Dr Johnny Andoh-Arthur

Senior Lecturer

Contact info JAndoh-Arthur@ug.edu.gh

About

Dr Johnny Andoh-Arthur is a Social and Community Psychologist and a Senior Lecturer at the Department of Psychology, University of Ghana where he also currently serves as an Examinations Officer. He researches suicide and suicide prevention, young persons and men’s mental health, culture, religion, spirituality and health, social cognition and behaviour change, death and dying, grief and bereavement, and ethics of sensitive qualitative research. He obtained his PhD (Health Science-specialisation in Suicidology) and MPhil (Human Development-specialisation in Community Psychology) both from the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), Trondheim, Norway. He also obtained his Bachelor’s Degree in Psychology with Political Science (First Class Honors) from the University of Ghana. He has written over 50 articles and book chapters and has presented his works at both international and local conferences. He is an Ad hoc Reviewer and an Associate Editor for reputable journals. He is a Licensed Community Psychologists and does psychoeducation programmes in the communities, schools, churches, and in the media for his extension works towards behavioural change and health promotion.

Education

  • PhD (Health Science-specialisation in Suicidology), Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), Trondheim, Norway, 2019
  • MPhil (Human Development- specialization in Community Psychology), Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), Trondheim, Norway, 2011
  • Bachelor of Arts (Psychology with Political Science) (First Class Honors), University of Ghana, 2007
  • Teacher’s Professional Certificate ‘A’, Wesley College, Kumasi, Ghana, 2000
  • Senior Secondary Certificate, Aggrey Memorial Zion Secondary School, Cape Coast, Ghana,
  • Basic Education Certificate, Methodist Junior High School, Anomabu, Central Region, Ghana. 

Research Interest

  • Men and Young people’s mental health
  • Culture, religion, spirituality and health
  • Death and Dying
  • Grief and bereavement
  • Social cognition, behaviour change, health promotion
  • Ethics of sensitive qualitative research

Publications

  1. Abrah, P. B., & Andoh–Arthur, J. (2025). The Coping Strategies of Women Convicted of Homicide in Ghana. Deviant Behavior, 1-15. https://doi.org/10.1080/01639625.2025.2492708 Salifu Yendork, J., Omari, E. B.,
  2. Andoh-Arthur, J., & Annor, F. (2025). Psychosocial correlates of sexual orientation self-concept ambiquity among Ghanaian Adolescents. Sexuality & Culture, 29(1), 248-273. https://doi.org/10.1080/00224490209552149
  3. Asafo, S. M., Osafo, J.,Akotia, C. S., Gyasi-Gyamerah, A. A., Andoh-Arthur, J., & Gavi, J. K. (2025). Is personhood lost after mental illness? Transcultural Psychiatry, 1-10. https://doi.org/10.1177/13634615241306227
  4. Andoh-Arthur, J. (2024). Researching an unmentionable (Ammbɔdin) among the Akans in Ghana: Suicide taboos, discursive representations and subject positionings. Ghana Social Science Journal, 21(2), 88-104.
  5. Bennett, S., Robb, K. A., Andoh-Arthur, J., Chandler, A., Cleary, A., King, K., ... & O'Connor, R. C. (2024). Establishing research priorities for investigating male suicide risk and recovery: A modified Delphi study with lived-experience experts. Psychology of Men & Masculinities, 25(1), 85 98. https://doi.org/10.1037/men0000448
  6. Andoh-Arthur, J. (2023). “Paradoxes of Interdependence and Dependence”: A qualitative study of economic difficulties and relational encounters prior to men’s suicide in Ghana. International Journal of Qualitative Studies on Health and Well being, 18 (1), 2225935. https://doi.org/10.1080/17482631.2023.2225935
  7. Andoh-Arthur, J. (2024). “Sɛ Asa”: Bereavement following Bad deaths. In Stroebe, M. S, Dyregrov, K. & Titlestad, K. S (eds.), International Handbook of Drug- Related Death. Routledge. DOI: 10.4324/9781032657455-19. ISBN: 9781032313108
  8. Andoh-Arthur, J., Gyasi-Gyamerah, A. A., Akotia, C. S., & Osafo, J. (2023). Sense of Community and Personhood in Africa: Consistencies, Divergences, Potential tensions, and Prospects for a post-modernist African-centered Theory. In Osafo, J., & Akotia, C. S. (eds.), Personhood, Community, and the Human Condition: Reflections and Applications In The African Experience, Ayebia Publishers (pp. 67 – 85). ISBN: 978-0-9957570-7-3
  9. Andoh-Arthur, J. & Quarshie, E. N. B. (2021). Suicide attempt and 'social suffering': disrupting dangerous binary discourse and fostering kinship between the mental health and legal systems in Ghana. In H.C. O. Chan & Adjorlolo, S. (Eds). Mental Health & Criminal Justice System in Africa (169-189). London, UK: Palgrave Macmillan.
  10. Andoh-Arthur, J. (2019). Gatekeepers in Qualitative Research. In P. Atkinson, S. Delamont, A. Cernat, J. W. Sakshaug & R. A. Williams (Eds). SAGE Research Methods Foundations. Sage UK. http://dx.doi.org/10.4135/9781526421036854377