The Pacific Rim College of Psychiatrists

Abstract

The Pacific Rim College of Psychiatrists (PRCP) is an association of psychiatrists from countries bordering the Pacific. The College was formed in 1980 by a group of 56 psychiatrists from 10 countries — Canada, Hong Kong, India, Japan, Korea, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Thailand and the United States — with a prominent role having been played in the establishment of the College by academic psychiatrists associated with the Department of Psychiatry at the University of California, Los Angeles. Though primarily formed by academic psychiatrists, it has membership open to psychiatrists in any area of practice. The membership of the College is mainly made up of psychiatrists from the USA, Canada, Japan, South Korea, China, Hong Kong, and Taiwan, with Malaysia, Thailand, the Philippines and Australia each having a small number of members.