General News of Thursday, 11 June 2020Source: www.ghanaweb.comSome mentally ill patients are highly intelligent and very productive – Peter YaroFile photoThe Executive Director of Basic Needs-Ghana, Peter Badimak Yaro, has said that not all mentally ill patients are clueless. According to him, although there is the perception that people who are mentally unstable do not know what they are about, he indicated that some are actually very smart. Speaking in an interview with Citi FM and monitored by GhanaWeb, he said, “they behave abnormal but they are not stupid. Mental health stigmatisation has been rampant in the African and Ghanaian context with little to no attention or investment made towards curbing the disease. Send your news stories to and via WhatsApp on +233 55 2699 625.

Source: GhanaWeb June 11, 2020 14:03 UTC