Month: October 2012

Building Resilience to Combat Mental Ill-Health

October 31, 2012

Optimism and social support have a significant impact in cases of extreme stress and mental distress according to Psychiatrist Dennis Charney. Charney is well placed to make such observations. As Dean of the Mt. Sinai School of Medicine and a world expert in the neurobiology and treatment of mood and anxiety disorders, Charney has studied … More Building Resilience to Combat Mental Ill-Health

Misery Of “Prayer Camps” For Mentally Ill

October 5, 2012

‘Doris Appiah, 57, has bipolar disorder. In her early twenties, she was sent to an overcrowded psychiatric hospital followed by a “prayer camp” to be treated. She stayed there for five years, at times tied to a wall or forced to fast. Her story is mirrored by thousands of mentally ill people across Ghana, according … More Misery Of “Prayer Camps” For Mentally Ill