Since its founding, psychiatry at the University of Mississippi Medical Center has aimed to do more than treat mental illness. The department has focused on understanding the human experience behind mental health conditions.
Seventy years later, that mission endures through the efforts of dedicated staff, innovative programs, and families who have contributed to the department’s lasting influence, UMMC officials said.
Jon Ross Myers founded Mississippi News Group in 2013. Before founding the organization, he worked at The Daily Mississippian, The Marion Salute and The Southern Sentinel. A Mississippi journalist and writer based in Ripley, he received second place in poetry in the 2025 William Faulkner Literary Competition for "The Garden."
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