Red flags raised over prescription meds
While Gesy has been hailed for its public benefits, experts have raised red flags over the way medication is “freely” prescribed, even over the phone...
mental health
New mental health centre will ‘improve the lives of patients’
The creation of a new mental health centre, based on modern psychiatric care principles will improve the lives of patients as well as health workers,...
Health ministry signs mental health programmes with municipalities
The health ministry will collaborate with nine municipalities to implement a programme aiming to promote mental health and prevent harmful behaviours. Health Minister Michalis Hadjipantela...
Will Cyprus embrace ‘psychedelic renaissance’ for mental health?
Global research is positive but Cyprus remains resistant As society elsewhere finds itself in the grip of what has been coined as the psychedelic renaissance,...
Cyprus’ sole psychiatric hospital is outside Gesy
Creates problems with access to medication and patient records The decision to keep Athalassa – Cyprus’ only psychiatric hospital – outside of the national health...
Nurses call for improvements in mental health care (updated)
Mental health in Cyprus needs to be prioritised, civil servants’ union Pasydy said on Monday, calling on stakeholders to work towards finding solutions for patients...
‘Everything possible’ being done for mental-health patients
The state health services organisation (Okypy) said on Thursday it was doing “everything humanly possible” for mental health patients, less than a week after Athalassa...
Mental health being neglected, counsellors say
Gesy letting down those who need psychological support An overly clinical approach to mental health services can do more harm than good, especially during a...
Call to include counsellors in Gesy
The Pancyprian union of psychologists on Wednesday called on the health minister and the House health committee to push for the inclusion of counselling psychologists...
Contracts signed for first phase of new Athalassa hospital
A €12m contract for the first phase of a new psychiatric health hospital in Nicosia was signed on Thursday, with the move hailed by ministers...
