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Ursula M Read

rsula Read is a medical anthropologist and mental health practitioner based in the UK. She has conducted research on mental health in Ghana since 2005.

Breaking the shackles

Ghana is slowly developing its mental health care to protect human rights. Yet sensationalist journalism, including in the progressive media, continues to portray the treatment of mental health in the country as backward and abusive.