No sex for mental patients - Dr Akwasi Osei

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  • ZAMIA, N22 LONDON 12 years ago

    NO NEWS, EVE THE SANE ONCE ARE NOT GETTING ENOUGH, HUH!!

  • ZAMIA, N22 LONDON 12 years ago

    EVEN

  • Mensah 12 years ago

    What piece of stupid journalism. So mental patients can function with some of their body parts. What is the big deal? I only hope that mad women are not allowed to get pregnant because how can she look after the child if she ...
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  • KWAME 12 years ago

    Please choose your words correctly on this forum. The word "mad" is an insult to a fellow human being, and it is not used to describe people any longer in 2013

  • BOSS 12 years ago

    GOD HELP US.

  • Joe ballack UK 12 years ago

    Nonsense

  • Yooyo 12 years ago

    A senior psychiatric nurse, who spoke on condition of anonymity, corroborated the assertion that some drugs made some patients feel sexy but also denied reports of increased sexual activities among patients. He also failed to ...
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  • KWAME 12 years ago

    I will also like to know about community living (involvement) initiative. Regarding your question about side effects of medications, no 2 people with mental illness are the same. People have different reactions to drugs.

  • princewilly@ymail.com 12 years ago

    A Doctor is walking down the hall of the hospital toward his office in Kumasi Zongo when he passes Mother Angelica walking very briskly while saying her rosary rather loudly. His associate, a Psychotherapist, comes around the ...
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  • cool 12 years ago

    It is the God given right for every human being to have sex at their own chosen time.No person or government should have the right to deny to activity.What the govt could or should do is to encourage the use of family plannin ...
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  • cool 12 years ago

    It is a God given right of every human being to have sex at their own chosen time.No person or government should have the right to deny such activity,if the individual is capable and has a partner who is willing to engage in ...
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  • Atinga 12 years ago

    It may be a good idea to give them vibrators and sex toys or give them day release so they can go and relieve some tension. After all, being sex starved can also send some people loopy or into lunatic behaviour. Some of the ...
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  • KWAME 12 years ago

    Seriously? Do you know what is mental illness? Mental illness does not disqualify a person as a human being who has rights just like you do. Do you know that alcoholism is mental illness? if you drink couple of bottles eac ...
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  • Takyi 12 years ago

    Excessive sexual activity is rife in our psychiatric hospitals especially the Asylum Down unit.Its been rife since the 80's.This is fact

  • Nene Adekerker 12 years ago

    Allow them because Mahama and his Vice said Gay and Homosex is the right of the people so they should be protected so is this also not their right to have sex. Proatect them

  • Unumi Bununya a.k.a Teteman Boy 12 years ago

    This is a finely written article which can serve as a working paper to nursing and medical students. The article contains information that hitherto will have been a taboo topic. This is a good doctor and my guess is that this ...
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  • Juliana Adusei 11 years ago

    Dr you doing amazing work and an so proud of you , God Bless you and your family. I have ask you a friend request in Facebook . Am your mate and in Australia with my family that my email address