The Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists (RANZCP)
Website: www.ranzcp.org
INTRODUCTION
The Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists (RANZCP) is the
principal body representing the medical specialty of psychiatry in Australasia
and having responsibility for training, examining and awarding the qualification
of Fellowship of the College to medical practitioners.
There are currently almost 2500 Fellows of the College who account for approximately
85 per cent of all practising psychiatrists in Australia and over 50 per cent
of psychiatrists in New Zealand.
The vision of the College is "a fellowship of psychiatrists working with
and for the general community to achieve the best attainable quality of psychiatric
care and mental health".
General Council is the governing body and supreme policy making body of the
College. There are branches of the College in each state of Australia, the
ACT and New Zealand.
Within the College, specialist aspects of psychiatry are represented by two
Faculties and five Sections.
- Faculty of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
- Faculty of Psychiatry of Old Age
- Section on Alcohol and Other Drugs
- Section of Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry
- Section of Forensic Psychiatry
- Section of Psychotherapy
- Section of Social and Cultural Psychiatry
- conducts a training and examinations process for qualification as a consultant psychiatrist,
- administers a maintenance of profession standards program (MOPS) for practising professionals,
- holds an annual scientific congress and various sectional conferences throughout the year,
- supports continuing medical education activities at a regional level,
- publishes a range of journals, statements and other policy documents, and
- liaises with government, allied professionals and community groups in the interests of psychiatrists, patients and the general community.
Publication
Australian and Zew Zeland Journal
of Psychiatry
History of the College
The Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists was incorporated on 28
October 1963. Its incorporation was procured by The Australasian Association
of Psychiatrists (founded in October 1946) with a view to its continuing the
work of the Association. The College was granted the prefix Royal on 9 May 1977.
The College celebrated its fiftieth anniversary in 1996.
