Psychiatric Diagnosis and Reintegration Outcomes for Homeless Individuals in Ghana

Featuring records for 81 beneficiaries (53 females, 28 males) enrolled in a mental health reintegration project from 2016 to 2024. It includes clinical and financial data, with 91.4% of beneficiaries diagnosed with schizophrenia and total project expenditure of GHS 2,835,365.30. The data was compiled from project records review.

Use Cases

• Analyze the relationship between street exposure duration and psychiatric diagnosis, such as schizophrenia prevalence.
• Model the cost per repatriated beneficiary using total expenditure and the number of repatriated individuals.
• Investigate relapse rates among repatriated beneficiaries relative to their engagement in economic activities.
• Assess gender distribution among beneficiaries and its correlation with prior psychiatric care history.

Strengths

• Provides detailed clinical and financial data for 81 individuals in a specific intervention program.
• Includes specific metrics such as 91.4% schizophrenia diagnosis rate and 66.7% prior psychiatric care rate.
• Covers a multi-year time range from the project's start in 2016 through data compilation in 2024.

Limitations

• Small sample size of 81 individuals limits statistical power and generalizability of findings.
• Data is specific to a single intervention in Ghana, which may not be representative of other regions or programs.
• The dataset is very small at 5.5 KB, indicating limited scope and detail.

Provenance

Source

Alex Ansah Owusu via figshare.

Collection Method

Data obtained from records review of a specific reintegration intervention project.

Time Range

Project enrollment from 2016 through data compilation on December 31, 2024.

Freshness

Data compiled up to December 31, 2024, with a last platform update in March 2026.

Geography

Ghana.