The Director-General of Pantang Hospital, Dr Yennusom Maalug, has urged employers to create supportive work environments that encourage staff to seek help for mental health challenges without fear of stigma or discrimination. Speaking during an interview on ATV on the topic “Health Challenges Facing Ghanaian Youth,” Dr Maalug said stigma remains one of the biggest […]

The Acting Director-General of Pantang Hospital, Dr Yennusom Maalug, has called for a more integrated and rehabilitation-centred approach to addressing drug abuse among Ghanaian youth. Speaking in an interview on ATV on Monday, 23 February, on the topic “Health Challenges Facing Ghanaian Youth,” Dr Maalug acknowledged ongoing efforts by the Inspector-General of Police (IGP) in […]

Mental Health is one of the important health concerns worldwide. People with mental challenges can post a danger to the society since most of them can harm other humans or contract communicable diseases from the dirty environment they are exposed to. Worldwide Mental health has received the needed attention by stakeholders of health but in […]

Ghana’s mental health landscape is undergoing a critical transition as growing public concern collides with long-standing systemic gaps and renewed national advocacy. With rising cases of suicide, increasing youth stress, and heightened awareness of mental wellbeing, the issue is steadily moving from the margins to the centre of national discourse. Recent data and media reports […]

Professional soccer players and American football stars are at much greater risk of developing dementia. What can we do to help them? If you’re a football player, there’s nothing quite like the rush of leaping towards a ball hurtling towards you at great speed, heading it into the net, and scoring a goal for your […]

A private mental health unit where patients were given out of date medication and a distressed woman was told by staff to “stop crying” has been ordered to improve. Cygnet Kenney House, on Wester Hill Road, Oldham, Greater Manchester, was given the warning by health watchdog the Care Quality Commission (CQC), for failing to meet […]