Advancing Mental Health through Collaboration in the Pacific Rim
ABOUT US
Diverse Pacific Rim
The Pacific Rim is a region of great diversity, containing several of the largest and most populous countries in the world, as well as some of the smallest.
Mental Health Services
Our member countries undergo various levels of socio-economic development, creating diverse mental health service organizations.
Professional Collaboration
PRCP aims to foster greater national development of mental health services through professional collaboration in the Asia-Pacific Region.
Our Foundation
Foundation
The Pacific Rim College of Psychiatrists was fully founded in Manila on May 15, 1980, with Professor Reyes elected as the first president.
First Scientific Meeting
Held April 14-16 at the Grand Hotel in Taipei, Taiwan. Fifty-six psychiatrists from 10 countries attended the inaugural meeting.
Secretariat Transfer
The decision to transfer the Secretariat to Melbourne, Australia was made to better support members in Asia and Australasia.
Membership Evolution
New membership categories approved: Member, Fellow, Distinguished Fellow, and Emeritus Fellow, accommodating all career phases.
"One of the earliest ideas for founding the Pacific Rim College of Psychiatrists stemmed from Professor Ching-Piao Chien. His aim was to bring together the leadership of academic psychiatry in the Pacific Rim countries to share research and educational information."— Professor Robert Pasnau
PRCP Organization History
Our Mission
The Pacific Rim is a region of great diversity. It contains several of the largest and most populous countries in the world, as well as some of the smallest. Our member countries are undergoing a variety of levels of socio-economic development, and thus the organization of general health and mental health services differs greatly among our member countries. The PRCP aims to foster greater national development of mental health services, and to support the improvement of education and research in psychiatry through greater professional collaboration in the Asia-Pacific Region.
The College also provides a formal setting for communication among our members through a biennial conference held in one of our member countries. The conferences provide an opportunity for the presentations of scientific papers, discussions on important issues in psychiatry, and consideration of the variety of clinical, social, political and ethical issues that concern psychiatrists in clinical practice, administration, and teaching and research in the Asia-Pacific. Further, members of the College also conduct seminars and support collaborative research and education projects in various areas of psychiatry. PRCP members are active in a variety of other professional organizations, such as IAPA, AFPMH, South Asia Forum, AFPA, RANZCP, CPA, APA, and WPA, among many other national and international groups, and thus provide a variety of informal linkages to foster greater inter-organizational collaboration for the advancement of psychiatry among our members' home countries.