Drug Shortages Retard Recovery of Mental Patients
The nationwide intermittent shortages of mental health drugs is retarding the recovery process of patients in the Brong-Ahafo Region, investigation ...
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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 ...
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 passed Mental ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 of the world’s ...
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 ...
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 disorders of our ...
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 Health Insurance ...
Life and Cry of Senior Citizens
Older adults make important contributions to society as family members, volunteers and active participants in the workforce. The elderly are ...
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 ...
Wasting Insane Youths In The Streets
In this report, Odimegwu Onwumere writes that a compassionate Nigerian rescued an insane young lady from the Abuja streets recently ...
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 ...
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 Ghana’s ...
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 ...
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 patients roaming ...