The Menninger Clinic

Founded in Topeka, Kansas, by Drs. C.F., Karl and Will Menninger, The Menninger Clinic represented the first group psychiatry practice. The three founders created a national psychiatric hospital with staff dedicated to helping people who were struggling with difficulties and disorders that interfered with quality daily living. They believed that persons with mental illness could be treated and helped at a time when custodial care or lifetime exile were the only alternatives.

The Clinic stood as a symbol of hope. The nervous and mental symptoms, emotional conflicts, the frustrations, and unhappiness complained of by the patients were given consideration equal to that given infections, tumors, and other physical ailments. Others around the world adopted and practiced many of Menninger’s innovations and approaches to the care of the mentally ill and to psychiatry.

Mission: Menninger is a world leader in psychiatric treatment, research and education.

Vision: Menninger will be the world leader in psychiatric treatment, research and education.

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