MPA Women’s Mental Health Chapter

• To improve the mental health of women in Malaysia.
  
• To expand the fund of knowledge about Women’s Mental Health.
  
• To promote gender-sensitive and autonomy-enhancing mental health services for women.

• To create a network of national and international societies devoted to mental health of women.
  
• Through collaboration and networks, to promote research into:
  
  • The social, economic, ethical, legal, cultural, psychological and biological factors, which affect Women’s Mental Health.
    
  • Women’s roles in marriage, family and society, and the effects on mental health.
    
  • The causes, effects and elimination of domestic violence and abuse of women.
    
  • The causes, treatment and prevention of mental diseases or disorders that are specific, more prevalent, more severe or have different risk factors or outcomes in women.
    
  • Gender-specific effects of treatment.
    
  • Basic sciences pertinent to gender difference and female biology.
• To act as an advocate for Women’s Mental Health, for
  • The elimination of conditions that are harmful to Women’s Mental Health.
    
  • Better medical education and public information about Women’s Mental Health.
    
  • The appropriate representation of women in research, education and organizations concerned with Women’s Mental Health

• Promotion of research through the development of national, international networks and focused workshops.
  
• The organization of conferences and symposia, to which all individuals, societies and organisations concerned with Women’s Mental Health are invited.
  
• Circulation of information about Women’s Mental Health, through the World Wide Web, MPA website, the Malaysian Journal of Psychiatry and other publications.
  
• Education of clinicians and the public through educational workshops as well as printed and electronic material.
  
• Collaboration with advocacy groups.