Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences
The Menninger Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences faculty and staff welcome you to our web site. We hope you find answers to your questions. Please, feel free to e-mail us at psychiatry@bcm.edu with additional questions or comments.
Shown above are Left: John Oldham, M.D. Senior Vice President and Chief of Staff; The Menninger Clinic; Executive Vice Chair for Clinical Affairs and Development; Middle: Stuart C. Yudofsky, M.D.; D. C. and Irene Ellwood Professor and Chair; Menninger Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences; Right: Thomas Kosten, M.D.; Professor; Research Director of the VA National Substance Use Disorders Quality Enhancement Research Initiative (QUERI); Jay H. Waggoner Chair; at the APA May 2007.
Mission statement:
The Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences seeks to promote outstanding, comprehensive care to the patients of our affiliated hospitals and clinics and to implement the finest educational programs for mental health trainees of all disciplines. We also strive to instruct general physicians about the prevalence, seriousness, and treatment of psychiatric disorders. Our department pursues excellence in basic, clinical, translational research initiatives in areas related to mental illness. We endeavor to communicate about all of the above to our community in ways that reduce the stigma of mental illness for our patients and their families.