THE MALTESE ASSOCIATION OF SPECIALISTS IN PSYCHIATRY AIMS TO:

• Provide trade union advice and assistance to its members

• Unite all recognised specialist members of the psychiatric profession and to safeguard their interests

• Provide advice regarding professional, training and educational matters in psychiatry including specialist register matters

• Establish and scrutinize training requirements needed to become a qualified specialist in accordance with international standards

• Promote and maintain the efficiency and prestige of the profession and of services in Malta, to maximize quality care to patients and their families and to decrease stigma

• Encourage scientific progress and good public relations and to foster professional and organizational links with related professionals locally and with psychiatrists internationally

• Maintain sound moral and ethical principles in the practice of psychiatry