Vision Statement
The Maryland Psychiatric Society wishes to establish and maintain an
environment in Maryland which supplies excellent, comprehensive mental
health resources for all its citizens.
Mission
The Maryland Psychiatric Society will further the science and progress
of psychiatry. It will preserve high professional and ethical standards
and protect the therapeutic alliance between the patient and his/her
psychiatrist and treating facility. It will support choice of and access
to the best, most effective care for patients, and aid psychiatrists in
achieving the highest degree of professional satisfaction.
Objectives
- To improve the evaluation, treatment, rehabilitation, and care of
persons treated by psychiatrists.
- To encourage research and prevention for psychiatric disabilities,
and professional education in psychiatry and allied fields.
- To advance the standards of all psychiatric services and facilities.
- 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 other physicians,
scientists in other fields, and the public at large.
- To strive to dispel the stigma and discrimination that comes from
suffering from a mental illness.
- To promote the best interest of actual or potential patients of
psychiatrists.
- To vigorously advocate for the professional interests of the
membership.