Pay Attention To Mental Health Care
An appeal has been made to the government to focus its attention on mental health care. Madam Ruth Okyere of ...
Tag: Abnormal psychology
Teach Autistic Children How To SWIM
Swimming lessons may help to save the lives of thousands of autistic children, scientists claim. Young sufferers are 160 times ...
Victim On Psychiatric Treatment
The 25-year-old Evelyn Boakye who was inhumanely treated by her supervisor at the Abelenkpe branch of Marwako is suffering from ...
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 ...
John Legend On Supporting Wife During Battle With Postpartum Depression
When John Legend learned that his wife, Chrissy Teigen, had been diagnosed with postpartum depression, he started doing his research. ...
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 ...
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 ...
Mental Health Authority Provides Helpline For Persons Planning Suicide
The Mental Health Authority has decided to establish a temporary helpline for persons contemplating suicide. The authority is, as well, ...
Who Killed Our Ladies?
“Suicide does not mean there was no killer”- unanimous My roommate woke me up this morning and told me about ...
War-Scarred Syrian Children May Be ‘lost To Trauma’
Syrian children terrified by shelling and airstrikes are showing signs of severe emotional distress and could grow up to be ...
Eating Disorders Can Strike In Mid-Life
Eating disorders, including anorexia and bulimia, affect a small but substantial number of women in their 40s and 50s, UK ...
Stanbic’s Global Markets Team Supports Autism Centre
The Stanbic Bank Global Market Unit has presented GH¢ 20, 000 and other items to the Hope Setters Autism Centre ...
When Fanaticism Clouds Objectivity……
Typical of every developing nation that is making strenuous efforts to hit the developed mark, one of the dreadful imps ...
Martin Amidu Recounts How BNI Trauma Disenfranchised Him
Anti-graft campaigner Martin Amidu has explained why he is so elated to vote on December 7, the first time in ...
Study Identifies Health Risks of “repetitive Thought” About Work-Family Conflict
The findings, published in the journal Stress & Health recently, was based on a study involving 203 people, indicate that ...
Stress ‘changes Brains of Boys and Girls Differently’
Very stressful events affect the brains of girls and boys in different ways, a Stanford University study suggests. A part ...
Women May Become SMARTER Just Before Their Period, Claims Brain Scan Study
Women become brainier when they are at their most fertile – and their brains then shrink during period, according to ...
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 ...
Antidepressants Make Healthy People TWICE As Likely To Become Suicidal
* They found they increased the risk of harm regardless of someone’s age * But some scientists argue the findings ...
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 ...