The Maltese Association of Psychiatry invites all professionals and researchers to participate in the upcoming conference by submitting an abstract for a short oral presentation or a poster display.
The Conference entitled 'Psychotherapy in Mental Health' will be held on 1 and 2 March 2018.
Call for Abstracts
Deadline: 31 January 2018
For the abstract submission form contact
The Maltese Association of Psychiatry
c/o Psychiatric Unit, Mater Dei Hospital
Instructions for Abstract Submission
- Abstracts are invited on any topic related to the use and practice of psychotherapy by mental health professionals.
- Abstracts should be typed and submitted as a Word document.
- The abstract title must contain no abbreviations.
- List full name of the author and all co-authors, including titles (e.g. Dr) and their affiliations.
- Abstracts should be no more than 300 words (count not including title/affiliations).
- Submissions must clearly state the aims, methods and results of the study.
- Abstracts reporting research findings must be presented in five headed paragraphs in the following order: Aims and hypothesis, Background, Methods, Results, and Conclusions.
- Submissions are accepted on the understanding that the work has been performed with the permission of any relevant ethical or legislative body. The authors should therefore ensure the work was conducted with appropriate ethical and governance safeguards.
- All sources of financial sponsorship of the study should be stated at the end of the abstract.
- Bibliographic references, tables and appendices are not included in the abstract.
- Authors of abstracts chosen for a short oral presentation will be requested to submit the final version of their presentation in PowerPoint format at least one week prior to the conference.
- Kindly submit the completed form to abstracts2018@map.org.mt.