The Mission of the Association is the promotion of mentally healthy children, adolescents, and families though training, services, research, advocacy, prevention, peer support, and collaboration.

The Objectives of the Association are to:

Promote the study, treatment, care and prevention of mental disorders and deficiencies of children and adolescents, and their families

Adopt the concept of continuing education as a means of maintaining competence in child and adolescent mental health

Promote national and international collaboration among professionals in the fields related to child and adolescent mental health

Focus on the practice and research in child and adolescent mental health and to make the knowledge available to the professionals and public through various scientific activities

Facilitation, advocacy and integration of child and adolescent mental health services

To promote positive mental health in children and adolescents with concern for laying a foundation for better adulthood and future society

To take up charitable work and all such matters that are incidental and conducive to the attainment of above objectives