Joseph Osafo is a Professor of Clinical/Health Psychology and currently, the Head of the Department of Psychology, University of Ghana. He has a PhD in Health Sciences, M.Phil. in Psychology (Clinical Psychology), and Master of Arts in Theology and Missions. He is engaged in cutting-edged research and has over 65 publications in international journals. His research areas include suicidality, child-maternal health, divorce, and all related issues on mental health. He is the Executive Director of Centre for Suicide and Violence Research- Ghana (CSVR), a suicide preventionist, and a leading member advocating for decriminalizing attempted suicide, and developing a national suicide response strategy in the country.
EDUCATION: BA, Mphil, MA (Ghana), PhD – NTNU (Norway)
AREA OF SPECIALIZATION
Clinical Psychology, Health Science (Suicidology), Theology and human health, Adolescent Sexuality
ONGOING RESEARCH AND COLLABORATIONS
Some selected peer-reviewed publications. ORCID ID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4002-291X.