# Developing new pathways for advanced surgical treatments: The Malta experience - URL: https://alisanburak.com/en/wcp-2026-posterler/k1042 - Language: en - Last updated: not specified - Page title: Developing new pathways for advanced surgical treatments: The Malta experience | WCP 2026 Summary > In Malta, with a population of approximately 700,000, a stereotactic ablation service for treatment-resistant obsessive-compulsive disorder was established thr… This page was translated automatically from Turkish. [Read the original](https://alisanburak.com/wcp-2026-posterler/k1042) This page is an AI-assisted Turkish summary of the study presented at the 26th World Congress of Psychiatry. The study belongs to the presenting authors; please refer to the original source when citing it. Symposium PresentationNeuromodulationSharing clinical experience # Developing new pathways for advanced surgical treatments: The Malta experience Developing new pathways for advanced surgical treatment methods - experiences from malta Presenter: Anton Grech Country: Malta Session: 4180 - ADVANCED SURGICAL THERAPIES FOR REFRACTORY PSYCHIATRIC CONDITIONS - PRACTICAL INTERNATIONAL EXPERIENCE & COLLABORATION Date: Sat, 26.09.2026, 08:45 - 09:00 Room: Hall A2 In Malta, with a population of approximately 700,000, a stereotactic ablation service for treatment-resistant obsessive-compulsive disorder was established through collaboration between psychiatry and neurosurgery, and one-third of the patients who underwent surgery achieved full remission. The presentation describes how a pathway for advanced surgical interventions for psychiatric indications was established in Malta. The collaboration was initially established to provide deep brain stimulation for Parkinson’s disease and was subsequently expanded to include stereotactic ablation for patients with severe, refractory obsessive-compulsive disorder. Under Malta’s Mental Health Act, every neurosurgical intervention for psychiatric indications requires the approval of the Commissioner for Mental Health. The Commissioner therefore appointed a working group to evaluate all applications for surgery for obsessive-compulsive disorder. The psychiatry and neurosurgery teams obtained approval by presenting the relevant literature and clinical findings from other countries, and all six applications submitted were approved. All of these patients had severe obsessive-compulsive disorder that was resistant to all medical and nonmedical interventions; outcomes varied: one-third of the patients achieved full remission, one-third achieved partial remission, and one-third did not respond to surgery. Malta is currently in the process of expanding these neurosurgical interventions to include the treatment of severe, refractory depression. How to cite this study APA 7: Grech, A., et al. (2026, September 26). Developing new pathways for advanced surgical treatment methods - experiences from malta [Symposium presentation]. 26th WPA World Congress of Psychiatry (WCP 2026), Stockholm, Sweden. Vancouver: Grech A, et al. Developing new pathways for advanced surgical treatment methods - experiences from malta [symposium presentation]. 26th WPA World Congress of Psychiatry (WCP 2026); 2026 Sep 23-26; Stockholm, Sweden. Author names and title formatting were generated automatically from the congress system; please check them against the original poster before use. ## On the same topic - [Kumar oynama bozukluğunda teta patlama uyarımının klinik etkinliği ve plasebo etkileri: başlangıçtaki anksiyete ve depresyonun rolü](https://alisanburak.com/en/wcp-2026-posterler/ev0055) - [Transkraniyal darbe uyarımı (TPS) Alzheimer hastalığı olan hastalarda uygun bir ek tedavi mi?](https://alisanburak.com/en/wcp-2026-posterler/ev0407) - [Demansta tedaviye dirençli ajitasyonda elektrokonvulsif tedavi: anlatısal derleme](https://alisanburak.com/en/wcp-2026-posterler/ev0414) - [Elektrokonvulsif tedavi sonrası bilişsel değişimin nöroimmün ve psikolojik mekanizmaları: boylamsal MITO-ECT çalışmasının ön sonuçları](https://alisanburak.com/en/wcp-2026-posterler/ev0825) - [Yetişkin tedaviye dirençli depresyon hastalarında DEHB belirtilerini iyileştiren güçlendirilmiş tDCS'nin klinik ve görüntüleme mekanizmaları](https://alisanburak.com/en/wcp-2026-posterler/ev0851) [All WCP 2026 summaries](https://alisanburak.com/en/wcp-2026-posterler) --- Kaynak / Source: https://alisanburak.com/en/wcp-2026-posterler/k1042 İletişim / Contact: Bağdat Caddesi, Veli Güneysu Apt. No:453 K:4 D:9, Suadiye / Kadıköy, İstanbul · +90 532 642 95 25 · info@alisanburak.com · https://alisanburak.com/bagdat-caddesi-psikoterapi-iletisim