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Mental health profile of Ghana

Part of: BJPsych International Country Profiles Collection

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

J. B. Asare
J. B. Asare*
Affiliation:
Ghana, email [email protected]
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Ghana is a West African state that attained independence from Great Britain in 1957 and became a republican state in 1960. Its population is about 22 million (2004 estimate), distributed in ten regions. The World Health Organization (WHO) has estimated that 650000 of the population are suffering from severe mental disorder and 2166000 are suffering from moderate to mild mental disorder (see www.who.int/mental_health/policy/country/ghana/en).

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International Psychiatry , Volume 7 , Issue 3 , July 2010 , pp. 67 - 68
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References

Akpalu, B., Lund, C., Doku, V., et al (2010) Scaling up community based services and improving quality of care in the state psychiatric hospitals: the way forward for Ghana. African Journal of Psychiatry, in press.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
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WHO (2005) Resource Book on Mental Health. Human Rights and Legislation. World Health Organization.Google Scholar
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