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GaIA Healthcare participating in the ISAM BUSAN 2018 meeting
We are very pleased to announce that GaIA Healthcare is participating in the ISAM BUSAN 2018 meeting. We are organising a symposium on alcohol treatment pathways with invited speaker Dr Dimos Fotopoulos, Consultant Psychiatrist from Greece and vice-chair of the OKANA...
Dr. C. Kouimtsidis is UK representative to SMART Recovery International Board
I am honoured to be the UK representative to SMART Recovery International Board. www.smartrecovery.org.uk The next US SMART Recovery Annual Conference will be held on 21-24 September 2018 in Tucson, Arizona. Dr Christos Kouimtsidis MBBS FRCPsych MSc PhD Consultant...
Prof Alex Baldacchino Advises the Maltese Government on Drug Strategy
Professor Alex Baldacchino was invited by the Maltese Government on the 29th June 2018 as an expert to help and advise the Maltese Drug Commission and associated stakeholders on national drug strategic and operational issues. Professor Baldacchino was greatly honoured...
We have signed a teaming agreement with University of St. Andrews
GaIA Healthcare Ltd and the University of St Andrews have signed a teaming agreement with the view to working closely to provide expertise, support and infrastructure in the field of addiction and mental health research activities and postgraduate education. The Board...
European Opiate Addiction Treatment Association (EUROPAD)
Professor Riaz Khan in collaboration with the International Society of Addiction Medicine (ISAM) organises the symposium titled “Hot topics in Substance Use Disorder patients” and talks alongside Dr Christos Kouimtsidis at the 2018 European Opiate Addiction Treatment...
Masdar Incorporation
GaIA Healthcare to provide Healthcare Services in Abu Dhabi. In late April GaIA Healthcare Limited (UAE) was finally incorporated in Masdar City, Abu Dhabi, UAE. ‘As the first healthcare company to form in Masdar City, there is a great deal of expectation on how GaIA...
Prof Alex Baldacchino at CARE project in Oslo
Professor Alex Baldacchino will be in Oslo between 1st and 3rd May as a scientific adviser on the invitation of the CARE project. The CARE project, funded by the Norwegian Research Council from 2016, is looking at the interface between mental health and child welfare...
Inside the secret lives of functioning heroin addicts
(CNN) - They're not slumped over in alleyways with used needles by their sides. Their dignity, at least from outside appearances, remains intact. They haven't lost everything while chasing an insatiable high. They are functioning heroin addicts - people who hold down...
iCAAD London 2018
Dr Christos Kouimtsidis and GaIA Healthcare will be present at the iCAAD London 2018 event. Christos will give a talk on “Alcohol misuse in special populations”, on Wednesday 9th of May at 11:30am. Please see the abstract below. For information about the event please...
Middle East Medical Assembly 2018
Prof Alex Baldacchino has been invited to be one of the key note speaker at the 49th Middle East Medical Assembly 2018 conference this April. 49th Middle East Medical Assembly (MEMA) 2018 focus on mental health is in line with the proper recognition of the challenges...