An estimated 3.1 million Ghanaians, representing 10 per cent of the estimated 31 million population of Ghana, have one form of mental disorder or the other, with 16,000 having severe cases. Sourcing the data from the WHO and the Ghana Mental Health Authority, Mr Kwaku Agyeman-Manu, the Health Minister, told Parliament that: “It is clearly established that 41 percent of Ghanaians have psychological distress - mild, moderate, severe - and this costs the nation 7 percent GDP loss” He was responding to a question by Mr Christian Corletey Otuteye, the MP for Sege, who wanted to know what plans the Ministry had to address the plight of persons with mental health problems in Ghana.