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The Hong Kong College of Psychiatrists

The Hong Kong College of Psychiatrists was formerly called the Hong Kong Psychiatric Association, which was founded in 1967. At the start, the membership of the association was no more than 30. In April 1968, it became a member society of the World Psychiatric Association.

Since the establishment of the Hong Kong Academy of Medicine by Statue in 1993, the Hong Kong College of Psychiatrists became one of the 15 constituent Academy Colleges. The College has been playing a key role in post-graduate psychiatric training thereafter, holding Fellowship examinations and conferring our Fellows.

The College has an official journal “East Asian Archives of Psychiatry” (formerly “Journal of the Hong Kong College of Psychiatrists” and “The Hong Kong Journal of Psychiatry”). It is one of the few English psychiatric journals in Asia. The journal publishes psychiatric reports not only from Hong Kong, but also from China, Asian countries and other parts of the world. It aims to provide a platform for psychiatrists and mental health professionals in the region to share their research output in the field.