2023
DOI: 10.1002/cbm.2307
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Prevalence of psychiatric disorders among sentenced prisoners in a medium security prison in Ghana: Implications for mental health assessment and service

Gordon M. Donnir,
Winifred Asare‐Doku

Abstract: BackgroundExtant literature has shown that there is a higher prevalence of mental disorders among prisoners compared to the general population. These findings have, however, mostly been from high‐income and westernised cultures. In Ghana, little is known about the extent of psychiatric disorders among prisoners, as is consistent with the dearth of scholarly work in low and middle‐income countries.AimsOur aim was to determine the prevalence of common mental disorders among sentenced prisoners in the second larg… Show more

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