Factors influencing the length of stay in the psychiatric unit of a Ghanaian teaching hospital: a retrospective study
Possible interventions to reduce the length of psychiatric stay in the general hospital setting include improving functional integration of mental health into primary care and implementing transitional treatment programmes like partial hospitalisation and intensive outpatient treatment programmes. Improving access to residential substance use treatment is another intervention that can help decrease the burden of prolonged psychiatric stays.
Authors
- Kwabena Kusi‐Mensah (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0165-8405)
- Ruth Owusu‐Antwi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9657-1956)
- Stephen Wemakor (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7087-6364)
- John‐Paul Omuojine (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7320-6104)
- Richard Mensah (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0002-1612-3227)
Institutions
- University of Cambridge (GB)
- Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (GH)
- Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (GH)
- Yale University (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology
- Published
- 2025-04-07
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1007/s00127-025-02889-1
- Primary Topic
- Mental Health Treatment and Access
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- National Institute for Health and Care Research