Angela Ofori-Atta

University of Ghana

Associate Professor, University of Ghana, since 1993per ORCID

Publishing since 2007, latest 2026

Social Psychology
General Health Professions
Clinical Psychology
Applied Psychology
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
Health

In their own words

MENTAL HEALTH IN PRAYER CAMP SETTINGS
TASK SHIFTING IN MENTAL HEALTH
MENTAL HEALTH IN GHANA

Publications: 502007–2026
Citations: 1,720to those papers
h-index: 23i10-index 30
Field-weighted impact: 3.511.00 is the world average
World top 10%: 43%21 of 49 scored papers
Open access: 74%37 papers free to read

4 other works — preprints, datasets and the like — are listed but not counted.

By year

Papers, and the citations to them

Publications, left axisCitations to that year’s papers, right axis2026 still in progress

Career

As their ORCID record read on October 4, 2026

Positions

Associate Professor, PsychiatryUniversity of Ghanasince 1993

Education

PhD, PsychologyUniversity of British Columbia1988–1992
MA, PsychologyUniversity of British Columbia Hospital1986–1988
BSc, Psychology and ZoologyUniversity of Ghana1980–1984

Honours, memberships and service

Life Time Membership, Clinical Psychology

Publications

50 in all

Programme for the Effective Promotion of Maternal Psychosocial Wellbeing (PREPWELL) in Ghana: Development and field-testing of a mHealth Intervention in a rural setting
2026PLOS mental health.JournalOpen access1 citation10.1371/journal.pmen.0000571
Substance Use in Sports: A Cross‐Sectional Study Among Professional Footballers in Accra, Ghana
2026

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Citations received each year

Peerford

To all their work, old papers included. Google Scholar also counts citations from theses, books and web pages, so its line runs higher.

What they work on

From the classification of each paper

Subfields

Social Psychology3162%
General Health Professions2550%
Clinical Psychology1632%
Applied Psychology1122%
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health816%
Health714%
Infectious Diseases510%
Sociology and Political Science510%
Safety Research48%
Epidemiology36%

Health Sciences
Social Sciences

Topics most written on

Mental Health Treatment and Access28
Digital Mental Health Interventions11
Family Caregiving in Mental Illness9
Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health8
Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development6
HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions5
Mobile Health and mHealth Applications5
Employment and Welfare Studies4
Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare4
Religion, Spirituality, and Psychology4
Global Health and Surgery3
Health Policy Implementation Science3

Who they write with

Their most frequent co-authors, and the papers those co-authors share

Where their co-authors are

92% of their papers have a co-author abroad

papers co-written12345612Home

Most frequent partner countries

United States34
United Kingdom16
South Africa12
Uganda4
Canada3
Nigeria3
China2
Zambia2

Papers with at least one author in that country.

Institutions written with most

Yale UniversityUS19 papers
University of Cape TownZA11 papers
University of WashingtonUS9 papers
Johns Hopkins UniversityUS6 papers
King's College LondonGB6 papers
37 Military HospitalGH5 papers
Kintampo Health Research CentreGH5 papers
Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and TechnologyGH5 papers
Alan J Flisher Centre for Public Mental HealthZA5 papers
Korle Bu Teaching HospitalGH5 papers

Where they publish

Bulletin of the World Health Organization3
African Journal of Psychiatry2
AIDS Care2
BMC Health Services Research2
Cambridge Prisms Global Mental Health2
Health Research Policy and Systems2

Development goals addressed

From each paper’s title and abstract

1No poverty13
17Partnerships for the goals8
5Gender equality5
16Peace, justice and strong institutions3
3Good health and well-being2
4Quality education2
10Reduced inequalities2
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Most cited

Prayer Camps and Biomedical Care in Ghana: Is Collaboration in Mental Health Care Possible?
PLoS ONE17
2016177 citationsWorld top 10%Open access · Gold
A situation analysis of mental health services and legislation in Ghana: challenges for transformation
African Journal of Psychiatry
2010129 citationsWorld top 10%Open access · Bronze
Poor mental health in Ghana: who is at risk?

Ghana Psychological Association

Founder and Chair of the Board, Community Mental HealthThe Psych Corpssince 2014

Radio Show Host and Producer, Community Mental Health; De-stigmatizing MHBeautiful Minds (On Asaase Radio, 99.5 FM)2021–2024

Health Science Reports

Co-Designing M-Healer: Supporting Lay Practitioner Mental Health Workers in Ghana

2021Communications in computer and information sciencePublication3 citations10.1007/978-3-030-90179-0_16

Mental Health Therapy as a Core Strategy for Increasing Human Capital: Evidence from Ghana

2021National Bureau of Economic ResearchReportOpen access10 citations10.3386/w29407

Joining psychiatric care and faith healing in a prayer camp in Ghana: randomised trial

2018The British Journal of PsychiatryJournalOpen accessFirst author116 citations10.1192/bjp.2017.12

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2015AIDSJournalOpen access24 citations10.1097/qad.0000000000000725

Aggression in mental health settings: a case study in Ghana

2015Bulletin of the World Health OrganizationJournalOpen accessSenior author5 citations10.2471/blt.14.145813

Poor mental health in Ghana: who is at risk?

2013BMC Public HealthJournalOpen access127 citations10.1186/1471-2458-13-288

Psychological distress in Ghana: associations with employment and lost productivity

2013International Journal of Mental Health SystemsJournalOpen access100 citations10.1186/1752-4458-7-9

Female genital cutting: current practices and beliefs in western Africa

2011Bulletin of the World Health OrganizationJournalOpen access92 citations10.2471/blt.11.090886

An assessment of mental health policy in Ghana, South Africa, Uganda and Zambia

2011Health Research Policy and SystemsJournalOpen access51 citations10.1186/1478-4505-9-17

Clinical psychology in Ghana

2011Clinical Psychology ForumJournalFirst authorCorresponding0 citations10.53841/bpscpf.2011.1.215.22

Mental health policy process: a comparative study of Ghana, South Africa, Uganda and Zambia

2010International Journal of Mental Health SystemsJournalOpen accessSenior author111 citations10.1186/1752-4458-4-24

Common understandings of women's mental illness in Ghana: Results from a qualitative study

2010International Review of PsychiatryJournalFirst authorCorresponding47 citations10.3109/09540261.2010.536150

Homelessness and Mental Health in Ghana

2007Journal of Health PsychologyJournalSenior author45 citations10.1177/1359105307080609

International Journal of Mental Health

International Journal of Mental Health Systems2

How it can be read

74% free to read

Diamond 3 · 6%Free to read and to publish
Gold 20 · 40%In an open-access journal
Hybrid 2 · 4%Open in a subscription journal
Bronze 4 · 8%Free to read, no open licence
Green 8 · 16%A copy in a repository
Closed 13 · 26%Behind a paywall

Who funds it

29 of 50 papers name a funder

Yale University10
Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development8
National Institute of Mental Health7
Department for International Development6
National Institutes of Health6
University of Ghana6
University of Cape Town5
World Health Organization5

Decent work and economic growth

2013127 citationsWorld top 10%Open access · Gold

Joining psychiatric care and faith healing in a prayer camp in Ghana: randomised trial

The British Journal of Psychiatry

2018116 citationsWorld top 10%Open access · Bronze

Generating evidence to narrow the treatment gap for mental disorders in sub-Saharan Africa: rationale, overview and methods of AFFIRM

Epidemiology and Psychiatric Sciences17

2015114 citationsWorld top 10%Open access · Hybrid