The Ghana Mental Health Authority has appealed to government to commit resources to funding mental health care, by employing mental health professionals to improve the country’s worsening mental health situation. According to the Deputy Director of Community Care at the Authority, Mrs. Priscilla Tawiah Elikplim, regular funding of mental health and recruitment of clinical psychologists and … Read more
With the introduction of the Care Reform Initiative (CRI) in 2007 by the Department of Social Development (DSD), there has been a shift from emphasizing institutionalized care for orphans to reintegration of orphans into their extended families. The Care Reform Initiative which is a new approach to care services for vulnerable children is based on … Read more
The continuous hue and cry by healthcare providers in the mental healthcare sector especially psychiatric nurses and doctors for help has reached an unbearable tone and if care is not taken by the appropriate authorities to salvage the sinking image of the sector, the imminent danger faces it will be inevitable. The continuous ‘cries’ and … Read more