The
only
three
psychiatric
hospitals
in
Ghana
are
all
located
in
the
southern
part
of
the
country,
thus
individuals
needing
psychiatric
help
who
live
in
the
North
must
travel
South
(which
is
often
not
possible
due
to
expense)
or
attend
nearby
prayer
camps.
Prayer
camps
are
private
facilities
run
by
self-‐professed
‘prophets’
and
healers
where
mentally
ill
people
are
taken
in
attempts
to
cure
them.
The
social
stigma
attached
to
mental
illness
is
often
transferred
to
the
whole
family
causing
some
sufferers
to
be
rejected
by
their
families
or
forced
into
prayer
camps
to
avoid
the
association
of
their
illness
with
the
family.
Many
sufferers
cannot
afford
formal
treatment
at
psychiatric
hospitals
and
thus
are
left
with
little
choice
but
to
attend
a
local
prayer
camp.
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