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Mental health law in Ghana

Part of: BJPsych International Mental Health Law Profile Collection

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

George Hudson Walker  and
Akwasi Osei
George Hudson Walker
Affiliation:
University of Leeds, UK, email um10gw@leeds.ac.uk
Akwasi Osei
Affiliation:
Accra Psychiatric Hospital, Ghana, email akwasiosei2014@gmail.com
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Abstract

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In 2012 Ghana passed a new Mental Health Act, which aimed to create a new system of mental healthcare in Ghana. The Act includes provisions for the creation of a modern, community-based mental health system and for the protection of the rights of persons with mental disorders. This article discusses the implications of the Act and the progress which has been made towards its implementation.

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Mental Health Law Profile
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BJPsych International , Volume 14 , Issue 2 , May 2017 , pp. 38 - 39
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Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 2017

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