The Goal of the Academy is the Advancement of the Medical
Specialty of Psychiatry
- Providing scientific material useful in the clinical practice of psychiatry
through the annual meeting and publications.
- Assisting the practice of psychiatry now and in the future through
liaisons among the members, other professional organizations and informational
systems.
- Strengthening the image of psychiatry as a medical specialty that
is guided by scientific principles and collaboration with other medical
disciplines.
- Collecting and organizing the data available from clinical practice
for publication and distribution.
- Collaborating with other professional organizations to promote cooperation
and understanding of our common interests.
- Encouraging the participation of psychiatrists in training and early
career psychiatrists in our academy.
- Providing forums for interaction and discussion between the members
and other interested parties to facilitate an unbiased exchange of information
and opinion.
- Focusing on the traditions of our academy in understanding the classification
and diagnosis of psychiatric disorders, their influence on the person
as a whole and the outcomes achieved by clinical intervention.
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