Abstract
The development of psychiatric care in Ghana since the colonial era in the 19th century, up to the present, is described. Distorted planning and limited accessibility to psychiatric services in many parts of the country, coupled with shortage of trained staff of all grades (including psychiatrists and nurses) plus inadequate funding, have adversely affected the establishment of a fully comprehensive psychiatric service. Suggestions for improving services into the 21st century are briefly discussed.
Highlights
The development of psychiatric care in Ghana since the colonial era in the 19th century, up to the present, is described
In the early colonial era in the 19th century patients suffering from mental illness in the Gold Coast ( Ghana) were usually kept in prisons (Ministry of Health, 1988)
Between 1929 and 1951 many changes occurred in the Accra Psychiatric Hospital under the successive leadership of Dr Maclagan (1929ö1946), Dr Wozniak (1947ö1950) and Dr Foster (1951ö1976)
Summary
The development of psychiatric care in Ghana since the colonial era in the 19th century, up to the present, is described. Suggestions for improving services into the 21st century are briefly discussed
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