Suicidologist Campaigns Discrimination Against Suicide
Dr Joseph Osafo, a Clinical Psychologist and Suicidologist, is advocating the de-criminalisation of suicide from the laws of Ghana. He ...
Tag: Suicidal ideation
Understanding Suicide, Everyone Is At Risk
Adolescent suicide is real. Reported cases in the media in the first two months and three weeks of the year, ...
Staying Alive In A Suicidal World [Article]
It was one Saturday afternoon, as I was relaxing on my bed and decided to follow some discussions on a ...
The Tragedy of the Dying and Media Insensitivity
By: Eugenia Ntekor The past few weeks have seen a lot of media reportage of suicides in Ghana. It started ...
We All Have A Role To Play In Suicide Prevention
Movie personality Lydia Forson has tasked Ghanaians to join forces and help prevent the recent suicide incidences. The “Keteke” movie ...
Decriminalise Attempted Suicide – Dr. Akwasi Osei
The Chief Executive Officer of the Mental Health Authority (MHA), Dr Akwasi Osei, has admonished government to scrap attempted suicide ...
Decriminalise Attempted Suicide Now – Dr Osei Calls As Mental Health Authority Addresses Menace
The Mental Health Authority (MHA) is calling on Parliament to decriminalize attempted suicide “if the fight against suicide is to ...
Decriminalise Attempted Suicide Now – Dr Osei Calls As Mental Health Authority
The Mental Health Authority (MHA) is calling on Parliament to decriminalize attempted suicide “if the fight against suicide is to ...
What Gov’t Needs To Do To Curb the Pathetic Circumstance
With the recent cases of suicide in Ghana, there arises a dire need to treat the matter which has hitherto ...
Decriminalise Suicide — Chief Psychiatrist
The Chief Psychiatrist, Dr Akwasi Osei, has advocated decriminalising suicide in the country. He said rather than punishing victims who ...