Transforming Psychiatry One Patient at a Time: The Story of William C. Menninger
Thesis
The Family PracticeThe Hidden Wounds of World War IILegacy of HealingConclusion
Research
William C. Menninger, a founder of the Menninger Clinic, broke barriers by studying the effects of war on the human psyche, making psychiatry understandable for the layman, and advancing mental healthcare.
A soldier comforts a friend in the midst of war. William Menninger studied the effects of post-war trauma on the human psyche.
Source: U.S. Army Korea Historical Image Archive, 1950