To the best of our knowledge, there is a scarcity of literature on knowledge of mental health among deaf people in Ghana. Specifically, there is limited information on mental health issues affecting deaf people – for example, the knowledge of mental health in the deaf community, the level of...
Development and Implementation of Mental Healthcare Plans in Three Districts in Ghana: A Mixed-Method Process Evaluation Using Theory of Change Article Open access 27 September 2024 A structured approach to integrating mental health services into primary care: development of the Mental Health Scale ...
There are currently major efforts underway in Ghana to address stigma and discrimination, and promote the human rights of those with mental health conditions, within mental health services and the community, working with the World Health Organization’s QualityRights initiative. The present study aims...
Mental health information systems are increasingly being used to measure the effectiveness of mental health interventions. Little or no data is available for mental health service availability and service uptake in low- and middle-income countries. Through a narrative review, this paper illustrates the...
We estimated associations between prescription practices and hospitals and medication availability for patients diagnosed with schizophrenia or delusional disorders (n = 7,296) and patients diagnosed with epilepsy (n = 1,807), the two most common mental and neurological disorders seen at Ghana's ...
To tackle this issue, Ghana adopted the WHO QualityRights Initiative in 2019. This aims to introduce a right-based, person-centred recovery approach within the mental health care system, protecting and promoting the rights of people with mental health conditions, psychosocial, cognitive, and ...
A therapeutic drug policy is a document endorsed by the Ministry of Health or the government to ensure accessibility and availability of essential therapeutic drugs. The essential list of drugs is usually adapted from the WHO Model List of Essential Drugs. The therapeutic drug policy often specifies...
One of the priorities of the WHO Mental Health Action Plan [10] is the urgent need for increased availability of services that promote and protect human rights and dignity of people with mental illness [13]. As the Prayer Camps have provided care for the mentally ill so far, it is ...
Global mental health applies the principles of global health to the field of mental health. Over the years, global mental health has advocated the cause of increasing access to mental health care through promoting the prioritization of mental health in g
Availability of data and materials Acknowledgements We thank the anonymous reviewers for their helpful comments in advance. Funding As stated in the manuscript, the data that support the findings of this study includes data from one of the authors’ ongoing doctoral research funded by the ESRC. Ot...