These are photographs of various members of the Menninger staff in the early years. Dr. C.F. Menninger and his sons, Dr. Karl and Dr. Will, formed a group psychiatry practice in 1919. The Menninger Clinic as a sanitarium was established in 1925 with the purchase of a farm house and admittance of 12 patients. The philosophy was that mental illness could be treated with an integrated medical, psychodynamic, and developmental approach for the total health of patients.
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Kansas Historical Society
Menninger Clinc Sanitarium staff, Southard School - Dr. Franz Alexander visits the clinic April 7-15, 1934. This photograph shows Dr. Alexander with Dr. C. F. on the left and Dr. Karl on the right.