Mental health patients in Ghana share their stories about stigma and suffering

By Magnus Mfoafo-M'Carthy, Associate Professor, Wilfrid Laurier University
Jeff Grischow, Associate Professor, Wilfrid Laurier University

Despite global advances in disability rights, stigma towards individuals diagnosed with mental illness is common across the African continent. In Ghana, research has shown that one of the main roots of stigmatisation is the belief that mental illnesses are caused by supernatural forces, including spiritual punishment for parents’ misdeeds. As a result, Ghanaians with mental illness are often mistreated (sometimes violently), mocked…

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