Dr Emmanuel Nii-Boye Quarshie
Associate Professor of Community and Applied Health Psychology, Department of Psychology, University of Ghana, Ghana
Email: enquarshie@ug.edu.gh
Profile
Emmanuel Nii-Boye Quarshie, PhD., is a child and adolescent mental health advocate and an Associate Professor in the Department of Psychology, University of Ghana, Legon, Accra. He has a PhD in Psychological Sciences (with research focus on Suicidology and Applied Health Psychology) from the University of Leeds, UK. Nii is a Community and Applied Health Psychologist, but he also has a strong inclination towards General Psychology. Nii’s research focuses on the epidemiology, understanding and prevention of child sexual abuse, and self-harm and suicide (particularly among adolescents and young adults) in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). He is passionate about developing community-based and in-school interventions and preventive approaches to promote young people’s mental health in LMICs, particularly those within sub-Saharan Africa. Nii is licensed by the Ghana Psychology Council, and he is the founding and current President of the Association for Suicide Prevention Ghana (GASP).