Dr Joseph Osafo, a Clinical Psychologist and Suicidologist, is advocating the de-criminalisation of suicide from the laws of Ghana. He said suicide was not a crime, a disease, an immorality, nor biological anomaly, but there was always an internal logic to suicide and had a history. He said as a society, there was the need … Read more
Sixteen years ago my family and I got involved in a traffic accident and unfortunately, our youngest brother Apache passed away. Now, he was the life of the family. His name Apache was given to him because of his fighting and outgoing spirit. His loss was very tough on all of us but I felt … Read more
Dr Mumuni Fuseini, Northern Regional Co-ordinator for Mental Health at Health Directorate, has said about 10.1 percent of the world’s population suffer from various mental illnesses. This, he explained, means that one in four people is likely to suffer some form of mental disorder. He said mental illness was high in developing countries including Ghana … Read more