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A pastor leads a prayer meeting at a station at the Achimota Forest Prayer Enclave in Accra on Thursday. In Ghana, just over 80 psychiatrists serve a population exceeding 35 million people, according to a government agency under the Ministry of Health. Families often turn instead to forest "prayer camps" and spiritual healers, driven by beliefs that mental illness is rooted in curses, witchcraft or possession.

WORLD / Society

Jan 20, 2026

Unable to access clinical care, Ghana’s mentally ill turn to faith healing

Depression and anxiety have surged in the wake of COVID-19 in Ghana, and authorities say just over 80 psychiatrists serve a population exceeding 35 million people.

One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.

Kabukicho: Tokyo’s ‘stadium of desire’

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Why Japan’s utility poles won’t be disappearing anytime soon

By Alex K.T. Martin

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