Month: December 2015

Migrant Labor Sri Lanka

Depressed and Anxious: The mental cost of being left behind

New research on the mental health of family members of migrant workers ‘left behind’ in Sri Lanka has shown the high prevalence of Common Mental Disorders (CMD) in spouses and non-spouse caregivers, reflecting the flagging mental health among these two categories of people as a direct result of the economic choices made by family members.

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