title: Behavior therapy in Sri Lanka.
abstract: The development of behavior therapy in Sri Lanka is presented. Its beginnings in the decade of the 70s in the two medical schools in Colombo and Peradeniya and its current status are reviewed, and future prospects are discussed. The need for developing and expanding behavior therapy practice in the country, and possible directions in training, are commented on.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001521:Behavior Therapy / Q000193:education; D006301:Health Services Needs and Demand; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009771:Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder / Q000628:therapy; D011567:Psychiatric Department, Hospital; D013188:Sri Lanka