First National Suicide Prevention Strategy 2026–2031 launched

The Ministry for Health and Active Ageing has launched the first National Suicide Prevention Strategy, which will guide the country's work in this area for the period 2026-2031. The strategy, prepared by the Mental Health Services, establishes a comprehensive framework of targeted actions to strengthen prevention, early and timely intervention, and

Mater Dei psychiatric unit to reopen in 'coming weeks', minister says

Mater Dei’s psychiatric unit will reopen in "the coming weeks", once new wards in the administration blocks are completed and can accept patients, the health Minister said on Tuesday. Speaking after the launch of Malta’s first national suicide prevention strategy, Minister Jo Etienne Abela was asked for an update on the planned psychiatric hospital

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