Shehan Williams

813 total citations
35 papers, 529 citations indexed

About

Shehan Williams is a scholar working on Clinical Psychology, Social Psychology and General Health Professions. According to data from OpenAlex, Shehan Williams has authored 35 papers receiving a total of 529 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 13 papers in Clinical Psychology, 7 papers in Social Psychology and 6 papers in General Health Professions. Recurrent topics in Shehan Williams's work include Migration, Health and Trauma (7 papers), Mental Health Treatment and Access (7 papers) and Resilience and Mental Health (4 papers). Shehan Williams is often cited by papers focused on Migration, Health and Trauma (7 papers), Mental Health Treatment and Access (7 papers) and Resilience and Mental Health (4 papers). Shehan Williams collaborates with scholars based in Sri Lanka, Australia and United Kingdom. Shehan Williams's co-authors include Margaret R. Weeks, Jean J. Schensul, Merrill Singer, David G. Lalloo, Andrew Dawson, Shaluka Jayamanne, Hithanadura Janaka de Silva, Ralph N. Martins, Nicholas A. Buckley and Kathryn Goozee and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Journal of Neurology Neurosurgery & Psychiatry and Psychological Medicine.

In The Last Decade

Shehan Williams

31 papers receiving 506 citations

Peers

Shehan Williams
Mara L. Cordeiro United States
Jag Khalsa United States
Molly J. Hall United States
Ikuko Sakai Japan
Martha Schneider Germany
Roberta Sena Reis Brazil
Pilar Vigil Chile
Gillian Cooper United Kingdom
Christina Y. Chen United States
Frederick W. Schaerf United States
Mara L. Cordeiro United States
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Countries citing papers authored by Shehan Williams

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Fields of papers citing papers by Shehan Williams

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Shehan Williams

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All Works

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Wickremasinghe, Rajitha, et al.. (2025). Collective Trauma- Psychosocial consequences of war in northern Sri Lanka 10 years on, a mixed methods study. SSM - Mental Health. 8. 100457–100457. 2 indexed citations
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Williams, Shehan, et al.. (2021). Locked in grief: a qualitative study of grief among family members of missing persons in southern Sri Lanka. BMC Psychology. 9(1). 167–167. 1 indexed citations
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Wickremasinghe, Ananda R., et al.. (2020). Cross-cultural adaptation and validation of the Leibowitz Social Anxiety Scale (LSAS-SR) Sinhala Version. Ceylon Medical Journal. 65(1-2). 28–28. 1 indexed citations
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Chatterjee, Pratishtha, Cintia B. Dias, Tejal Shah, et al.. (2020). Potential of coconut oil and medium chain triglycerides in the prevention and treatment of Alzheimer’s disease. Mechanisms of Ageing and Development. 186. 111209–111209. 72 indexed citations
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Rose‐Clarke, Kelly, Dristy Gurung, Carrie Brooke‐Sumner, et al.. (2020). Rethinking research on the social determinants of global mental health. The Lancet Psychiatry. 7(8). 659–662. 25 indexed citations
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Williams, Shehan, et al.. (2020). “Telepsychiatry” in the time of COVID-19: Overcoming the challenges. Indian Journal of Psychiatry. 62(9). 391–391. 9 indexed citations
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Williams, Shehan, et al.. (2018). Anxiety and depression among patients at a tertiary care respiratory clinic in Sri Lanka. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 9(1). 9–14. 1 indexed citations
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Williams, Shehan, et al.. (2018). Treatment resistant depression. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 9(1). 32–34.
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Williams, Shehan, et al.. (2017). Interventions for smoking cessation. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 8(2). 33–35. 1 indexed citations
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Williams, Shehan, et al.. (2017). Psychopharmacotherapy in children and adolescents. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 8(1). 39–41. 1 indexed citations
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Williams, Shehan, et al.. (2016). Psychological morbidity and illness perception among patients receiving treatment for tuberculosis in a tertiary care centre in Sri Lanka. Ceylon Medical Journal. 61(1). 37–37. 9 indexed citations
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Williams, Shehan, et al.. (2015). The prevalence of depressive disorder among newly diagnosed patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 6(2). 9–14. 1 indexed citations
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Williams, Shehan, Anuradhani Kasturiratne, Shaluka Jayamanne, et al.. (2015). A Randomized Controlled Trial of a Brief Intervention for Delayed Psychological Effects in Snakebite Victims. PLoS neglected tropical diseases. 9(8). e0003989–e0003989. 29 indexed citations
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Williams, Shehan, et al.. (2014). Tobacco smoking in persons with schizophrenia followed up at a teaching hospital in Sri Lanka. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 5(2). 19–23. 4 indexed citations
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Williams, Shehan & Thilini Rajapakse. (2014). Suicide and attempted suicide. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 5(2). 37–39. 16 indexed citations
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Williams, Shehan, et al.. (2014). Psycho spiritual characteristics of persons presenting with deliberate self-harm to a suburban hospital in the Western Province of Sri Lanka. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 5(2). 13–18. 1 indexed citations
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Williams, Shehan, et al.. (2010). Shared challenges in psychiatric research in India and Sri Lanka. Indian Journal of Psychiatry. 52(7). 80–80. 1 indexed citations
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Weeks, Margaret R., et al.. (1995). AIDS Prevention for African-American and Latina Women: Building Culturally and Gender-Appropriate Intervention. AIDS Education and Prevention. 7(3). 251–264. 93 indexed citations

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