Mental disorder
Over 100 People Called Suicide Helpline Within 3 Days
Over 100 record number of persons called the hotline of the Mental Health Authority for suicide-related help within...
10 Warning Signs of Depression You Shouldn’t Ignore
Depression, also known as clinical depression and major depressive disorder (MDD), is one of the least understood...
Address Depression, Suicidal Thoughts, Mental Health Care
By Ben Ofosu Appiah In the last couple of weeks, 4 cases of suicide have been reported in the news with three of the...
Mental Health Authority Provides Helpline For Persons Planning Suicide
The Mental Health Authority has decided to establish a temporary helpline for persons contemplating suicide. The...
Police Discover Drugs In Deceased Room
The Legon Police who are investigating a case in which a female level 400 student jumped to her death on Wednesday dawn...
Calls To Include Mental Health Care In NHIS Intensified
Stakeholders in mental health care are worried about the continuous exemption of mental health care from the National...
Akufo-Addo Must Change Poor State of Mental Healthcare
Dr Akwasi Osei, the Chief Executive Officer of Ghana Mental Health Authority (GHA) has expressed worry over the poor...
Life and Cry of Senior Citizens
Older adults make important contributions to society as family members, volunteers and active participants in the...
Lack of Mental, Epileptic Drugs Hit Health Facilities; No Supply For Over A Yr
Mental and epileptic patients in the Northern Region requiring medical care have shunned health facilities due to the...
Why You Can’t Move When You Wake Up In the Middle of the Night
Imagine falling into a sound sleep, when suddenly you wake up and you can’t move a muscle. Sounds frightening! But...
Gov’t Urged To Improve Funding For Mental Health Care
The Ghana Mental Health Authority has appealed to government to commit resources to funding mental health care, by...
How Did Fort Lauderdale Suspect Get Gun Back?
He was incoherent and agitated. Voices in his head told him to join ISIS, according to law enforcement sources....
Wasting Insane Youths In The Streets
In this report, Odimegwu Onwumere writes that a compassionate Nigerian rescued an insane young lady from the Abuja...
Donald Trump Under Perspective
The 1920’s was an extraordinary period for Germans. It was a period of extreme economic hardship, occasioned, not by...
Mental Health Issues Betray Our Lack of Humanity – Baako
Ghana’s lack of attention to mental health issues points to its “lack of humanity”, New Crusading Guide Editor...
Mental Health Crisis
GHANA’S mental health system is currently on its knees as nurses at the biggest mental health facility, Accra...
Health Expert Calls For Reorientation of Health Professionals On Mental Health
Health policy analyst, Dr Sodzi Sodzi-Tettey, wants the Ghana Health Service to reorient the training of health...
Staff Taming Patients With Brooms
The skeletal staff left at the Accra Psychiatric Hospital are taming the aggressive patients with brooms, Starr News’...
Mahama Kept In the Dark About Crisis At Accra Psychiatric Hospital
Ghana’s President John Dramani Mahama says he is unaware of the current crisis at the Accra Psychiatric Hospital that...