Accra - Post Report Question and Answers
Are there any particular mental health issues that tend to crop up at post, such as Seasonal Affective Disorder (winter blues)?
It's a stressful place to live, which weighs on people. - Aug 2024
Not that I know of. Does low morale count? - Sep 2023
No. - Sep 2022
Life can be slow here and it can frustrate you, no sense of urgency (except when they are driving). - Mar 2022
I have heard people mention that they feel better, mood-wise, if they get out of Accra/Ghana periodically. I haven't had that feeling myself, but it's a pretty common sentiment. Daily life is different here from life in the US and it can be frustrating at times, so I can see why people might like to get away now and then. I don't think it causes any serious mental health issues, though. - May 2019
None that I know of. - Apr 2018
Ghana is near the equator, so it gets dark around the same time all year round--about 6:00 pm. There is also no winter here--maybe the coldest it gets is the upper 60s F (about 20C). - Aug 2017
