Central Zone

The Central Zone:

Indian Psychiatric Society (IPS) is the largest body of Psychiatrists in India. To facilitate its functioning throughout our country in a uniform manner, IPS has assigned five zonal branches viz East, West, North, South and Central.

IPS, Central Zonal Branch comprises four states: Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh. IPS, Central zone is officially registered with the name Central Psychiatric Society (CPS).

History:

Central Psychiatric Society was established back in the year 1974 by our Founding President, Dr. B.B. Sethi and Founding General Secretary, Dr. A.K. Agarwal, Founding Editor, Dr. Indira Sharma for public awareness and welfare. First Zonal Coordinator to IPS were Dr. O.N. Shrivastava, Dr. B.B. Sethi. The Society is registered under Reg. no. 3089/2018.

Official Journal:

Indian Journal of Behavioral Sciences (IJBS) is the official journal of the Indian Psychiatric Society Central Zonal Branch & is published biannually. The journal publishes peer reviewed original research articles; review articles; commentaries on significant articles; case reports, perspectives, view-points (opinions) and letters to the editor. All papers are peer-reviewed before publication. The journal provides immediate free access to all the published articles. The journal does not charge the authors for submission, processing or publication of the articles. The latest issue and process of submission is available here.