Stronger Together – Celebrating 10 Years of ACAMH Malta

The ACAMH Malta 10th Anniversary Conference, themed “Stronger Together: The Role of Families and Systemic Connection in Mental Health Recovery,” was held on May 5–6, 2025, at Villa Arrigo Hall in Naxxar. This landmark event celebrated a decade of the Association for Child and Adolescent Mental Health (ACAMH) Malta branch’s commitment to advancing mental health care for young people and their families.​

9 May 2020

Adoption and attachment: A parent’s perspective Part 2

I work as a psychiatrist, and I had a year’s experience of CAMHS psychiatry and I already had two thriving birth children when my adopted daughter came into our lives. None of this had prepared me for the challenges I faced when my daughter moved in.

20 January 2020

Anxiety

Anxiety disorders in children and young people are common and can have a significant impact on mental health and well-being. They are particularly prevalent in children with autism spectrum disorder and ADHD.

Neurodevelopmental Disorders

This edition of The Bridge concentrates on Neurodevelopmental Disorders. Research, particularly on treatments in children within the neurodevelopmental arenas is limited and in many ways behind general mental health research for children or adults.

16 December 2019

Sleep Editorial

This edition of The Bridge concentrates on sleep, a poignant reminder that I am editing this on a 6am train to London having shortened my own sleep cycle and feeling rather sleep deprived on this dark winter morning.

16 December 2019

Depression, Self-harm and Suicide Editorial

This edition of The Bridge focusses on depression, self-harm and suicidal thoughts. These are important clinical topics.

12 December 2019

Psychological resilience in young people – Editorial

Having spent a lot of time on a camp bed in a paediatric ward with young people and their families, some of whom were inpatients for weeks on end and facing huge physical challenges, it has made me wonder a great deal about the elements of psychological resilience in young people. This is a theme for this edition.

12 December 2019

Neurodevelopmental Disorders

Research Digest of papers on Neurodevelopmental Disorders, including speech, language and communication, ADHD and ASD.

‘ACEs, Attachment, and Trauma: new advances in understanding and treatment’ – 2020 Emanuel Miller Memorial Lecture and National Conference

The Emanuel Miller Memorial Lecture and National Conference returns with a truly incredible line-up, focusing on ‘ACEs, Attachment, and Trauma: new advances in understanding and treatment’

Resilience

Research Digests on Resilience, including mindfulness, self-help, cognitive pathways, dialectical behaviour therapy (DBT) and implications of self-perceptual bias for ADHD.