Tag Archives: Mental Health

Although Mental Health issues have seen some remarkable improvements due to awareness creation, stigmatisation and discrimination still have negative impact on persins with mental health conditions and their families.   Government has been urged to develop and strengthen evidence -based programmes to address the mental health needs of young people. …

Bongo District Mental Health Coordinator, Prince Kofi Yeboah, has expressed worry over the rise in sales and consumption of psychoactive drugs on the various campuses of Senior High schools (SHSs) and Basic Schools in the Bongo District of the Upper East Region. He observes that young people are gradually losing …

Introduction Today, Saturday 10th September 2021, is globally marked as Suicide Prevention Day with a repeated befitting theme captioned “A renewed worldwide commitment to prevent suicides: creating hope through action”. The theme encourages us to rethink our proactive actions to reduce the incidence of suicide. Over the years the day …