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Chapter 21 - Ghana: Supervisor Perspective, RCPsych Volunteer Programme

from Section 3 - Reflective Accounts and Perspectives of Global Mental Health Volunteering

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  08 November 2023

By
Peter Hughes
Edited by
Sophie Thomson ,
Peter Hughes  and
Sam Gnanapragasam
Sophie Thomson
Affiliation:
World Psychiatric Association
Peter Hughes
Affiliation:
Springfield University Hospital, London
Sam Gnanapragasam
Affiliation:
South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust
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Summary

One of the key tasks for any global training work is supervision. For this reason, I am particularly proud of the Royal College of Psychiatrists and Challenges Worldwide’s (NGO) three-month Ghana volunteer programme[1] as we have had supervision with every volunteer since 2007 as well as pre-orientation and debriefing afterwards.

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Volunteering in Global Mental Health
A Practical Guide for Clinicians
 , pp. 188 - 192
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2023

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Royal College of Psychiatrists. RCPsych Ghana volunteering scheme. www.rcpsych.ac.uk/news-and-features/blogs/detail/the-rcpsych-blog/2017/04/21/out-of-programme-training-in-pantang-hospital-ghana-dr-konstantinos-tsamakis-april-2017.Google Scholar
Poole, NA, Crabb, J, Osei, A et al. Insight, psychosis, and depression in Africa: a cross-sectional survey from an inpatient unit in Ghana. Transcultural Psychiatry. 2013;50(3):433–41.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
World Health Organization. mhGAP intervention guide for mental, neurological and substance use disorders in non-specialized health settings: mental health Gap Action Programme (mhGAP). World Health Organization; 2016.Google Scholar

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