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Mental disorder rising among children in Ghana
It has been revealed that the number of children facing mental health challenges are increasing in Ghana.
Mental disorder rising among children in Ghana
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Between 2017 and 2019, a total of 1,419 children reported to the Pantang Psychiatric Hospital with various mental health conditions.
The situation was similar at the Accra Psychiatric Hospital, where 13,731 children reported with mental disorders between 2015 and September this year.
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An occupational therapist at the Pantang Hospital, Ann Sena Fordie, urged the government invest in mental health delivery.
She lamented the deplorable state of the mental health facilities in the country and called for the challenges to be addressed immediately.
Ms Fordie said this during a workshop to discuss disability and mental health in children in Accra.
“The mental health sector faces a lot of challenges when it comes to infrastructure, finances and personnel, and so we are calling on the government to include mental health services in the national health insurance scheme and also ensure that appropriate funds are disbursed to the right places to help improve mental health services in the country,” she said, as quoted by Graphic Online.
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The mental health workshop was organised by the NGO Participatory Development Associates (PDA) last week.
Meanwhile, a research conducted by Star Ghana Foundation has found that men use Indomie, mobile money, and social media to entice teenage girls into having sex with them.
According to the research, that has been the cause of the increased rate of teenage pregnancies in the country.
It said young girls in their teen ages allow men to take advantage of them to access to their phones to take pictures and post on social media.
The research findings by the Foundation were shared at a National Dialogue on sexual and Gender-based violence in a COVID-19 pandemic: prevalence, drivers, and response measures held in Tamale in the Northern Region.
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The research was aimed at identifying, sharing, and suggesting solutions to the continued vulnerability of women in the country.
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