Maps

(a) to promote the common professional interests of its members;

(b) to improve the treatment, rehabilitation, and care of the mentally ill, the mentally retarded, and the emotionally disturbed;

(c) to advance the standards of all psychiatric services and facilities;

(d) to promote research, professional education in psychiatry and allied fields, and the prevention of psychiatric disabilities;

(e) to foster the cooperation of all who are concerned with the medical, psychological, social, and legal htmlects of mental health and illness;

(f) to make psychiatric knowledge available to practitioners of medicine, to scientists, and to the public;

(g) to promote the best interests of patients and those actually or potentially making use of mental health services; and

(h) to advocate for its members.

[Reference: HPMA Bylaws, Section 1.2]