The Institute of Psychiatry is the academic unit of Rawalpindi Medical University and WHO Collaborating Centre for Mental Health Research & Training for whole of the Eastern Mediterranean Region (EMRO). It is the hub of mental health activities at local, national and international level encompassing the policy planning, mental health legislation, development of mental health services and developing mental health professionals, teaching at undergraduate and postgraduate levels, and research and evaluation. In addition, today it is considered as a centre of excellence for postgraduate training in psychiatry in the country and has the honour to claim that majority of fellows of CPSP have been trained at one time or the other in the corridors of the Institute of Psychiatry.
The Community mental health program launched by the Institute of Psychiatry brought about a revolution in mental health care in the country. It was later on adopted and reproduced by other countries of the World. The Institute took the initiative of organizing a meeting in collaboration with WHO and formulated the National Mental Health Program for Pakistan. This was the first program developed in East Mediterranean region. This program was later adapted by Government of Pakistan and is implemented in its 7th, 8th, 9th five-year plans.
The Institute was given the additional responsibility of substance abuse treatment and rehabilitation by WHO in 1997 and that has been looked after since then. President of Pakistan in 2001 announced the New Mental Health Ordinance of 2001 at concluding ceremony of the 13th International Psychiatric Conference. This ordinance was prepared with the major contribution of the Institute. The Institute was also designated as the collaborator and advisor for mental health services & policy on behalf of the National Action Plan for Non Communicable Diseases incorporating mental health as one of the priority non communicable disorders.
The Institute of Psychiatry was also designated as the focal point for developing health systems research & development at Rawalpindi Medical College through a LINK programme between Higher Education Commission and the British Council, Islamabad. The efforts culminated in developing a research link between Rawalpindi Medical College and the Nuffield Institute of Health management.
The Institute of Psychiatry is the academic unit of Rawalpindi medical College and the WHO Collaborating Centre for mental health research & training for whole of the Eastern Mediterranean Region (EMRO) It started in 1973 as the department of psychiatry of Central Government Hospital, Rawalpindi (the present Rawalpindi General Hospital, Rawalpindi) and over the years attained an international repute as the Institute of Psychiatry on the Globe of Mental Health.
Professor Malik Hussain Mubbashar erected it in 1973 under a tree with no building and no staff. But the next thirty years saw it transforming it into the hub of mental health activities at local, national and international level encompassing the policy planning, mental health legislation, development of mental health services and developing mental health professionals, teaching at undergraduate and postgraduate levels, and research and evaluation. In addition, today it is considered as a centre of excellence for postgraduate training in psychiatry in the country and has the honour to claim that majority of fellows of CPSP have been trained at one time or the other in the corridors of the Institute of Psychiatry.
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