Official journal of the Sri Lanka College of Psychiatrists. Sri Lanka Journal of Psychiatry is now accepting online submission of articles.
Cover picture: PET Scan of the brain
With the availability of PET scan facilities in Sri Lanka, an exciting new avenue for research in psychiatry is now open. Positron Emission Tomography can be used to study in-vivo blood flow, blood volume, oxygen consumption, tissue pH, glucose utilization and the activity of drug receptors in brain cells. PET scans have been used to research a wide range of psychiatric illness including dementia, schizophrenia, depression and anxiety disorders.