Pakistan Psychiatric Society

Organization based in Pakistan

Pakistan Psychiatric SocietyAbbreviation| PPS

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Formation| 1972 (1972)
Founded at| Karachi
Legal status| Professional association
Headquarters| Karachi, Pakistan

President

| Imtiaz Ahmad Dogar

President-elect

| Ghulam Rasool

Immediate past-president

| M. Iqbal Afrid

Secretary

| Ali Ahsan Mufti

Employees (2022)

| 22
Website| ppspk.com

The Pakistan Psychiatric Society was founded in 1972 and registered in Karachi, Pakistan under the Societies Registration Act, 1860. The society is dedicated to providing care to psychiatric patients, and also the promulgation of mental health education. It publishes various journals and pamphlets, such as the Journal of Pakistan Psychiatric Society.

## Membership[edit]

The society is led by president Imtiaz Ahmad Dogar and a board of trustees with an executive committee.[1] PPS reports that its membership is primarily for medical specialists who are qualified, or in the process of becoming qualified, as psychiatrists.[2] Applicants for membership must also hold a valid medical license (with the exception of medical students and residents) and provide one reference who is an PPS member.[3] PPS holds an annual conference attended by a Pakistani and international audience.[4] PPS has organized different hospital tours for the betterment of mental health in Pakistan.[5]

## Publications[edit]

PPS publishes several journals focused on different areas of psychiatry, for example, academic,[6] clinical practice, or news.[7]

### Journal of Pakistan Psychiatric Society[edit]

Journal of Pakistan Psychiatric SocietyDiscipline| Psychiatry

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Language| English
Edited by| Muhammad Iqbal Afridi
Publication details

Former name(s)

Pakistan Journal of Clinical Psychiatry

History| 2005-present
Publisher|

Pakistan Psychiatric Society (Pakistan)

Frequency| Biannually

Open access

| Yes
Standard abbreviations
ISO 4 (alt) * Bluebook (alt1 * alt2)
NLM (alt) * MathSciNet (alt )
ISO 4| J. Pak. Psychiatr. Soc.
Indexing
CODEN (alt) * JSTOR (alt) * LCCN (alt)
MIAR * NLM (alt) * Scopus
ISSN| 2224-8897

OCLC no.| 1127433902
Links

* Journal homepage

The Journal of Pakistan Psychiatric Society is a biannual peer-reviewed open access medical journal covering research in all fields of psychiatry. Each year, a supplement is published that contains the abstracts of presentations at the annual meeting of the society. The journal was established in 2005 as the Pakistan Journal of Clinical Psychiatry before obtaining its present name. The editor-in-chief is Muhammad Iqbal Afridi.[8]

## References[edit]

1. ^ icpadmin. "Home". ICMHSP. Retrieved 2022-07-22.
2. ^ "PPS 2017 - Pakistan Psychiatric Society (PPS) 22nd National Psychiatric Conference, Indus Hotel, Hyderabad, Sindh, Pakistan". eMedEvents.com. Retrieved 2022-07-22.
3. ^ "Pakistan Psychiatric Society: Crackdown on unregulated mental health centres demanded". www.thenews.com.pk. Retrieved 2022-07-22.
4. ^ "psychiatricconference2021". conference.fountainhouse.com.pk. Retrieved 2022-07-22.
5. ^ "Liaquat National Hospital and Medical College". www.lnh.edu.pk. Retrieved 2022-07-22.
6. ^ "Journal of Pakistan Psychiatric Society". www.jpps.com.pk. Retrieved 2022-07-22.
7. ^ Banerjee, Debanjan; Vaishnav, Mrugesh; Rao, TS Sathyanarayana; Raju, MSVK; Dalal, P.K.; Javed, Afzal; Saha, Gautam; Mishra, Kshirod K; Kumar, Vinay (2020). "Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on psychosocial health and well-being in South-Asian (World Psychiatric Association zone 16) countries: A systematic and advocacy review from the Indian Psychiatric Society". Indian Journal of Psychiatry. 62 (9): S343–S353. doi:10.4103/psychiatry.IndianJPsychiatry_1002_20. PMC 7659771. PMID 33227049.
8. ^ "Editorial Board Journal of Pakistan Psychiatric Society". www.jpps.com.pk. Retrieved 2022-07-29.

## External links[edit]

* Official website
* Journal of Pakistan Psychiatric Society