning and forgetting, attention, motivation, rewards and punishment,

intelligence and learning ability, testing ability, learning of knowledge, attitudes and skills, teacher pupil

relationship, teacher‘s role as a facilitator of learning, teacher centered / student centered learning. The students

have expressed that it is difficult to comprehend the lectures when presentations are in one language and the

teaching is in another. The teachers were of the view that the following objectives of the Module have been

achieved: Describe the responsibilities of a teacher as a facilitator of learning; Demonstrate positive attitudes for

professional development as a teacher; Define the aims and purposes of education, professional and job

oriented education. The teachers were of the view that to achieve the following objectives more revision work is

necessary: Describe the scientific and theoretical considerations underlying the learning process; Critically

review the learning theories put forward by educationists over the past years; Apply learning theories to optimise

the learning process of the trainees; Respond positively to the individual needs and differences of trainees in

order to facilitate their learning process; Demonstrate skills in testing human ability; Interpret test scores in the

use of standardized achievement tests; State the characteristics of learning and show simple taxonomies in the

cognitive, psychomotor and affective domains.

CONCLUSION:

It is important to assess the training undertaken before preparing for revision since some of the objectives of the

training are yet to be fulfilled given the background of this adult learner group.


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PRESENTERS / SPEAKERS / DELEGATES

DR.GUY JOSEPH ALE USA MS.TERESA EVE MISHLER USA DR.ASPASIA PEPPA GREECE DR.MARIA LEVENTI GREECE MR.ANDREAS STAVROPOULOS GREECE DR.PRABHA C P GUNAWARDENA NEW ZELD MR.JANAKA K WANASINGHE SRI LANKA

DR.SUSAN THOMAS INDIA

PROF.JINI K GOPINATH INDIA

MS.SHALINI WICKREMESOORIYA SRI LANKA

DR.CHAMPIKA D D SILVA NEW ZLD DR.MICHAEL J IRELAND AUSTRALIA PROF.DR.SHRIPATHI ADIGA H INDIA MR.FYLIOS THOMAS GREECE MS.DOUVLARI PANAGIOTA GREECE

MR.DOUKARIS SPYRIDON ALEXANDROS GREECE

MR.CHRISTODOULOU CHARALAMPOS GREECE

MR.CHANIOTAKIS ANTONIO GREECE MRS.BOURVARI GEORGIA GREECE MR.ATHANASOPOULOS KONSTANTINOS GREECE MR.ANTONIOU ATHANASIOS GREECE MRS.ALEXIA NOUTSOU GREECE MR.ALEXANDRAKIS EFTHYMIOS ERRIKOS GREECE MRS.FYTATZI SOFIA GREECE


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MRS.PANAGIOTIDI GEORGIA GREECE MR.GKINIS EVAGELOS GREECE MRS.GKOMOLI ANDRIANI GREECE MR.KARLAOUZOS IOANNIS GREECE MR.KONSTANTINOS KAFENTZIS GREECE MR.KARLAGKINIS GEORGIOS GREECE MRS.KERAMARI ELENI GREECE MRS.KONSTANTOPOULOU GREECE MR.KOUMPATIS GEORGIOS GREECE MRS.KRIEKOUKI VASILIKI GREECE

MR.GEORGIOS LIVANIS GREECE MRS.MATTHAIOU ARGYRO GREECE MRS.MATTHAIOU CHRYSOULA GREECE MRS.MICHA ARTEMIS GREECE MRS.MICHA MARIA GREECE MRS.NTAGKOUNAKI ANNA GREECE MRS.STAVROPOULOU OURANIA GREECE MRS.TSIONA OLGA GREECE MRS.PASIOPOULOU VASILIKI GREECE MRS.KOUTLA POLYXENI GREECE

MRS.SALEMI MARIA GREECE MR.SIDIROPOULOS PANAGIOTIS GREECE MRS.STAMATI ANASTASIA GREECE MRS.STERGIOU MARIANTHI GREECE MRS.TRIANTAFYLLIDI MARIA GREECE MR.TSIONAS ANGELOS GREECE MRS.ARGYRO TSIOUNI GREECE MR.GALANOS IOANNIS GREECE MS.SAMAD ABDUL THOMA MALDIVES MS.AHM CHATHURIKA K SRI LANKA


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DR.RAJESWARAN BALAMBEGAI SRI LANKA MS.H PRASANGIKA HENEGAMA SRI LANKA MR.GIANNOPOULOS MICHAIL GREECE MRS.KARLAGKINI AIKATERINI GREECE MRS.GEORGOPOULOU CHARIKLEIA GREECE MR.MAKRYGIANNIS KONSTANTINOS GREECE MRS.TSIAPRAZI NIKOLETA GREECE MS.A DILRUKSHI FERNANDO SRI LANKA DR.AISHATH NAAZ MALDIVES MS.FATHIMA SAUDA MALDIVES

MS.AISHATH JINANEE IBRAHIM MALDIVES PROF.DR.RITU SONI INDIA MS.BADD KUMUDINI PERERA SRI LANKA MR.GPS. INDUNIL KUMARA SRI LANKA VEN.M.WIMALAGNANA THERO SRI LANKA DR.HAKON INGE STENMARK NORWAY DR.JAMUNA RAJESWARAN INDIA MR.MAHENDRARAJ PRASHANTH SRI LANKA MR.S.H.NALIN PRIYANTHA SRI LANKA

PROF.MADHUSOODANA SUNNAMBALA INDIA

MS. B.G RANSIRINI DE SILVA SRI LANKA MS. CHEMILA UDESHANIE LIYANAGE SRI LANKA MS. E.I CHRISTARINE GEORGE SRI LANKA MS. R.M.NAYOMI RATHNAYAKA SRI LANKA

MS. O METHMALI MUNASINGHE SRI LANKA DR.NIHAL FERNANDO SRI LANKA MR.R.A.PIYARATNA SRI LANKA VEN.PROF. I INDRASARA THERO SRI LANKA

MS.P.S.YATAPANA SRI LANKA


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S.C.P.N.ATTYGALLE SRI LANKA MS.SL JAYASURIYA SRI LANKA PROF.M.H.M.TISSERA SRI LANKA PROF. EMERITUS JITENDRA MOHAN INDIA PROFESSOR SEHGAL MEENA KUMARI INDIA MS.RUPIKA SENTHIVEL SRI LANKA MR.K S R P KUMARA SRI LANKA DR.CHIU KOU TAI HERBERT HONG KONG DR. S THEVANANTHAN SRI LANKA PROFESSOR HARALD H HOCHGRAFE GERMANY

REV.SISTER MARJORIE SILVA SRI LANKA

DR.M.G.TYRREL FERNANDO

MS.S.W.S.P VIDANAPATHIRANA SRI LANKA DR.K.M.N KUMARASINGHE SRI LANKA MR. ANURA SIRIMANNA SRI LANKA MR.M.S M SHIRASH SRI LANKA MS.SARRI MARIA GREECE PROF. G. D LEKAMGE SRI LANKA DR. S KUGAMOORTHY SRI LANKA MS.R S WIJEKOON SRI LANKA MR.K.SHRIMAL K. PEIRIS SRI LANKA

DR. LIONEL K MANDY SRI LANKA MS.V P ABENAYAKE SRI LANKA REV.BRO.P RAJAPAKSHA SRI LANKA REV.FR. M.P.A.J PEIRIS SRI LANKA MS.JESSICA N MUTTIAH SRI LANKA MS.A Y A A PWIPULASENA SRI LANKA

REV.SR.M WINIFREDA PERERA SRI LANKA

REV.SR.M LILIAN DE ALWIS SRI LANKA DR. NIRMALAN DHAS SRI LANKA PROF. Y CHAND GAMBHIR INDIA


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MS.KSM THILAKARATHNA SRI LANKA PROF. LANCY D’ SOUZA INDIA MS. E S DOUGLAS SRI LANKA MS.N A K NISSANGA SRI LANKA MS.H.W.L ABEYSIRI SRI LANKA MR.K.W.R.ROBERT SILVA SRI LANKA

MS. W.M.SHAKILA A SAMARAKOON MS. L.C INOKA JAYASENA SRI LANKA SHRI RAVISANKAR RAMANATHAN INDIA MR.D.P.S PREMAKUMARA SRI LANKA

DR.MATHEW J KOKKATT INDIA MR.R.D.K.C.KUMARA SRI LANKA

MR.W.I ANTON FERNAND ITALY DR.A.W.SUNIL DE SILVA SRI LANKA MS.ROMA COORAY SRI LANKA MR.K.A.A.S FERNANDO SRI LANKA DR.CHAMINDRA LABIYARATNE SRI LANKA DR USHA KIRAN SUBHA NEPAL


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OUR SINCERE THANKS

Religious dignitaries for their blessings

His Excellency The President of Sri Lanka

Staff of the Office of His Excellency The President of Sri Lanka

Honourable Prime Minister of Sri Lanka

Staff of the Office of The Honourable Prime Minister of Sri Lanka

Ministry of External Affairs and its staff

Department of Immigration and Emigration and the staff

Airport Manager and the staff

Sri Lanka Convention Bureau

Vice Chancellor and the University of Kelaniya

Consultants of the Organizing Committee National

International Consultative Council Members

Keynote Speakers of the ICPAPSL2011

Chair / Presenters / Delegates and Guests

Independent Television Network for being the Media Partner

PsyExtra of American Psychological Association being the Electronic Publisher

Business School of the Americas

Academic Consortium of the Americas Young Scientists University of USA

Chamber of Java Professionals International

Global Perceptiveness – Greece

Institute of Java and Technological Studies Sri Lanka

Management Hotel Galadari and Staff

National Youth Council Dancing group

Dancing groups / photographers videographers

Devoted Members of SLAPCAP

Staff and inmates of „Sahana Sevana‟ Rehabilitation Home

Volunteers

Security personnel and bar code systems

National Youth Council Dancing group

Transport providers

Decorators

Printers and computer systems operators

Everyone who gave verbal non-verbal support with blessings / wishes / prayerful thought


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