Helplines

  • SUWASARIYA Health Education Bureau’s Hotline: 0710 107 107
  • Courage Compassion Commitment (CCC) Foundation: 1333
  • Sumithrayo: 0112 692 909 or 0112 696 666
  • Sri Lanka Sumithrayo: 0112 682 535
  • National Authority on Tobacco and Alcohol (NATA): 1948
  • National Child Protection Authority: 1929
  • Sri Lanka Association for Child Development: 0117 490 000
  • National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH): 0113 140 844

Institutions

  • Private Hospitals, District Hospitals, General Hospitals, Teaching Hospitals and Mental Health outreach clinics
  • Sumithrayo
    Address: 60B Horton Place, Wijerama Mw, Colombo 07, Sri Lanka
    Contact number: 0112696666
    Open: 365 days a year, from 9 a.m. to 8 p.m.
    Website: srilankasumithrayo.org
  • Mel Medura
    Address: 60B, Horton Place, Wijerama Mw, Colombo 07, Sri Lanka
    Contact number: 0112693460
    Open: Monday to Saturday, 8.30 a.m. to 4.30 p.m.
    Email: melmedura@sltnet.lk
    Website: www.melmedura.org
  • Samutthana
    Address: No. 419, Nawala Road, Nawala, Sri Lanka
    Contact number: +94 0115767585 or +94 0112883847
    Email: info@samutthana.org.lk
  • Courage Compassion Commitment (CCC) Foundation
    Contact number: 1333
    Open time: 7 days a week from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. 
    Website: cccfoundation.org.au/cccline/
  • Institute of Mental Health (IMH)
    Address: No. 36A, Shrubbery Gardens, Colombo 04, Sri Lanka
    Contact number: +94 11 2506004 or +94 714 749625
    Email: imh.colombo.sl@gmail.com
    Website: www.imhlk.com
  • National Council for Mental Health (NCMH) – Sahanaya
    Address: No. 96/20, Kitulwatta Road, Colombo 08, Sri Lanka
    Contact number: +94 112 685 960 or +94 115 350 819
    Open time: Monday to Friday, 9.00 a.m. to 4.30 p.m. 
    Email: council@ncmh.lk
    Website: www.ncmh.lk
  • Women In Need (WIN)
    Address: No.25 Tickell Road, Colombo 08, Sri Lanka
    Contact Number: 011-4718585 (24 hour hotline) 
    011-2671401 / 011-2671411
    Email: womeninneed87@gmail.com
    Website: winsl.net/index.html
  • Arnaha Center for Wellbeing
    Address: 111/12 A, Vishnu Kovil Cross Road, Dehiwala, Sri Lanka
    Contact number: 077 051 8173
    Email: arnahawellbeing@gmail.com
    Website: www.arnahawellbeing.com
  • Shanthi Maargam – Youth counselling
    Address: 69/17, Gothami Road, Borella, Sri Lanka
    Contact number: 0717639898
    Open: Tuesday to Friday, 9.30 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Saturday, 9.30 a.m. to 1.00 p.m.
  • Family Planning Association (FPA) – Marital and parental counselling
    Address: 37/27 Bullers Lane, Colombo 7, Sri Lanka
    Contact number: +9411 255 5455 or +9411 258 0915 / 255 6611
    Open Monday through Friday 8.30 a.m. to 4.30 p.m. Closed on public and bank holidays.
    Email: info@fpasrilanka.org

Psychologists/Counsellors

  • Nivendra Uduman – Private practice at 166/1A, Rampart Road, Ethul Kotte, Sri Lanka
  • Kavita Amaratunga – Arnaha Center for Wellbeing
  • Shalindi Pandithakoralage – Consortium for Humanitarian Agencies
  • Rekha Attidiye – Ceylinco Healthcare Centre
  • Nilanga Abeysinghe – Senior Lecturer, Department of Psychology and Medical 
    Psychology at South Asian Institute of Technology and Medicine
  • Kushlani Munasinghe
  • Amalka Edirisinghe
  • Lakmal Ponnaperuma
  • Anthe Icxs
  • Roshan Dhammapala
  • Tirupathy Suveendran
  • Chaminga Dhanapala
  • Chandrika Ismail
  • Shanez Fernando
  • Nishali Fernandopulle
  • Achini Ranasinghe
  • Rushma Mohammed
  • Gameela Samarasinghe
  • Piyanjali de Zoysa
  • Nathalie Panabokke

Psychiatrists

Psychiatrists differ from Psychologists in that they must have a medical degree and they are able to prescribe medication.

  • Neil Fernando
  • M. Ganeshan
  • Shehan Williams
  • Damani De Silva jayasinge
  • Manoja Kulatunga
  • Ravin Hanwella
  • Varuni De Silva
  • Sudarshi Seneviratne

Sources:
http://www.searo.who.int/srilanka/areas/depression_factsheet.pdf
http://www.pulse.lk/everythingelse/psychological-support-sri-lanka/
https://www.yamu.lk/blog/how-to-cope-with-anxiety-and-depression