The year 1922 is also notable for the fact that the institute was affiliated to the University of London for the Diploma in Psychological Medicine examination.

The first draft of the Bill that subsequently became the Mental Health Act of India (1987) was written at C.I.P, Ranchi in 1949 by Dr. R.B.

The wards were built during the British Raj, and are named after eminent European psychiatrists and physicians.

Regular physical exercise, outdoor and indoor games and yoga are on hand for the patients.

A very well stacked library having books in English, Hindi, Urdu and Bengali as well as a number of newspapers and magazines is freely accessible to the patients.

[2] Central Institute of Psychiatry is one of the premier training centers in India for mental health professionals.

MPhil and PhD students of Central Institute of Psychiatry (CIP) went on an indefinite dharna demanding immediate recognition of the courses by Rehabilitation Council of India (RCI).

Other courses also lacked qualified staff, which raised serious concerns about the quality of Mental Health Professional Training.

The deputy superintendent also stated these deaths were caused by the lack of funds for provisioning basic necessities such as food.

A member of the West Bengal Psychiatric Association commented that there was a huge shortage of beds in mental health care.

He held that post in RINPAS In August 2000, the AFP picked up news by the South China Sunday Morning Post which reported that[7] two chinese military officers from the Sino-Indian War in 1962, were there held since 1965, after they were charged of espionage.

The individuals were Yang Chen, a fighter pilot and Shih Liang, a flight officer.

[8] The Daily Telegraph, London then reported that these two individuals would be returned to China after 35 years of negligence from both the Chinese Embassy and the Indian Home Ministry.

Unnamed sources from CIP told the newspaper that there was a severe manpower shortage within the hospital.