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IPS Presidential Installation Ceremony: Kolkata, WB

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ANCIPS 2020: Kolkata, WB

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IPS Foundation Day: Patna, Bihar

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The IPS

The Indian Psychiatric Society (IPS) is the oldest & largest organization of Psychiatrists & allied mental health professionals of India.

Organization

The IPS commands an extensive national network, with 5 major Zonal Branches, 29 State Branches, & greater than 80 sub-sections.

IPS Events

The IPS annual academic calendar is extensive & exhaustive. All IPS events are now published in the Events Page of the website.

IPS President’s Message

Dr Gautam Saha,
President, Indian Psychiatric Society,
Director, Brain Neuropsychiatric Institute and Research Center, Kolkata, WB.

Dear Colleagues,
The year 2020 has been unprecedented, and is historic in moments of crisis and challenges. The COVID-19 pandemic saw unparalleled suffering in all spheres of human life and with it an explosion of mental health issues. With the pandemic still continuing, road ahead in 2021 might be long and the climb may be steep. Though we may not get all we dream in one year, we promise in 2021 to build the roads and bridges in our united path forward. I appeal to each and every one of the fellows IPS members to deliver their own action plan for the coming year.

To this regard the IPS has also formed a One Year Action Plan for Indian Psychiatric Society ( 2021 – 2022)

The 6 point agenda of the plan includes
1. Education, Training and Research
2. Collaboration and Partnership with Government and other Agencies
3. Advocacy of Mental Health
4. Collaboration with International Psychiatric Associations
5. Suicide Help Line
6. Liaison with Other Medical Specialties …Read More

News & Notices

Special SAARC session – 6th October: IPA International older adult mental health awareness week

Special SAARC session – 6th October: IPA International older adult mental health awareness week

By Koushik Sinha Deb | 05/10/2021
Dear All, As part of Older Adult Mental Health Awareness Week, the International Psychogeriatric Association (IPA) is excited to offer this panel discussion "Mental healthcare services and ...
IPS Election Commission: Notification for the Year – 2022

IPS Election Commission: Notification for the Year – 2022

By IPS Secretariat | 15/08/2021
The Election Commission of the Indian Psychiatric Society invites nominations from the eligible Life Fellows of the Indian Psychiatric Society to the following posts: 1. Vice President cum ...
IPS President’s Message on World Schizophrenia Day, 2021

IPS President’s Message on World Schizophrenia Day, 2021

By IPS Secretariat | 28/05/2021
World Schizophrenia Day is commemorated on the 24th of May, every year, to increase awareness about Schizophrenia and to educate people about the challenges faced by the sufferers. Schizophrenia ...
IPS Survey: Doctor for Doctors Survey

IPS Survey: Doctor for Doctors Survey

By IPS Secretariat | 19/05/2021
Dear Friends/ colleagues, As we all are aware, doctors are professionals who are under immense stress all the time due to their professional commitments and balancing that with their personal ...

Action 1: Education, Training and Research:

A separate Academic Wing of IPS, with selected subcommittees will look into these areas.

  • Calendar of activities of the IPS
  • Digital CME – Ongoing psychiatric training
  • Post graduate training – Ensure standards.
  • Undergraduate training – Recognition in UG training
  • Research and Education Foundation: Develop National Registry & promote multi-centric studies…

Action 2: Collaboration and Partnership with Government and other Agencies:

• 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.

Action 3: Advocacy of 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.

Action 4: Collaboration with International Psychiatric Associations

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

Action 5: National Suicide Help Line

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.

Action 6: Liaison with Other Medical Specialties

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.

The IPS Archive

All notices, announcement and events of the IPS are now archived for future reference and are availabe in a searchable format for registered members of the society.

The IPS Archive

IPS Contacts

Connect with us:
President
Gautam Saha
Phone: 9830055235
E-mail: [email protected]
Vice-President
NN Raju
Phone: 9849111505
E-mail: [email protected]
Hon. General Secretary
TSS Rao
Phone: 9845282399
E-mail: [email protected]

Hon. Treasurer
Dr. Kshirod Mishra
Phone: 8902488025
E-mail: [email protected]

Editor (Indian J Psychiatry)
Om Prakash Singh
Phone: 09434013231
E-mail: [email protected]

Past President
PK Dalal
Phone: 9415025665
E-mail: [email protected]

Past General Secretary
Vinay Kumar
Phone: 9431011775
E-mail: [email protected]

Council Members

Connect with us:

Adarsh Tripathi
Place: UP
Phone: 9651970700
E-mail: [email protected]

Alka Subramanyam
Place: Mumbai
Phone: 9820143245
E-mail: [email protected]

Amrit Pattojoshi
Place: Odisha
Phone: 9438148100
E-mail: [email protected]

Bhavesh Lakdawala
Place: Ahmedabad
Phone: 9438148100
E-mail: [email protected] 

Jaisukh M Parmar
Place: Valsad (Gujarat)
Phone: 9651970700
E-mail: [email protected]

Kaushik Chatterjee
Place: Maharashtra
Phone: 9819419114
E-mail: [email protected] gmail.com

Ranjan Bhattacharyya
Place: Maharashtra
Phone: 9433053389
E-mail: [email protected]

Ruma Bhattacharyya
Place: Bhopal
Phone: 9826047999
E-mail: [email protected]

Sandeep Grover
Place: Chandigarh
Phone: 9316138997
E-mail: drsandeepg200[email protected]