Government is to put in place Social Support systems for mental health as Ghana joins the global community to observe Mental Health Day today.
Executive Director of Basic Needs Ghana, Peter Yaro said the passage of the bill to cultivate cannabis in commercial quantities will not only widen the gap between access to mental health care and systems that support victims, but also cost government in excess of what it anticipates to generate in the cultivation.
Mr Yaro said government should hasten slowly in its quest to follow other countries cultivating cannabis, because those countries have proper health and social support systems that works effectively.
Mr Yaro urged persons in critical working environments to give some thoughts to their mental health by devising ways to ease stress which he says is having a great toll on people due to depression caused by harsh economic conditions.
He called for extensive education to demystify the cultural and social perception on mental health that trigger stigma.
