The Indiana Psychiatric Society (IPS) is the statewide professional association for more than 375 psychiatric physicians in the state of Indiana. It is a district branch of the American Psychiatric Association (APA).
The purpose of the organization is:
- To foster the science and progress of psychiatry in cooperation with the American Psychiatric Association;
- To serve as an influence toward the maintenance of high professional and administrative standards;
- To promote the common professional interests of its members;
- To improve the treatment, rehabilitation, and care of persons with mental disorders (including mental retardation and substance-related disorders)
- To advance the standards of all psychiatric services and facilities
- To promote research, professional education in psychiatry and allied fields, and the prevention of psychiatric disabilities;
- To foster the cooperation of all who are concerned with the medical, psychological, social, and legal aspects of mental health and illness;
- To make psychiatric knowledge available to practitioners of medicine, to scientists, and to the public;
- To promote the best interests of patients and those actually or potentially making use of mental health services;
- To promote the best interests of patients and those actually or potentially making use of psychiatric services;
- To establish and support standards for psychiatric practice and peer review;
- To advocate for its members.
