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Carl C. Bell, M.D., F.A.P.A., C.C.H.P., F.A.C. Psych.
Professor of Psychiatry and Public Health
Phone: (773) 734-4033, ext. 204
E-mail: carlcbell@pol.net

 

Carl C. Bell, M.D., is President & C.E.O., Community Mental Health Council & Foundation, Inc. He is also the Director of Public and Community Psychiatry and a Clinical Professor of Psychiatry and Public Health, University of Illinois at Chicago. Dr. Bell is a co-Principle Investigator of the Chicago African-American Youth Health Behavior Project and of the Informed Consent in Urban AIDS and Mental Health Research Project, and a collaborator of the Chicago HIV Prevention and Adolescent Mental Health Project (CHAMP) at the University of Illinois. He is a member and Former Chairman of the National Medical Association's Section on Psychiatry; a Fellow of the American College of Psychiatrists; a Fellow of the American Psychiatric Association, a Founding Member and Past Board Chairman of the National Commission on Correctional Health Care.

During 30 years, Dr. Bell has published over 200 articles on mental health. He is editor of Psychiatric Perspectives on Violence: Understanding Causes and Issues in Prevention and Treatment; author of Getting Rid of Rats: Perspectives of a Black Community Psychiatrists; co-author of Suicide and Homicide Among Adolescents and chapters on: "Black Psychiatry" in Mental Health and People of Color; "Black-on-Black Homicide" in Mental Health and Mental Illness Among Black Americans; "Isolated Sleep Paralysis" & "Violence Exposure, Psychological Distress and High Risk Behaviors Among Inner-City High School Students" in Anxiety Disorders in African-Americans; "Is psychoanalytic therapy relevant for public mental health programs" in Controversial Issues in Mental Health; and "Prevention of Black Homicide" in The State of Black America 1995.

Dr. Bell was the E.Y. Williams Distinguished Senior Clinical Scholar Award of the Section on Psychiatry of the National Medical Association in 1992. He received the American Psychiatric Association President's Commendation - Violence in 1997. He was appointed to the Violence Against Women Advisory Council by Janet Reno the Attorney General Department of Justice and Donna Shalala Secretary Department of Health and Human Services - 1995-2000, and was a participant - White House's Strategy Session on Children, Violence, and Responsibility. He was appointed to the working group for Dr. Satcher's Surgeon General's Report on Mental Health - Culture, Race, and Ethnicity and appointed to the Planning Board for the Surgeon General's Report on Youth Violence.

For information on the Community Mental Health Council, please visit:

http://thecouncil-online.org/

PRESENT POSITIONS

  • President & C.E.O., Community Mental Health Council & Foundation, Inc. - a 16 million dollar/300 employee, Private, Not-for-profit comprehensive community mental health center on Chicago's Southside
    • Director of Public and Community Psychiatry
  • Clinical Professor of Psychiatry and Public Health, University of Illinois
    • Co-Investigator of the Community Partnership to Prevent Urban
  • Youth HIV Risk, Columbia University School of Social Work, Social Intervention Group, New York, NY
  • Co-Principle Investigator of the Chicago African-American Youth Health Behavior Project
    • Health Research and Policy Center - University of Illinois
    • Collaborator of the Chicago HIV Prevention and Adolescent
  • Mental Health Project (CHAMP) University of Illinois - Department of
    Psychiatry
  • Co-Principle Investigator of the Informed Consent in Urban AIDS and
    Mental Health Research Project, University of Illinois - Department
    of Psychiatry

MEMBERSHIPS (Partial List)

  • Member, National Medical Association. Former Chairman, Section on
    Psychiatry.
  • Member, Black Psychiatrists of America. Former vice-president, former newsletter editor.
  • Fellow: American College of Psychiatrists - 1998 & American Psychiatric Association - 1985
  • Founding Member and Past Board Chairman, National Commission on
    Correctional Health Care.
  • Member and Former Director, American Association of Community
    Psychiatrists.
  • American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology - 1976; Board Examiner
    since 1978.

BOOKS, CHAPTERS IN BOOKS, AND ARTICLES

During 30 years, Dr. Bell has published over 200 articles on mental
health. He is editor of Psychiatric Perspectives on Violence: Understanding Causes and Issues in Prevention and Treatment; author of Getting Rid of Rats: Perspectives of a Black Community Psychiatrists; co-author of Suicide and Homicide Among Adolescents and chapters on: "Black Psychiatry" in Mental Health and People of Color; "Black-on-Black Homicide" in Mental Health and Mental Illness Among Black Americans; "Isolated Sleep Paralysis" & "Violence Exposure, Psychological Distress and High Risk Behaviors Among Inner-City High School Students" in Anxiety Disorders in African-Americans; "Is psychoanalytic therapy relevant for public mental health programs" in Controversial Issues in Mental Health; and "Prevention of Black Homicide" in The State of Black America 1995. He's the subject of countless interviews in Ebony; Jet; Essence; Emerge; New York Times; Chicago Tribune Magazine; People Magazine; and Chicago Reporter. TV shows, such as "Nightline", "CBS Sunday Morning", The News Hour with Jim Lehrer, and the "Today" show have utilized his expert opinion. He's also lectured internationally on various topics.

HONORS AND AWARDS (Partial List)

  • Listed in Who's Who Among Black Americans
  • American Psychiatric Association President's Commendation -
    Violence, May 1997
  • Appointed to the Violence Against Women Advisory Council by
    Janet Reno the Attorney General Department of Justice and Donna
    Shalala Secretary Department of Health and Human Services - 1995-2000.
  • Participant - White House's Strategy Session on Children,
    Violence, and Responsibility with President Clinton and Vice President Gore, May 1999
  • Invited to the White House Conference on Mental Health with President Clinton and Vice President Gore, June 1999
  • Appointed to the Planning Boards for Dr. Satcher's Surgeon
    General's Report on Mental Health - Culture, Race, and Ethnicity and the Report on Youth Violence, Spring 2000.
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