mental healthcare
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...
Addressing Suicidal Thoughts, A Concern For All
IN the last four weeks, four cases of suicide have been widely reported in the media with three of the victims being...
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...
Let’s Treat Mental Health With Priority – Kweku Baako
The editor in-chief of the New Crusading Guide, Abdul-Malik Kweku Baako, has described as insensitivity and a shame -...
Run From Danger, Pass the LI Of The Mental Health Law To Save Mental Healthcare From Imminent Danger
The continuous hue and cry by healthcare providers in the mental healthcare sector especially psychiatric nurses and...
NDC Promises 20 Polyclinics In Four Regions In Manifesto
The National Democratic Congress (NDC) says the second term of President John Dramani Mahama would see the construction...
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...
Plans To House 6000 ‘mad’ People In Limbo
The Ghana Mental Health Authority has warned that a project it initiated to take six thousand mentally ill patients off...
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...
We Don’t Even Have A-4 Sheets – Accra Psychiatric Hospital Laments
The dire situation of the Accra Psychiatric Hospital has deteriorated to the point where the facility does not even...
NDC Will Support NHIS With Oil Money – Mahama
The National Democratic Congress (NDC) flagbearer for the December elections, President John Mahama, has said the next...
Number of Psychiatric Patients Roaming the Streets of Ghana to Increase Significantly
The number of mentally challenged patients roaming the streets in the country could increase significantly due to the...
10,250 Ghanaians Suffering Mental Distress And Depression
At least 10,250.000 Ghanaians, predominantly women, are suffering from mental distress and depression, the Chief...