Puerto Rico Psychiatric Society
A District Branch of the American Psychiatric Association
living in cyberspace since 1997
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This is the original versionl. Go to the modern blog here
WHO WE ARE
Our goals|
Photo album |
NEWSLETTER |
Board of directors|
Bylaws|
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Activities
Vamos a Crecer Award. The media can contribute to mental health of citizens
Part of history, the law that created the Puerto Rico Board of Medical Examiners
the New "Junta de Licenciamiento y Disciplina Medica"
Health Care Reform according to the American Psychiatric Association (bilingual version)
Position statement of the APA on the concept of Recovery from mental illness.
some of the original Psychiatry leaders in Puerto Rico
Convention 2003 | Convention 2004 | Convention 2005 | Convention 2006 | Convention 2007 | Convention 2008
clinical practice guidelines | Your may report adverse effects to medications to the Food and Drug Administration | Official Statement before the Evaluation Commission of the Health Department | Position on the death penalty
healthy minds: new for public i>nformation | Analysis of Mental Health Program (pdf Spanish version only) | Organic Law, ASSMCA 1993
BEYOND US
other links | Self-help Organizations | On Quality and Managed Care | The Psychotherapies | MEDLINE | Puerto Rico in "Psychiatric News" | Choosing a psychiatrist Consumers Research Council | Find other APA members | Famous psychiatrists | roles of psychiatrists in disasters | Free medicines if you qualify | EMERGENCY PHONE NUMBERS | US Government | Government of Puerto Rico | 140+ Centers for treatment of substance abuse | Centers for treatment of mental disorders | Puerto Rico 2000 Mental Health Law 408| Puerto Rico 2008 Law 183 that amends the mental health Law| | Patient's Bill of Rights and Responsibilities: Spanish only version | humorous and other images of "psychiatrist" ] over 700 movies on "psychiatrists""\ | Medicare First Coast Puerto Rico
Puerto Rico newspapers
Caribbean Business |
El Nuevo Dia |
El Expresso de Puerto Rico |
El Vocero |
Primera Hora |
El Mundo
The Washington Post on Health | The New York Times on Mental Health
SOME NEWSPAPERS FROM THE LATIN WORLD
El Mundo de Espana | El diario Vasco | De Republica Dominicana: El Nacional
translations: translations
Veterans have their own usefulwebpage
The American Psychiatric Association is a national organization of physicians, founded in 1844 and whose 35,000 members (over 140 in Puerto Rico) specialize in the diagnosis and treatment of mental disorders including substance dependence.
We dedicate this web page to the psychiatrists of Puerto Rico and to their patients, actual and potential.
write to:
Read or listen to the Spanish version of El Quijote de la Mancha
Puerto Rico Psychiatric Society
C/O Brenda Matos, MD
Presidenta
40 Via Enramada
Trujillo Alto, PR 00976-6165
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Design and partial content by Nestor J Galarza,MD.