Clinical Psychologist at the Department of Psychiatry of the University of Ghana Medical School, Dr Seth Mawusi Asafo, has called for the inclusion of mental healthcare in all primary healthcare facilities to make it accessible to all.
Greater Accra Regional Mental Health Coordinator, Etornam Gblende, said the Mental Health Authority has put in place measures to provide the needed support required by people in such dilemma.
“We have trained judges and magistrates in the various courts on how to identify mental health issues in the courts and refer appropriately”. He appealed to government to establish a Mental Health Fund that would enable the Authority implement the National Suicide Policy and offer support to victims when the need come up. On her part, Assistant Commissioner of Police Lydia Donkor, the Greater Accra Regional Director, Legal and Prosecution, called for a sensitisation of police officers to equip them with the necessary skills to help them deal better with victims. She urged human rights advocacy groups to reach out to parliament and seek for review of Section 57 of the Criminal Offences Act which criminalises any act of attempted suicide in order to minimise fatalities. According to the World Health Organisation (WHO), 800,000 people die due to suicide every year. Suicide accounted for 1.4 per cent of all deaths worldwide, making it the 18th leading cause of death in 2016.
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