As of 2020, there were over 4.4 thousand employees in mental health in Ghana, the majority of whom were registered nurses. In fact, around 340 nurses graduated with a minimum of one year of training in mental health care in the same year. Moreover, the number of community mental health nurses and psychiatrists in the country amounted to 561 and 39, respectively.
Number of public and private mental health staff in Ghana in 2020, by title
* This includes auxiliary staff, non-doctor/non-physician primary health care workers, health assistants, and professional and paraprofessional psychosocial counsellors.
Without specialization in psychiatry.
** Having a minimum of one year training in mental health care.
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