Book chapter
"Like a Death Sentence": Abuses against Persons with Mental Disabilities in Ghana
Human Rights Watch, Oct 2012, 89 pp
01 Oct 2012
Abstract
This report describes how thousands of people with mental disabilities are forced to live in psychiatric institutions and spiritual healing centers, often against their will and with little recourse. In psychiatric hospitals, they face overcrowding and unsanitary conditions; and in some of the spiritual healing centers, or prayer camps, they are often chained to trees, frequently in the baking sun, and forced to fast for weeks as part of a "healing process," while being denied access to medications. People with mental disabilities in the community also face stigma and discrimination and often lack shelter, food, and healthcare. Tables, Figures.
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- Title
- "Like a Death Sentence": Abuses against Persons with Mental Disabilities in Ghana
- Creators
- Medi SsengoobaShantha BarrigaCorinne DufkaRona PeligalJoseph AmonAmanda McRaeAlice FarmerClive BaldwinDanielle HaasBabatunde Olugboji
- Publication Details
- Human Rights Watch, Oct 2012, 89 pp
- Resource Type
- Book chapter
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- Community Health and Prevention
- Identifiers
- 991021895672904721