Dr. King Davis, the Robert Lee Sutherland Endowed Chair in Mental Health and Social Policy in the School of Social Work, served as executive director of the Hogg Foundation for Mental Health from 2003-2008. His current funded research focuses on the history of mental health services and policies for African American populations.
Read his “Opinion: Mental Health and Violence” appearing on the UT Web site KNOW page:
http://www.utexas.edu/know/2011/01/14/davis_king/
and “Understanding Mental Illness” in The Austin-American Statesman, January 16, 2011:
http://www.statesman.com/opinion/davis-understanding-mental-illness-1189850.html