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  Karl Augustus Menninger - Encyclopedia.com
Topeka, Kans. The Menninger Clinic, conceived with the idea of collecting many specialists in one center, was founded in Topeka in 1919 by Karl and his father, Charles Frederick (1862-1953); in 1925 they were joined by William.
The Menninger Foundation, established for research, training, and public education in psychiatry, came into existence in 1941 and soon became a U.S. psychiatric and psychoanalytic center.
In 2003 the clinic, much smaller than in its heyday, moved to the Houston area, where it continues in association with the Baylor College of Medicine and the Methodist Hospital.
www.encyclopedia.com /doc/1E1-Menninge.html   (606 words)

  
 Menninger Clinic
A sense of isolation as a general practitioner and a visit to the Mayo Clinic inspired a 46-year old Kansas doctor to start a clinic in his hometown.
The Menninger approach to mental illness was characterized as "a mixture of Freud and friendliness." This interest in psychiatry developed in an era when the mentally ill were viewed with suspicion but the Topeka community soon provided support.
The Menninger archives collection, from its many years in Topeka, is now housed at the Kansas Historical Society's Center for Historical Research.
www.kshs.org /portraits/menninger_clinic.htm   (379 words)

  
  Texas Medical Center NEWS
Menninger also is a partner in or operates employee assistance services based in Dallas and the metropolitan Washington, DC area that serve more than 600,000 employees throughout the nation.
Menninger represents the third generation of his family to lead the institution founded in 1925 by his grandfather, famed psychiatirst Dr. Karl Menninger.
Menninger said the decision to relocate was "not made lightly." For the past two years, the Menninger clinic has been in conversations with institutions about potential alliances.
www.tmc.edu /tmcnews/10_15_00/page_01.html   (1130 words)

  
 Menninger Clinic
"Menninger is a psychiatric institution established in 1925 for the treatment, prevention, education, and research of mental illness.
Menninger PHS offers comprehensive and intensive treatment of major psychiatric disorders with specialized expertise in the treatment of severe personality disorders and severe and persistent mental illness.
Menninger is licensed by the State of Kansas and accredited by the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations.
www.mhsanctuary.com /borderline/menninger.htm   (1711 words)

  
 MENNINGER CLINIC<br>Extended Insights
Menninger Clinic was well-known for its educational programs and many of our staff kept abreast of clinical developments through the Menninger Bulletin that came out monthly.
Menninger Clinic, accredited by JCAHO, was founded on a sprawling campus in Topeka, KS, by C.F. Menninger and his sons, Will and Karl, in 1925.
Menninger emphasizes the importance of educating its patients in relation to their disorders by offering various substance abuse groups, anger management, DBT groups, cognitive therapy groups, self-harm and self-esteem groups.
www.strugglingteens.com /artman/publish/printer_5260.shtml   (901 words)

  
 Encyclopedia
Charles Frederick Menninger (1862–1953) was born in Topeka, Kans. A general practitioner, he and his son Karl Augustus (1893–1990), organized a group practice of psychiatric specialists in 1920.
Karl Augustus Menninger was born in Topeka and educated at the University of Wisconsin and Harvard University.
William Claire Menninger was born in Topeka and educated at Cornell University.
www.history.com /encyclopedia.do?articleId=216236   (302 words)

  
 Karl Menninger - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Karl Augustus Menninger (July 22, 1893 - July 18, 1990) was an American psychiatrist and a member of the famous Menninger family of psychiatrists who founded the Menninger Foundation and the Menninger Clinic in Topeka, Kansas.
The Menninger Foundation was established in 1941 and quickly became a U.S. psychiatric and psychoanalytic center.
In Menninger's letter he puts the terms diagnosis, patients and treatment in quotes, suggesting that he had agreed with Szasz's arguments that psychiatric diagnosis is a medical fraud, psychiatric patients are prisoners and psychiatric treatments are tortures.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Karl_Menninger   (486 words)

  
 Changing patterns of inpatient care for children and adolescents at the Menninger Clinic, 1988-1994.
Changing patterns of inpatient care for children and adolescents at the Menninger Clinic, 1988-1994.
The authors describe trends in inpatient psychiatric length of stay (LOS) and admissions for the population of children and adolescents (N = 784) at the Menninger Clinic from 1988 to 1994.
Research should center on the impact of declining LOS on clinical and functional outcomes for children and adolescents.
www.medscape.com /medline/abstract/11495187   (237 words)

  
 Medicare record review: problems will continue for those who document poorly
Menninger staff would settle in Topeka, raise their families here and devote their careers to the care of those with mental illness who sought treatment at Menninger.
Menninger staff were able to be so devoted to the patients because, throughout most of its history, Menninger staff felt well care for and loved by the Menninger family and administration.
In my own clinical practice, I have seen competent and mature men in their 50s and 60s reduced to tears and thrown into major depression because they were let go from the company where they worked for 30 years or more.
nationalpsychologist.com /articles/art_v11n6_2.htm   (2204 words)

  
 CNN.com - Health - Menninger Clinic moving to Texas - September 28, 2000
Menninger said the clinic would be out of business in six to eight years unless it moves from Topeka, where it was founded in 1925.
Menninger officials acknowledged earlier this year that changes in psychiatric care and the reimbursement policies of health insurance companies had forced them to consider relocating to a metropolitan area.
Karl Menninger became a giant in psychiatry, writing influential books such as "The Human Mind" and "Love Against Hate," and he is credited with convincing the American public that mental disorders could be treated and cured.
archives.cnn.com /2000/HEALTH/09/28/menninger.clinic.ap/index.html   (585 words)

  
 CJOnline.com | The Topeka Capital-Journal | Menninger, Baylor once again team up 12/05/02
The Menninger Clinic will move to Houston by June as part of a renewed partnership with Baylor College of Medicine and The Methodist Hospital, Menninger officials announced Wednesday.
Menninger had announced plans two years ago to form a partnership with Baylor and Methodist but called off the deal in summer 2001.
This time, Menninger and Baylor officials said, the deal is going to work, partly because the Menninger Clinic is operating without financial losses.
www.cjonline.com /stories/120502/com_menninger.shtml   (992 words)

  
 CJOnline.com : In-Depth : Menninger Leaves Topeka
Menninger announced Wednesday that it was aligning itself with the Baylor College of Medicine and The Methodist Hospital in Houston.
Menninger is using consultants from a national accounting firm to figure out ways to increase its profitability and adapt to the diminishing funds available for treating mental illness, the organization's president said.
Menninger's near departure from Topeka this past year was the impetus for significant changes in the delivery of mental health care in northeast Kansas.
capitaljournal.cjonline.com /indepth/menninger   (2830 words)

  
 Gibbons, Del Deo, Dolan, Griffinger & Vecchione   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
The clinical study at issue was designed to test the safety and efficiency of M100907 in comparison to a placebo and another drug, haloperidol.
The decedent, an inpatient at Menninger Clinic and a diagnosed schizophrenic, executed informed consent documents for each part of a two-phase study.
Thus, the analysis of the existence of an agency relationship will focus on whether the monetary incentive caused the investigator to set aside his or her independent medical judgment in, for example, determining whether a patient was an appropriate candidate for the study under the protocol.
www.gibbonslaw.com /publications/articlesuser2.cfm?pubid=853   (1522 words)

  
 Latest Breaking Health News & Information: Applesforhealth.com
The Menninger Clinic, a world-renowned mental health center, is leaving its long-time Kansas home for Texas and an affiliation with Baylor College of Medicine.
The clinic, currently located on a 242-acre campus in Topeka, Kan., will move to Houston, with the transition expected to be complete by 2002, although programs in the Kansas City, Mo.-area likely will be phased out by year's end.
In recent years, the clinic has cut jobs, trained fewer psychiatrists, formed partnerships with care providers to reach patients in their home towns and launched research projects, all in an attempt to stay within its operating budget.
www.applesforhealth.com /menninger2.html   (571 words)

  
 Menninger Clinic Found Negligent by Jury after Patient Dies in Clinical Drug Trial   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
In mid-December 2001, a jury found the Menninger Clinic negligent in the treatment of an individual who was placed in a clinical trial in which he received an experimental neuroleptic (antipsychotic drug).
However, at the urging of the Menninger Clinic, he was later hospitalized as an inpatient at Menninger in order to be placed into a clinical trial for the FDA approval of a new antipsychotic drug.
The jury found the Menninger Clinic negligent and gave an award to the deceased patient's family.
www.breggin.com /menninger1.html   (538 words)

  
 The Menninger Clinic
Menninger is located at 2801 Gessner in west Houston and is affiliated with The Methodist Hospital and Baylor College of Medicine at the Texas Medical Center in Houston.
An outpatient assessment is conducted at the Menninger campus.
Menninger is licensed by the State of Texas and accredited by the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations.
www.mhsanctuary.com /borderline/menn.htm   (1091 words)

  
 Menninger, Karl Augustus. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-05
Topeka, Kans. The Menninger Clinic, conceived with the idea of collecting many specialists in one center, was founded in Topeka in 1919 by Karl and his father, Charles Frederick (1862–1953); in 1925 they were joined by William.
The Menninger Foundation, established for research, training, and public education in psychiatry, came into existence in 1941 and soon became a U.S. psychiatric and psychoanalytic center.
In 2003 the clinic, much smaller than in its heyday, moved to the Houston area, where it continues in association with the Baylor College of Medicine and the Methodist Hospital.
www.bartleby.com /65/me/Menninge.html   (251 words)

  
 Newswise
Hoping to fill that emptiness, Dr. Lewis and her colleagues at Menninger are studying positive psychology in group therapy.
The Menninger Clinic is an international specialty psychiatric center, providing innovative programs in treatment, research and education.
Founded in 1925 in Kansas, Menninger relocated to Houston in 2003 and is affiliated with Baylor College of Medicine and The Methodist Hospital.
www.newswise.com /articles/view/520771   (659 words)

  
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Educators at Menninger Clinic use short stories to illustrate the impact of families, cultures, ethnicity, and gender on human development.
The decision by educators at the Menninger Clinic in Topeka, Kan., two years ago to integrate short stories with lectures on normal development and psychopathology proved to be a good one.
She and co-teacher John Sargent, M.D., a child and adolescent psychiatrist and pediatrician at the Menninger Clinic, spoke at the annual meeting of the American Association of Directors of Psychiatric Residency Training (AADPRT) last month in Puerto Rico.
www.psych.org /pnews/00-04-21/short.html   (984 words)

  
 Affiliated Hospitals - Baylor College of Medicine
The Menninger Clinic is dedicated to making a positive difference in the health and lives of adolescents and adults with severe psychiatric and dual disorders.
The defining feature of Menninger treatment and education is the integration of the medical, psychological, behavioral and social models.
Residents from The Menninger Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at Baylor College of Medicine complete portions of their advanced training at The Menninger Clinic.
www.bcm.edu /about/affiliates.cfm   (2369 words)

  
 The Menninger Clinic: Discovering Hope, One Life at a Time
Located in Houston, Texas, The Menninger Clinic is considered to be one of the best international psychiatric centers, being focused on creating or enhancing programs of treatment, research, and education.
It is worth to say that, at Menninger Clinic, every single patient is served by caring professionals that understand the patient's psychological, medical and social condition.
Besides, The Menninger Clinic, with the only purpose of conferring quality services to their patients, is affiliated to many fundamental organizations and institutions such as Baylor College of Medicine and The Methodist Hospital System, among several others.
www.nurseuniverse.com /Nursing-Job/6866.html   (355 words)

  
 Menninger Foundation - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Menninger Clinic was founded in 1925 in Topeka, Kansas, by Drs.
In the 1960s the Menninger Clinic studied Swami Rama, a noted yogi, specifically investigating his ability to exercise voluntary control of bodily processes (such as heartbeat) which are normally considered non-voluntary (autonomous).
Menninger announced its affiliation with Baylor College of Medicine and The Methodist Hospital in December 2002.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Menninger_Foundation   (679 words)

  
 Texas Medical Center NEWS
The Menninger Clinic announced Dec. 4 that its boards of directors and trustees unanimously approved a partnership with Baylor College of Medicine and The Methodist Hospital to create a comprehensive, world-class center for psychiatric care, research, and education.
This partnership will enhance Menninger’s capabilities as a center of excellence in psychiatry and the behavioral sciences by combining Menninger’s clinical program with Baylor and Methodist’s educational and research strengths.
Menninger will move its Topeka, Kansas-based clinic to 2801 N. Gessner Rd. in Houston during the spring and be fully operational in its new location by this coming June.
www.tmc.edu /tmcnews/12_15_02/page_04.html   (982 words)

  
 The Menninger Clinic, Bulletin of The Menninger Clinic
The Menninger Clinic, Bulletin of The Menninger Clinic
Walter Menninger, MD, The Bulletin of the Menninger Clinic publishes peer-reviewed papers from around the world on contemporary psychodynamic perspectives.
The Bulletin of The Menninger Clinic was first published by Menninger in 1936.
www.menningerclinic.com /research/bulletin.htm   (251 words)

  
 Program Details - Menninger Clinic
Menninger Clinic is a nationally respected specialty psychiatric and behavioral hospital.
Menninger Clinic provides effective treatment solutions for youth who have not made marked progress in other treatment settings or whose symptoms require more management that outpatient services provide.
The clinical team also provides instruction for the family about their child’s illness, treatment and continuing care.
www.natsap.org /program_details.asp?id=122   (417 words)

  
 Bulletin of the Menninger Clinic: A Journal for the Mental Health Professions
The Bulletin of the Menninger Clinic invites original articles on: Psychiatry, Psychology, Psychoanalysis, Neuropsychology, Clinical research.
*Clinical case series reports provide you with detailed studies of the treatment of patients with difficult-to-treat disorders.
The Bulletin of the Menninger Clinic offers a psychodynamic perspective on the application of theory and research in outpatient psychotherapy, attachment theory, developments in cognitive neuroscience and psychopathologies, as well as the integration of different modes of therapy.
www.guilford.com /cgi-bin/cartscript.cgi?page=pr/jnme.htm&dir=periodicals&cart_id=   (263 words)

  
 Long-Term Follow-Up of Former Inpatients at the Children's Hospital of the Menninger Clinic -- LEVY 125 (12): 1633 -- ...
Long-Term Follow-Up of Former Inpatients at the Children's Hospital of the Menninger Clinic -- LEVY 125 (12): 1633 -- Am J Psychiatry
Articles by LEVY, E. Long-Term Follow-Up of Former Inpatients at the Children's Hospital of the Menninger Clinic
EDWIN Z. Staff psychiatrist, the children's division and the department of research, the Menninger Foundation, Topeka, Kans. 66601
ajp.psychiatryonline.org /cgi/content/abstract/125/12/1633   (112 words)

  
 Tyler Medical Clinic :: What Doctors Can Do to Promote Fertility
Many specialists and clinics, such as the Margaret Sanger Research Bureau in New York City, will take cases only when both husband and wife come for treatment.
Karl Menninger, of the Menninger Clinic, Topeka, Kan., says that numerous cases have been reported where "reorganization of the psychic life" was followed by pregnancy in marriages barren for ten to 20 years.
One should also bear in mind that there are about 150 infertility clinics in the United States, many of them sponsored by the Planned Parenthood Federation of America, Inc., for patients in lower-income groups.
www.tylermedicalclinic.com /whatdoctorscandotopromotefertility.html   (1726 words)

  
 Hauser Clinic & Associates — Psychiatry, Psychotherapy - Bellaire, TX - Practitioners
Hauser is active as an Assistant Clinical Professor at the University of Texas Medical School in departments of Psychiatry and Family Medicine.
Aderholt is a Phi Beta Kappa graduate of Vanderbilt University with a bachelorᅵs degree in Neuroscience.
He is board certified in Clinical Neurophysiology by the American Board of Clinical Neurophysiology in 1960 and Neuroimaging by the American Society of Neuroimaging in 1993.
www.hauserclinic.com /physicians.shtml   (1164 words)

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