Feast day service honoring pioneers in medicine.

The Standing Liturgical Commission of the Anglican Church in the United States has identified persons whom they consider Holy men or Holy women, and who are celebrated in Lesser Feast and Fast day services. In 2009, the triennial General Convention of the Anglican Church, USA, ratified the recommendation of the Commission that Dr. William W.

Menninger faces the 21st century.

The origin of the Menninger Clinic and Foundation stems from the vision of a family practitioner in a small midwestern community in the early 1900s, implemented with the participation of two sons who became psychiatrists. They articulated their hopes for the future of the institution in 1953, which surfaced only after the passing of the last founder in 1990. At that time, trends in healthcare financing were challenging the capacity of the institution they founded to fulfill its stated mission.

Uncontained rage: a psychoanalytic perspective on violence.

Explosions of violent behavior have periodically riveted public attention. While such behavior may be associated with a major psychiatric illness, there is a continuing challenge to understand the emotional underpinnings of such behavior, the sources of aggression, hostility, anger, hate, rage, and violence. Analysts from Freud to Karl Menninger to Kernberg and Kohut have speculated as to the confluence of psychological and real forces that prompt violent outbursts.

The tipping point from private practice to publicly funded settings for early- and mid-career psychiatrists.

Objective: Practice settings for American psychiatrists were examined for recent trends.

Methods: Surveys were conducted in 1996 (N=970) and 2002 (N=917) among members of the American Psychiatric Association.

Results: Between 1996 and 2002 the percentage of direct patient care hours in publicly funded settings increased from 40 to 50 percent for early-career psychiatrists and from 29 to 44 percent for mid-career psychiatrists.

Contributions of Dr. William C. Menninger to military psychiatry.

This review of the contributions of Dr. William C. Menninger to military psychiatry includes: (1) a brief biography with particular reference to Dr.