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The Association for College Psychiatry (AFCP) was founded in 2017 by a group of college psychiatrists who wished to form a distinct nonprofit organization with the goal of better supporting the mental health needs of college and university students.  This organization supports medical students, psychiatry residents, fellows, and psychiatric physicians as they work to help students.

Our Mission

We are a community of psychiatrists who promote mental health, wellbeing, resiliency, and treatment among students within the higher education environment.  We develop and implement best practices in college psychiatry and support psychiatrists as leaders in college mental health.

Our Vision

Helping students succeed in higher education by: 

a.     Recognizing that this is a time of vulnerability for many college students; academic success is encouraged and healthy transitions to adulthood are fostered.

b.     Reducing mental health stigma and barriers that impede access to care for students of all identities.

c.     Educating students about the holistic and collaborative approach to mental health care as students begin to take responsibility for managing and advocating for their own mental health needs.

d.     Encouraging students to create an effective support system as they approach their mental health care.

e.     Creating tools to appropriately involve and educate a student’s support system.

f.      Improving mental health services for students by providing continuity of care in integrated systems.

g.     Promoting well-being, resiliency, social justice, acceptance, and connectedness on campuses.

Supporting college psychiatrists by: 

a.     Recognizing psychiatrists as having expertise in the screening, diagnosis, and treatment of mental health disorders.

b.     Expanding the knowledge and implementation of best practices in college psychiatry.

c.     Furthering scholarship by providing education and training in college mental health.

d.     Fostering inquiry and research in college psychiatry.

e.     Promoting fellowship by providing a forum for conversation and collaboration.