Ghana in ‘huge crisis’ over addiction care as specialist shortage worsens – Dr Owusu-Antwi

Speaking on JoyNews' AM Show after the airing of Deadly Doses 2—the latest Hotline documentary by investigative journalist Nana Boakye Yiadom—the psychiatrist said the country's already limited mental healthcare workforce is further constrained by the small number of professionals with specialised training in addiction management."When we look across the different professions—from doctors and mental health nurses to clinical psychologists, social workers, therapists and other members of the mental health fraternity—the number of professionals who have specialised training in addiction management is extremely limited."According to him, addiction treatment is a highly specialised area of psychiatry and mental healthcare that requires dedicated education, clinical training and treatment approaches beyond general psychiatric practice.