The Chief Executive Officer of the Mental Health Authority, Professor Pinaman Appau, has emphasised the need for effective collaboration between religious groups and the mental health authority in addressing mental health issues in the country.
Such a collaboration, she explained, would ensure that patients receive holistic mental health care through the combination of medical expertise with spiritual support, as most mental health patients prefer to utilise both authorities to address their mental health challenges.
Prof.
Appau made this known during the Professor EFB Foster's public lecture series on mental health organised by the mental health authority in Accra on Wednesday.