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16 Mental Patients Forced To Fast In Chains Rescued

A total of 16 mentally deranged persons who were chained to trees for years and forced to fast to fast with no or...

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Do You Know Your Mental Health Status?

play videoMental health care is one of the biggest challenges confronting the Ghanaian health sector In 2012, Ghana...

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Restoring Mental Health’s Dignity

On December 31, 2016, a few hours before the New Year, a 28-year-old man allegedly ended his life. Media reports during...

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40% of People In Ghana Are Depressed – Psychologist

Depression is a health condition which is prevalent in Ghana, with four to five out of every 10 persons suffering from...

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Mental Illness Affects 10 Percent of Global Population

Dr Mumuni Fuseini, Northern Regional Co-ordinator for Mental Health at Health Directorate, has said about 10.1 percent...

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Mental Health Failings Contributing To Suicides

The Chief Executive Officer of the Mental Health Authority, Dr. Akwesi Osei, has blamed the recent suicide cases in the...

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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...

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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...

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Life and Cry of Senior Citizens

Older adults make important contributions to society as family members, volunteers and active participants in the...

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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...

Opinion

Wasting Insane Youths In The Streets

In this report, Odimegwu Onwumere writes that a compassionate Nigerian rescued an insane young lady from the Abuja...

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Mental Illness Is Not A Curse

A GNA feature by Dennis Peprah Mental illness, according to medicine, is a chronic disorder diagnosed, most often by a...

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2.3 Million Ghanaians ‘mad’

Dr. Akwasi Osei, Chief Executive Officer of the Mental Health Authority has revealed that more that 2.3 million of...

Opinion

Vote For Mental Health. One Region, One Psychiatric Hospital. One District, One Psychiatrist

The euphoria, enthusiasm and joy with which the passage of the Mental Health Act (Act 846) came with, somewhere in...

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Over 600 Mental Patients Roam Brong Ahafo Streets

Mental health authorities in the Brong Ahafo Region have expressed worry over the rising number of mental health...