Tehran Psychiatric Institute (TPI) was founded in 1977 under the name "The Center for Education-Residency" with the objective of coordinating educational, research, and therapeutic activities among all psychiatric units and centers throughout the country. The Center was also to expand psychiatric and clinical psychology services through development of human resources with specialization in the fields of psychiatry and psychiatric nursing at MA level. In 1979 the Center's name was changed to "Tehran Psychiatric Institute". The Institute established a program in psychiatric residency in 1977, a masters curriculum in clinical psychology in 1986, and finally a doctoral (Ph.D.) track in clinical psychology in 1998. The Institute was initially under the auspices of Regional Health Care Organization, province of Tehran; later, it operated as an affiliate of Education-Research Complex of Ministry of Health, and eventually as a unit of Iran University of Medical Sciences in 1986, when the country's university system was reformed under the Integration Plan.
The Institute established itself with much diligence as World Health Organization (WHO) Collaborating Center for Mental Health in 1996. It has also been recognized as National Scientific Center for Education and Research since 2001 by the Division of Education and University Affairs, Iran Ministry of Health and Medical Education

Associated units of Tehran Psychiatric Institute

Research, education, medicinal and non medicinal clinics, Journal of Andisheh va Ratar, library, and general affairs are the main branches of the institute. A psychiatric ward in Rasul Akram hospital and Iran Psychiatric Hospital are inpatient units of the institute and twoeducational fields inTehran and Savojbalagh are centers for edducation and research in community psychiatry.