• Collaborate with the Government and policymakers to address the mental health issues, including stigma associated with mental illnesses.
• Increase reservation for people with mental illnesses under the disability provisions.
• Working with Media Groups – Collaborating with a popular TV / radio channel to dedicate 2 hours per week / on one show related to mental health.

The most appropriate way of delivering efficient, cost- effective, streamlined, patient and carer friendly services will be to Advocate for the mental health services.

IPS will advocate on all facets of mental health.

IPS will be working closely with the following bodies –

World Psychiatric Association, Royal College of Psychiatry, UK; British Indian Psychiatric Association; World Federation of Societies of Biological Psychiatry; International Alliance for Mental Health; Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists; Indo – American Psychiatric Association

Suicide is one of the most immediate and urgent action plans that the IPS President wished to achieve at the start of his tenure. We are losing too many people in our country to suicide and there are 381 completed suicides every day. This translates to 16 suicides every hour or 1 suicide every 225 second. Further, for every completed suicide, there are 20 more who have attempted, which means every day there are 7620 families affected by a person at home who try to commit suicide.

IPS wishes to develop
• Certificate Courses for Non-Psychiatric Medical Professionals on different Mental Health Topics. This will train professionals in other specialties to assess identify mental health issues at an early stage.
• Liaison Psychiatry services will be developed specially focusing on services with Internal Medicine, Community Medicine and Pediatric Medicine.