Menninger Foundation
The Menninger Clock Tower in Topeka, Kansas | |
| Formation | 1919 |
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| Founder | Dr. Charles F. Menninger, Dr. Karl Menninger, Dr. William Menninger |
| Type | Nonprofit psychiatric organization |
| Focus | Psychiatry, mental health treatment, education, and research |
| Headquarters | Houston, Texas, United States (originally Topeka, Kansas) |
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Key people | Karl Menninger, William Menninger |
| Subsidiaries | The Menninger Clinic |
| Affiliations | Baylor College of Medicine, The Methodist Hospital |
| Website | www.menningerclinic.org |
| Remarks | Former campus in Topeka, Kansas; moved to Houston in 2003 |
Formerly called | Menninger Clinic, Menninger Sanitarium, Menninger School of Psychiatry |
The Menninger Foundation was founded in 1919 by the Menninger family in Topeka, Kansas. The Menninger Foundation, known locally as Menninger's, consists of a clinic, a sanatorium, and a school of psychiatry, all of which bear the Menninger name. Menninger's consisted of a campus at 5800 S.W. 6th Avenue in Topeka, Kansas which included a pool as well as the other aforementioned buildings. In 2003, the Menninger Clinic moved to Houston. The foundation was started in 1919 by Dr. Charles F. Menninger and his sons, Drs. Karl and William Menninger. It represented the first group psychiatry practice. "We had a vision," Dr. C. F. Menninger said, "of a better kind of medicine and a better kind of world."