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atry department. The legacy of this era was a vigorousgrowth in the direction of social psychiatry.Under his aegis the department additionally built astrong psychoanalytical psychotherapy group.During the 1980’s, under the direction of Dr. LesterRudy, the department began a process of remedicalizationwith formation of many specializedprograms such as an Affective Disorders Clinic anda Comprehensive Care Clinic for schizophrenicpatients. A strong collaboration with basicresearchers at the Illinois State Psychiatric Institute(ISPI) was fostered.INSTITUTE FOR JUVENILE RESEARCHFounded in 1909, the Institute for JuvenileResearch (IJR) is the first and oldest child guidanceand research facility in the country. In 1990IJR was fully integrated into the department. Thatintegration has led to the development of an outstandingchild psychiatric clinical, educational, andresearch group within the department. Over thepast several years the Institute for JuvenileResearch has again developed pioneeringapproaches to dealing with major social andbehavioral problems that beset society, includingareas of high-risk behaviors in children and adolescents,aggressive and violent behaviors, andissues of child abuse. IJR will move to a modernnew facility in the fall of 2003.Institute for Juvenile Research in 1990. It is thefirst and oldest child guidance and research facilityin the country.THE PSYCHIATRIC INSTITUTESince its founding in 1955 and the merger with UICin 1994, the Illinois State Psychiatric Institute (ISPI)trained over 600 psychiatry residents in an inpatientfacility that housed adult and child patients aswell as a renowned clinical research program.Themerger integrated the research and training activitiesinto the department in a collaborative programwith the Illinois Department of Mental Health andDevelopmental Disabilities and the Department ofPsychiatry at the University of Chicago. Severalmajor research groups have been recruited into thedepartment, including a world-class basic scienceresearch group under the leadership of Dr. ErminioCosta and an equally distinguished mental healthservices research group under the leadership ofDr. Judith Cook. A new collaborative program tostudy brain-body interactions is being conductedby Dr. Sue Carter and Dr. Stephen Porges.The excitement of the Neuropsychiatric Institute inthe 1940s is recreated by the integration of NPI,IJR, and the PI today.The Psychiatric Institute houses the basic scienceand clinical research laboratories as well as facultyand departmental administrative offices.5