Beginning in a Topeka farmhouse, the Menninger Clinic became a psychiatric hospital that treated patients and trained clinicians from across the globe. We'll review the clinic's founding family who directed it for 75 years, until its move to Houston. We'll also examine how patients were treated and what the clinic contributed to Topeka and vice versa.

Instructor Bio: Karl Menninger retired from a legal career in federal and state government, mostly dealing with issues concerning persons with disabilities. He teaches courses on disabilities and the law and the insanity defense at the University of Missouri - Kansas City School of Law.

Course pre-requisites
(required) Osher Membership Fee