Mental health has 97 percent treatment

Ghana’s current mental vigor service freedom has a 97 for each cent cure gap, Dr Akwasi Osei, the Chief Psychiatrist, thought on Friday.

This, he thought, is an indication so as to 97, not worth it of a100 mental patients, who require vigor thoughtfulness, act not progress it.

Dr Osei disclosed this by the side of the Mental Health and Wellbeing Conference organised by the Mental Health Foundation- Ghana, with support from the Australian Embassy in Ghana.


The event was on the theme: “Understanding Inclusion and Stigma Reduction”.

He thought a up to date study showed so as to Ghana had 41 for each cent prevalence of psychological distress in various degrees, import as many as 47 in a 100 admitted were under unhelpful stress which affected them mentally.

Dr Osei thought 19 for each cent of individuals with unhelpful stress had moderate to Spartan symptoms import their difficult was serious an adequate amount of to be considered a mental illness.

These notwithstanding, he thought, mental vigor thoughtfulness was largely imperfect to the urban area and even more specifically to the heart and northern belts of the motherland with simply three psychiatric hospitals and 12 practicing psychiatrists in support of the 25 million frequent.

He thought the necessary digit of professionals in support of a low pay packet motherland was 150, but Ghana has 12, 700 psychiatric nurses as a substitute of 30,000 and four clinical psychologists as a substitute of a 100.

“The deal with of mental vigor in Ghana is vast and the workers are only some,” he thought.

Dr Osei, however, painted a dazzling picture in support of the hope, maxim, the restructuring and overhauling of the mental vigor thoughtfulness order and a new-fangled mental vigor comport yourself awaiting implementation would better the spot.

He thought the provision of the beyond would ensure decentralisation and de-institutionalisation of mental vigor thoughtfulness; place stress on similarity thoughtfulness and the training of mental vigor personnel; escalation allocation of income and the concern of a chubby complement of mental vigor thoughtfulness.

Alongside the intended restructuring are the contribution by various organisations and initiatives, he thought, and called in support of pains to be coordinated and harmonised so as not to dissipate energy and duplicate functions and income.

Prof Joseph Bediako Asare, earlier Chief Psychiatrist, who chaired the function, thought he was exultant so as to nearby was a law in place and advised implementing institutions to ensure so as to the straight structures were fashioned to ensure effectiveness and efficiency.

He urged personnel with mental illness to seek proficient help and back it with prayers and not the other way circular to prevent their condition from getting worse.

The Australian High Commissioner, Ms Joana Adamson, paid glowing tribute to Francis Acquah, a Ghanaian Mental Health Nurse in Australia and President of the Mental Health Foundation Ghana, in support of his enthusiasm and binder to raise awareness and better the spot of personnel living with mental vigor illness.

She thought in Australia, single not worth it of five frequent suffered a little form of mental illness and so as to partially of the population possibly will plus experience mental illness all through their lives.

She thought the spot possibly will be related in Ghana and famous so as to it was in support of so as to right mind so as to the Embassy time-honored to support the programme.

Mr Acquah, who is the brain behind the consultation, thought he was touched by a individual civil rights shot on mental illness in Ghana and categorical to help to better lives of person living with mental illness.

He thought he amalgamated with Helen Walters, a mental vigor nurse consultant in Australia, who shared his eyesight of establishing the Foundation.

The Foundation aims by the side of promoting assured attitudes in Ghana, pool resources with Government to better mental vigor services and escalation funding and stimulate the development of informed community deliberate and belief almost mental vigor.

The Foundation plus seek to endorse a beliefs of preference and inclusiveness in support of frequent who allow mental illness, their families and their contacts as they product towards achieving their hopes and goals.