Publications

Hereinafter is a list of selected publications: Suryani, L.K., Lesmana, C.B.J., & Tiliopoulos, N. (2011). Treating the untreated: applying a community-based, culturally sensitive  psychiatric intervention to confined and physically restrained  mentally ill individuals in Bali, Indonesia. European Archives of  Psychiatry & Clinical Neuroscience, 261(2), 140-144. Lesmana, C.B.J., Tiliopoulos, N, & Francis, L.J. (in press). The …

Research opportunities

SIMH has a longstanding and ongoing international academic research tradition. We have run collaborative studies with universities, such as: The University of Edinburgh, UK The University of Sydney, Australia The University of Warwick, UK The University of California (Davis), US The University of Hawaii, US The University of Melbourne, Australia The University of Vermont, US …

Imprisoned in Paradise

A handsome man smiling out from his wedding pictures, it is easy to see how Komang was able to keep his history of mental health problems a secret from his new wife for so long. But the shock of seeing the 34-year-old’s psychiatrist as a guest of honour at their marriage ceremony in picturesque north-east …

A Day in their life

On the first dawn of 2009 I find myself having breakfast with Professor Luh Ketut Suryani, at her family compound in Denpasar, Bali. She has stayed up all night to welcome the new  sun through an impromptu group-meditation session at Sanur beach. Yet, unlike me, she is full of positive energy, with her 65 year-old-eyes …