#mental health

Health Minister Popi Kanari was expected to travel to La Palma, Spain on Wednesday as part of the informal meeting of health ministers, which were set to discuss mental health ...

Understaffing and a lack of interest have left the prisons psychiatric department without fulltime employees for the past year, the justice ministry said on Tuesday, after the subject surfaced at ...

MPs on Monday expressed concern about overpopulation at the central prisons as well as the absence of full-time psychiatrists, while the justice minister hinted at the creation of an ‘observatory’ ...

Paphos municipality on Thursday announced initiatives in the fight against drug addiction to take place in June. According to the announcement, on the occasion of international day against drugs, on ...

Appalling conditions and overcrowding at the Athalassa psychiatric hospital resurfaced on Tuesday, following the publication of pictures of the facility on social media. Increased admissions, medicine shortages, chronic understaffing, and ...

In an industry deluged with people increasingly seeking mental health support, experts are warning over the lack of proper regulation for psychologists in Cyprus and the dangers that come with ...

A Cyprus-based private school has become the first on the island to be awarded the prestigious Carnegie school mental health award. Among more than 1,000 UK schools that signed up to ...

In the pipeline for years, there is no targeted policy to help those most in need of mental health support Despite numerous assurances that mental health is a top priority ...

The teenager hospitalised in Athalassa psychiatric facility has been transferred to the designated unit for minors, state health services Okypy announced on Wednesday. Mental health professionals had lambasted the decision ...

The 14-year-old receiving treatment at Athalassa psychiatric hospital will be transferred to the Makarios hospital on Wednesday, Okypy announced after intense criticism. Earlier in the day, the Pasydy union described ...

While Gesy has been hailed as a hallmark of benefits for the public, experts are raising red flags over the way medication is “freely” prescribed, even over the phone without ...

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, President Nicos Anastasiades said laying ...

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 on Monday signed a memorandum ...

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, how ready is Cyprus to ...

Creates problems with access to medication and patient records The decision to keep Athalassa – Cyprus’ only psychiatric hospital – outside of the national health scheme Gesy continues to perpetuate the stigma ...

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 having to deal with mental ...

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 psychiatric hospital staff protested understaffing ...

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 period of widespread public mental ...

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 to national health scheme Gesy. ...

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 as a major step towards ...

The old Latsia health centre is to be converted into a hostel to house people suffering from long term mental illness, which will also help prevent congestion on the Athalassa ...

Young people in Cyprus were most concerned about a new economic crisis and establishing of a way of life defined by restrictive measures, the Cyprus Youth Board’s third Youth ...

State health services organisation Okypy on Monday said it would create a guest house for mental health patients who have nowhere to go after being discharged from the Athalassa state ...

In 2019, 4.7 per cent of people in Cyprus reported suffering chronic depression, while in the EU the percentage is much higher, at 7.2 per cent, according to the latest figures published by ...