title: The multidisciplinary approach to mood disorders.
abstract: This article outlines the use of the multidisciplinary approach to mood disorders in the Short Stay Psychiatric Unit (SSPU) in Mater Dei Hospital, Msida, Malta. An audit was carried out on all patients whose first admission to SSPU was in 2008 and who were diagnosed with having a mood disorder. The aim was to see whether the use of a multidisciplinary approach is in actual fact affecting patient outcome or not. The latter was measured by recording whether the patients needed any further admission and if this was the case, the length in days leading to their 2nd admission.
authors.affiliation: Mater Dei Hospital, Msida, Malta, francesca.falzon-aquilina@gov.mt.
authors.forename: Francesca Falzon
authors.initials: FF
authors.lastname: Aquilina
authors.forename: Mark
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Agius
authors.forename: Kriti
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Sharma
authors.forename: Anton
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Grech