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...)
The MAP believes that for any mental health strategy to be implemented and to be sustainable it requires significant focus on the workforce. This implies, not only the workforce of medical staff but that of all other professionals working in (keep reading...)
The Maltese Association of Psychiatry (MAP), Caritas, the OASI Foundation and doctors working in drug addiction reacted to the news that a survey is being considered where urine drug tests would be carried out in school-aged children.
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