The MAP’s 4th Annual Conference on Suicide Prevention & Self Harm Behaviours was concluded today. We feel humbled by the great turnout and the positive response. Let us take up what we have learned in these to days To Promote (keep reading...)

Research carried out in the elderly in Malta shows that depression is a common ailment in this population. Screening and treatment is important in order to improve the Quality of Life. Read more about this in the Times of Malta (keep reading...)

The Maltese Association of Psychiatry (MAP) agrees that Mount Carmel Hospital is not fit for delivery of adequate Mental Health Care and has been unfit for this purpose for a long time. The MAP endorses the building of a new (keep reading...)

The MAP in collaboration with the Institute of Education invited Prof. Stanley Kutcher to train educators in Mental Health Literacy and promote his Mental Health & High School Curriculum Guide in Malta. Keep reading for more information.

MAP questions availability and quality of ADHD medication options in Malta, we want our patients to be given equal opportunities for access to all ADHD medication Including those listed by NICE as being first choice for children and adults.

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In view of the published evidence to date that relates cannabis use on adverse mental health outcomes, MAP does not support the legalisation of non medical cannabis use in Malta.

Notwithstanding, MAP does continue to support the decriminalisation of cannabis (keep reading...)