Extant literature has shown that there is a higher prevalence of mental disorders among prisoners compared to the general population. These findings have, however, mostly been from high-income and westernised cultures. In Ghana, little is known about the extent of psychiatric disorders among prisoners, as is consistent with the dearth of scholarly work in low and middle-income countries.

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加纳中等安全监狱中被判刑囚犯精神疾病患病率：对心理健康评估和服务的影响

现有文献表明，与一般人群相比，囚犯中精神障碍的患病率更高。然而，这些发现大多来自高收入和西化文化。在加纳，人们对囚犯精神疾病的严重程度知之甚少，这与低收入和中等收入国家学术工作的缺乏是一致的。