California Psychiatric Association
California DB's
What Organized Psychiatry Does For You And Your Patients...
That You Cannot Do Alone
MEETS with national, state and local legislators to support and/or introduce favorable legislation and to
modify or terminate adverse proposed legislation.
MAINTAINS periodic contact with key government people to promote plans of benefit to patients in need of
psychiatric care.
OPPOSES legislation and judicial actions that adversely affect patients by inappropriately expanding the
scope of practice of non-medical providers.
GARNERS government and general support for Mental Illness Awareness Week to raise the public's awareness of
the magnitude and importance of mental illness in our society.
INFORMS the public of benefits derived from psychiatric care and psychiatric research.
PROVIDES stimulating educational meetings and materials for psychiatrists.
PROVIDES timely information to the public on psychiatric topics of interest.
PROVIDES leadership efforts to insure an adequate level of care for patients at state hospitals.
ADVOCATES for better board and care homes for chronic patients.
ADVOCATES for improvements in the Medi-Cal program.
RECOMMENDS solutions to problems of the homeless mentally ill.
CONTINUES vigorous promotion for more adequate insurance coverage for those suffering serious psychiatric
illness and achievement of parity with insurance coverage for physical illness.
PROMOTES awareness that psychiatric physicians have unique expertise for integrating biological,
psychological and social factors in the diagnosis and treatment of emotionally disturbed patients.
MAINTAINS active liaison with the Alliance for the Mentally III and local affiliates, the mental health
associations, and other patient groups.
PRESENTS community conferences to provide information and education on mental illness to the general public,
legislature, members of the media, and mental health professionals.
SUPPORTS members for service in national and state professional societies.
MAINTAINS active liaison with local medical societies, California Medical Association, California Society for
Addiction Medicine, and the Regional Organization of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry.
DEVELOPS and distributes educational literature for members and the general public.
FOSTERS intercollegial communication through District Branch and California Psychiatric Association
newsletters.
PROVIDES disaster response services.
MAINTAINS a committee structure to provide services to members and the community in such areas as public
psychiatry, child and adolescent psychiatry, hospital psychiatry, occupational psychiatry, professional ethics, and
physician well-being.
PROMOTES the professional development of members.
PROVIDES information and education to members on managed care programs.
ENCOURAGES ongoing mental health research and support for such research by the State of California.
What You Can Do For Organized Psychiatry. . .
That we cannot do without you
Join a Committee
See NCPS Committees, pages 16-20 in the NCPS Directory. Which one is right for you?
Fill out the coupon below and mail to the NCPS office: 1631 Ocean Avenue, San Francisco CA 94112.
Write your Congress person See NCPS, CPA, and APA Legislative Programs, pages 31-36.
Represent your profession with an allied organization Join your local Alliance for the Mentally Ill Mental
Health Association, or other voluntary organizations serving emotionally disturbed persons. See pages 213-215. Call the
NCPS office at (415) 334-2418 for further information.
Please print out this page and send it to the above address if interested.
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