TY - JOUR
T1 - The predictors of treatment pathways to mental health services among consumers in Ghana
AU - Nartey, Anna Korley
AU - Badu, Eric
AU - Agyei-Baffour, Peter
AU - Gyamfi, Naomi
AU - Opoku, Maxwell Preprah
AU - O'Brien, Anthony Paul
AU - Mitchell, Rebecca
PY - 2019/4
Y1 - 2019/4
N2 - Purpose: To explore factors influencing treatment pathways to mental health services among consumers in Ghana.Design and Methods: Cross-sectional design using quantitative method. Findings: Treatment pathways for mental illness were general hospitals/clinics, psychiatric hospitals, and faith-based practices. The predisposing (age, household size, primary occupation, ethnicity, marital status, religion, and geographic location, as well as attitudes and beliefs), enabling (affordability), and need factors (severity of mental illness) were significant predictors of treatment pathways.Practice Implications: Current advocacy and awareness for mental health services in Ghana should consider the predisposing, enabling, and need factors of consumers. Policy initiatives on mental health services should ensure adequate financing mechanisms and further establish collaboration between biomedical and faith-based services.
AB - Purpose: To explore factors influencing treatment pathways to mental health services among consumers in Ghana.Design and Methods: Cross-sectional design using quantitative method. Findings: Treatment pathways for mental illness were general hospitals/clinics, psychiatric hospitals, and faith-based practices. The predisposing (age, household size, primary occupation, ethnicity, marital status, religion, and geographic location, as well as attitudes and beliefs), enabling (affordability), and need factors (severity of mental illness) were significant predictors of treatment pathways.Practice Implications: Current advocacy and awareness for mental health services in Ghana should consider the predisposing, enabling, and need factors of consumers. Policy initiatives on mental health services should ensure adequate financing mechanisms and further establish collaboration between biomedical and faith-based services.
KW - biomedical treatment
KW - Ghana
KW - mental health services
KW - treatment pathways
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U2 - 10.1111/ppc.12350
DO - 10.1111/ppc.12350
M3 - Article
C2 - 30648278
AN - SCOPUS:85060143798
SN - 0031-5990
VL - 55
SP - 300
EP - 310
JO - Perspectives in Psychiatric Care
JF - Perspectives in Psychiatric Care
IS - 2
ER -