A durbar of chiefs to enhance awareness and improve the human rights of people with mental health conditions has been held at the forecourt of the Yoo Naa Palace at Savelugu in the Northern Region.
It was attended by...
The Psychiatric Association of Ghana is advocating for the integration of mental health care into the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS).
The President of the Psychiatric Association of Ghana, Dr. Ruth Owusu-Antwi, says this would ensure equitable access to quality...
Mr Paul Atta Poku, a Registered Nurse and Mental Health Officer has appealed to the government to capture the treatment of mental health condition under the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS).
As Ghana joined the rest of the world to...
Mr. Eric Nana Takyi, Kadjebi District Director of Health Service, has advised Ghanaians to take regular walks as such exercise reduces stress and improves mental health.
He said the health walk also increased cardiovascular and pulmonary fitness and reduced the...
Edwin Frimpong-Boakye Yiadom, a psychiatric at Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital has advised that sleep be taken seriously, as it is one of the major ways to improve one’s mental health.
According to him, everyone needs a good amount of sleep to...
Senior medical officer and clinical psychologist, Dr. Isaac Newman Arthur, has urged Ghanaians to eschew the mindset that stress and mental health illnesses are the reserve of rich people.
According to him, contrary to popular belief, poor people are most...
Dr Ofori Boadu, a Representative from the Ghana Health Services (GHS), has urged media practitioners to set the agenda for discussions on mental health issues and the responsibility of communities to protect patients from discrimination and abuses.
Dr Boadu made...
Some stakeholders in the mental health sector have called for enhanced advocacy and sensitisation on the rights of persons with mental illness to minimise the prevalence of suicidal cases recorded in the country.
The World Health Organisation reports that about...
Mr. Pious Tay, the Mental Health Coordinator for the Tema Metropolitan Health Directorate, says mental health is a global right everyone must enjoy.
He explained mental health as the “outward manifestation of sound intrapersonal and interpersonal interaction with environmental implications.”
“Being...
