Christie Attard is an assistant lecturer at the Department of Mental Health. During the past years Christie has been working as a psychiatric nurse at the state psychiatric hospital. She has worked at the Young People's Unit and also at the child and adolescent community and crisis intervention services. She also had the role of a Nurse Education Coordinator within the Maltese Mental Health in-patient services.
She commenced her career by reading for an Undergraduate Degree with the University of Malta in Mental Health Nursing, followed by an M.Sc in Psychiatry at Cardiff University. She is currently pursuing her PhD in Health and Nursing at Queen Margaret University, focusing her studies on person-centered practices.