Legal, policy & rights
Rights and welfare services in Sri Lanka
The policy that governs mental health care in Sri Lanka, the clinical guidance that implements it, and what people with mental illness are entitled to.
Policy and guidelines
Published by the Ministry of Health, Sri Lanka. These are the documents that set out how mental health services are meant to work.
Your rights
Content pending
The original site carried a page titled “Legal section with information on rights and
welfare services in Sri Lanka”, but the body was never written — the surviving screenshot
shows placeholder text under the heading. Writing this properly needs someone with
standing to state it: what a person can expect when admitted, what consent means in
practice, confidentiality, and the route to complain. We have not invented it.
Welfare services
Content pending
Welfare entitlements — disability allowance, Samurdhi, employment protection, and the
practical route to claiming them — need to be described by the Society with current, correct
detail. Out-of-date benefits information does real harm, so nothing is shown until it is
confirmed.
In the meantime
For questions about entitlements or about how you or a family member has been treated, contact the Ministry of Health Mental Health Directorate, or write to the Society and we will point you to the right person.