Connecting you with the University of Missouri’s innovative research and creative activityThinking Outside the Box
A visit with Jim Koller and Karen Weston, Department of Educational, School, and Counseling Psychology
Additional Interview Clips
Several of the Center’s ongoing projects (Weston)
Online mental health degree program (Weston)
Thinking outside the box (Koller)
More on the Center (Koller)
Like teaching an old dog a new trick (Koller)
Healthy Minds, Healthy Learners, Healthy Schools (Weston)
Missouri Bright Futures (Weston)
The Suicide Project (Weston)
Training nurses to focus on mental health issues (Koller)
Seeking paradigm change (Weston)
Collaborations (Koller)
Founding the Center for the Advancement of Mental Health Practices in the Schools (Koller)
Topics:
mental_health
psychiatry
Most of Jim Koller’s past research and practice as a licensed psychologist was directed toward pathology, that is, “abnormal behavior.” But he became disillusioned with the then-current state of affairs, realizing that “we have to do something different to stop the escalating incidence of mental illness vis-à-vis mental health problems in the country.” With the cooperation of the Missouri state legislature and the Department of Mental Health, the Center for the Advancement of Mental Health Practices in the Schools was conceived—“with the whole thrust being a paradigmatic shift from mental illness to mental health.”