Dr. Bell has practiced psychiatry for over 30 years.  As an international lecturer and writer, he has given numerous presentations on violence prevention and traumatic stress caused by violence. Most recently he is engaged in HIV prevention research in South Africa.  His articles on mental health and violence prevention have appeared in The National Medical Association, Psychiatric Services.  He is co-author of Suicide and Homicide Among Adolescents. . He is also a Clinical Professor of Psychiatry at the University of Illinois School of Medicine and Professor of Clinical Public Health at the University of Illinois School of Public Health.

Dr. Bell's campaign to prevent Black on Black violence has been featured in Ebony, Jet, Essence, Emerge, the New York Times, Chicago Tribune Magazine, and People Magazines.  He has addressed violence prevention issues on the Today Show, Nightline, 60 Minutes, CBS Sunday Morning and Frontline television shows.

He is the recipient of the American Psychiatric Association’s Presidential Award in recognition of his efforts to reduce violence and is the first recipient of the American Psychiatric Foundation’s Minority Service Award in 2004.

PRESENT POSITIONS

President & C.E.0., Community Mental Health Council & Foundation, Inc.

Clinical Professor of Psychiatry and Public Health, U of Illinois

Principle Investigator of Using CHAMP to Prevent Youth HIV Risk in a South African Township - Community Mental Health Council, Inc.

Co-Principle Investigator of the Chicago African-American Youth Health Behavior Project, Health Research and Policy Center - U of Illinois

Collaborator of the Chicago HIV Prevention and Adolescent Mental Health Project (CHAMP) University of Illinois - Department of Psychiatry

MEMBERSHIPS (Partial List)

Member, National Medical Association. Former Chairman, Section on Psychiatry and Behavioral Science.

Member, Black Psychiatrists of America. Former vice-president, former newsletter editor.

Fellow, American College of Psychiatrists - 1998

Fellow, American Psychiatric Association - 1985

Member and Past Board Chairman, National Commission on Correctional Health Care.

Former Director, American Association of Community Psychiatrists.

Board Examiner, American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology - 1976.

BOOKS, CHAPTERS IN BOOKS, AND ARTICLES

During his 30 years of psychiatric practice, Dr. Bell has published over 250 articles on mental health issues. He is author of Poor & Underserved: Reflections on Community Mental Health & Wellness; Psychiatric Aspects on Violence: Understanding Causes and Issues in Prevention and Treatment; 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.

Eight Basic Tai Chi Exercises for Health, Relaxation and Stress Reduction (Available on VHS Video)

HONORS AND AWARDS (Partial List)

Alpha Omega Alpha Medical Honor Society (Tennessee Chapter)

Listed in Who's Who Among Black Americans

E.Y. Williams Distinguished Senior Clinical Scholar Award of the Section on Psychiatry of the National Medical Association, July 1992

American Psychiatric Association President's Commendation for work on 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.

Invited to the White House’s Strategy Session on Children, Violence, and Responsibility with President Clinton and Vice President Gore, May 10, 1999.

 

               
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