Northern California Psychiatric Society (NCPS)

The Northern California Psychiatric Society is organized as a 501(c)6 nonprofit corporation, incorporated under the laws of the State of California. NCPS represents psychiatrists living and working in 18 counties in Northern California, stretching mid-state and along the western coastline from the North border to San Luis Obispo County.

Mission:
To advance the quality and effectiveness of psychiatric care through advocacy, professional education and camaraderie. The Northern California Psychiatric Society (NCPS) is a district branch of the American Psychiatric Association (APA).

Objectives :
• Improving the care and rehabilitation of people with mental illness, and developmental disabilities;
• Providing education and support for psychiatrists across the professional development continuum;
• Advocating for advancement of best psychiatric practices and dissemination of evidence-based and evidence-informed psychiatric knowledge to other medical and mental health practitioners, and to the public