Education at Menninger

Tomorrow's leaders in mental health professions are trained by the faculty of the Menninger Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences.

The Department trains psychiatrists in general and child psychiatry, psychologists and social workers.

In addition to lectures and bookwork, trainees are educated by working with patients in the real, everyday world of mental health at Houston-area hospitals and at The Menninger Clinic, where patients receive a broad range of therapies that emphasize treatment methods utilizing psychopharmacological medications and psychotherapies. Trainees are supervised by senior staff members, who oversee their work.

A Menninger-trained clinician learns to sort out difficult cases through a holistic psychodynamic approach, a Menninger tradition that emphasizes an intense focus on the individual patient's physical status, social abilities and psychological state, in other words, a diagnostic approach that assesses the patient's complete biopsychosocial being. Patients are under the care of a multi-disciplinary team of treaters.

Trainees are accepted to Menninger through an application process. The cost of educating clinicians is borne by Menninger, which provides trainees a yearly stipend. Since Menninger is a non-profit teaching hospital, the organization relies upon financial support from individuals, groups, businesses and foundations.

Additional information:
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History of Menninger Education