Dr. Benedict Weobong has degrees in psychology, mental health epidemiology from Universities of Ghana and London. A global mental health epidemiologist and academic, Dr. Weobong’s research involves instrument development, perinatal depression, alcohol and substance use, mental healthcare systems, and health promotion interventions. His research portfolio is informed by the principles of global mental health along three strands (developing and evaluating psychological treatments; implementation research to scale up evidence-based interventions for mental disorders in routine primary health care settings; and school-based health and wellbeing programmes), tied together through the innovative use of task-sharing strategies. His current research laboratory holds three important activities: developing a step-up care intervention to treat depression and anxiety among adolescents in Ghana (https://www.kcl.ac.uk/research/african-youth-in-mind);evaluating the implementation of a routine health check-up programme for adolescents; and building a critical mass of global mental health researchers through doctoral and post-doctoral training (https://amari-africa.org). His research has been funded by NIHR, GCRF, Fondation Botnar, WHO, FCDO, and Wellcome Trust.
Dr. Weobong is currently an Academic Editor at PloS ONE, and Editorial Board Member at BMC Psychiatry.
Prior to joining York, Weobong taught courses and supervised both undergraduate and post-graduate students in social and behavioural sciences at the School of Public Health, University of Ghana.
Research keywords:
measurement; the aetiology and treatments of mental health conditions; immuno-psychiatry; social determinants of mental health conditions; psychological treatment development; task-sharing (human interface and digital) mental health interventions; implementation research; evidence-based interventions; climate change-mental health nexus
Themes | Global Health & Humanitarianism |
Status | Active |
Events |
Reaching Adolescents with Health Services: Case Studies from Ghana, with Benedict Weobong | September 3, 2025 |
Related Work | |
Updates |
2025 Year in Review | December 18, 2025
Recap — Screening Program for Adolescents in Communities in Cape Coast: Case Studies from Ghana, with Benedict Weobong | November 26, 2025 HEATSCAPE-Africa Awarded Major Wellcome Trust Grant to Tackle Climate-Driven Mental Health Risks | October 9, 2025 York profs lead $5.5 million HEATSCAPE-Africa project | October 3, 2025 Sessional Assistant Professor, Teaching Stream in Experiential Education in Global Health | October 4, 2024 |
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