As discussions continue to move MIMH from UM-Columbia to UM-St. Louis UMSL faculty and staff visit MIMH.

The American Psychological Association's Committee on Women in Psychology and the Women's Programs Office has selected Dr. Debbie Zand as a member of the 2010 Leadership Institute for Women in Psychology.

The mission of the Leadership Institute for Women in Psychology (LIWP) is to prepare, support, and empower women psychologists as leaders to promote positive changes in institutional and organizational life, and to increase the diversity, number, and effectiveness of women psychologists as leaders. One of the primary priorities of the LIWP is to ensure that leadership training opportunities are available for mid-career and senior women psychologists in all of their diversities, including race/ethnicity, sexual orientation, and disability.

Congratulations Dr. Zand! 

After 48 years of service to the mental health community in Missouri, the nation and the world, the MIMH Library will close on April 16, 2010.  The library is being closed as a result of a series of significant budget withholds on top of a 10% core cut to the MIMH budget in the current fiscal year, along with the Governor’s proposed core cut of an additional 40% of MIMH funding in FY2011.  The combined core cuts total $840,000, and closing the library and eliminating several other MIMH positions will allow us to meet our obligation to balance the Institute’s budget each year.

The MIMH library has existed from the time the Missouri Institute of Psychiatry was founded on October 22, 1962.  It has served hundreds of MIMH faculty, thousands of DMH employees, and the broader mental health community in Missouri and around the country.  It is unquestionably the best mental health library in the Midwest, and arguably the best mental health library in the world.  MIMH Librarian Christina Sullivan and her staff serve as a resource for mental health professionals around the globe, providing access to current research and other information that significantly enhances the care of individuals coping with mental illness, addictions or developmental disabilities.  

On behalf of MIMH, Danny signed a collaborative agreement with the Korea Youth Counseling Institute (KYCI) in June 2009. MIMH and KYCI plan to develop and implement new programs regarding information and data exchange on youth issues, and the exchange of staff for cross-cultural learning and professional development.  MIMH faculty and staff look forward to meeting with KYCI members when they visit MIMH in August.  (Danny participated in the signing ceremony in Seoul on behalf of the University of Missouri; the agreement will become official once the Memo of Understanding is signed by Dr. Brady Deaton.) 

Matthew Hile, the Director of the Behavioral Health Division, has been elected to the Steering Committee of The Missouri Alliance for Drug Endangered Children.