DR.CARL C. BELL, M.D.

Carl C. Bell, M.D., F.A.P.A., FA.C.P.
President & CEO

For over 30 years, Dr. Bell has practiced psychiatry. As an internationally recognized lecturer and author, he has given numerous presentations on mental wellness, violence prevention, and traumatic stress caused by violence. Most recently, he has participated as the Principle Investigator with CHAMP, an HIV/AIDS youth prevention research project in South Africa . He is the author of The Sanity of Survival: Reflections on Community Mental Health and Wellness and co-author of Suicide and Homicide Among Adolescents. Dr. Bell is also a clinical professor of psychiatry and public health at the University of Illinois School of Medicine.

Dr. Bell has published over 250 articles on mental health issues. His articles on mental health and violence prevention have appeared in The National Medical Association and Psychiatric Services. He has addressed mental wellness and violence prevention issues on the Today Show, Nightline, 60 Minutes, CBS Sunday Morning and Frontline; and his campaign to prevent Black on Black violence has been featured in several publications including Ebony, Jet, Essence, Emerge , the New York Times, Chicago Tribune Magazine , and People Magazine . 

In recognition of his efforts to reduce violence, he became the first recipient of the American Psychiatric Foundation's Minority Service Award in 2004. He is also the recipient of the American Psychiatric Association's Presidential Award.

HONORS AND AWARDS (Partial List)

• Participated in the White House's Strategy Session on Children, Violence and Responsibility, the working group for the Surgeon General's Report on Mental
  Health: Culture, Race and Ethnicity.
  
• Appointed to the Violence Against Women Advisory
  Council by Janet Reno 1995-2000
  
• American Psychiatric Association President's Commendation for work on violence, May 1997
  
• E.Y. Williams Distinguished Senior Clinical Scholar
  Award of the Section on Psychiatry of the National
  Medical Association, July 1992
  
• Listed in Who's Who Among Black Americans
  
• Alpha Omega Alpha Medical Honor Society
  ( Tennessee Chapter)