The nationwide intermittent shortages of mental health drugs is retarding the recovery process of patients in the Brong-Ahafo Region, investigation by the Ghana News Agency (GNA) has revealed. The...
A number of media houses and product owners, who are alleged to have flouted the country’s law on public health through the advertisement of drugs they claim to cure or prevent some manageable...
The Regent of Dagbon, Kampakuya Naa Andani Yakubu has called for the immediate inclusion of mental illness in the National Health Insurance Scheme to improve access to medications by the mentally...
Accra Psychiatric Hospital may soon shut down due to lack of funds, Chief Executive Mental Officer of the Mental Health Authority, Dr. Akwasi Osei, has cautioned. The limited inflow of income from...
A total of 16 mentally deranged persons who were chained to trees for years and forced to fast to fast with no or little medical attention have been rescued. Some the victims have been at the unnamed...
The Accra Psychiatric Hospital may soon shut down due to lack of funds, Chief Executive Mental Officer of the Mental Health Authority, Dr. Akwasi Osei has cautioned. The limited inflow of income from...
Psychiatric disorders (mental illness) according to experts can be caused by a predisposing factor. This means that it is genetic and could run in a family with history of mental illness and members...
Michael Phelps, the most decorated Olympian of all time, Monday joined the board of an Australian mental health company, a subject close to his heart after his struggles with depression and substance...
play videoMental health care is one of the biggest challenges confronting the Ghanaian health sector In 2012, Ghana passed Mental Health Act 846 but the implementation is still pending with...
Sixteen years ago my family and I got involved in a traffic accident and unfortunately, our youngest brother Apache passed away. Now, he was the life of the family. His name Apache was given to him...
Lady Gaga and Prince William have made plans to meet in October to discuss how they can tackle mental illness. The ‘Million Reasons’ hitmaker has been invited by the 34-year-old royal to talk...
The World Health Organisation (WHO) says about 322 million people around the world are affected by depression, and needed serious collaborative support from stakeholders to address the growing health...
On December 31, 2016, a few hours before the New Year, a 28-year-old man allegedly ended his life. Media reports during that period indicated that the young man in his productive years committed the...
The World Health Organisation (WHO) says about 322 million people around the world are affected by depression, and needed serious collaborative support from stakeholders to address the growing health...
Depression is a health condition which is prevalent in Ghana, with four to five out of every 10 persons suffering from the condition, Dr Carnita Groves, a psychologist and professional counsellor,...
Dr Mumuni Fuseini, Northern Regional Co-ordinator for Mental Health at Health Directorate, has said about 10.1 percent of the world’s population suffer from various mental illnesses. This, he...
The Chief Executive Officer of the Mental Health Authority, Dr. Akwesi Osei, has blamed the recent suicide cases in the country to the increase in mental health related cases in the country. He said...
A Clinical Psychologist at the Ghana Institute of Clinical Genetics of the Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital, has advised the general public, especially women who are depressed, to desist from posting on...
An appeal has been made to the government to focus its attention on mental health care. Madam Ruth Okyere of the Mind Freedom Ghana, an NGO committed to mental health issues, said there should be...
Over the last three weeks, we have had reports of seven people committing suicide including two young female undergraduates from two of the country’s top public universities and a 14-year-old...
