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The Pacific Rim College of Psychiatrists (PRCP) is the association of psychiatrists from countries bordering the Pacific. The mission of PRCP is to foster greater national development of mental health services, and to support the improvement of education and research in psychiatry through professional collaboration in Asia and the Pacific-Rim Region. As of 2022, we have the membership of 225 psychiatrists from fifteen countries. The Pacific Rim College of Psychiatrists was founded in Manila on May 15, 1980. The first scientific meeting was held April 14-16, 1982, in Taipei, Taiwan. Fifty-six psychiatrists came from ten countries such as Canada, Hong Kong, India, Japan, Korea, the Philippines, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Thailand, and the USA. PRCP also provides a formal setting for communication among our members through a biennial conference held in one of our member countries. The latest 19th International Congress of the Pacific Rim College of Psychiatrists (PRCP 2021) was held in Seoul, Korea from April 8-10 in 2021. It was held as a hybrid (online and offline) format due to the ongoing challenges from the pandemic. There were 880 participants from twenty-two countries with forty-one sessions and a total of 144 presentations from seventeen countries. The next 20th PRCP meeting will be held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia on Oct. 13-15 in 2023 as a hybrid form. Our official journal, Asia Pacific Psychiatry (APPSY), is recognized as a leading international psychiatric journal focused on the Asia and Pacific-Rim region to share research and evidence in mental health.