WELCOME TO THE DIVISION OF DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES HOME PAGE.

The Division of Developmental Disabilities operates functionally through the Southern Illinois University School of Medicine’s, Department of Psychiatry. The Division was originally founded in 1994 by Earl Loschen. MD, to enhance medical education in the area of dual diagnosis (mental retardation co-occurring with an additional psychiatric disorder). Since its inception, the Division of Developmental Disabilities has gradually evolved and currently provides clinical and didactic education to medical students and residents in psychiatry, primary care and other specialties and has expanded its Technical Assistance Program. Additionally, the Division offers administrative and consultative services to residential centers and community agencies; maintains an outpatient psychiatry clinic; and has developed a core research venue specifically focusing on intellectual disabilities.  The division also manages psychiatric services for private ICFDDs and comprehensive medical and psychiatric services for state operated developmental centers. Our clinical approach to people with complex neurodevelopmental disabilities is holistic and encompasses the “bio-psycho-social model”, which takes into consideration the entire person and his/her environment. Through support from the Illinois Department of Human Services and the Southern Illinois University School of Medicine’s, Department of Psychiatry, the Division of Developmental Disabilities is enabled, in-part, to achieve its goal of

• “Improving the lives of all people with intellectual disabilities through education, research and direct clinical care”

Please feel free to browse our site and learn more about our Division’s current educational, research and clinical activities.  Our link page contains relevant sites with regards to intellectual disabilities.  Our “e-news letter” is published quarterly and may be downloaded and printed for your convenience.  It contains many interesting columns specific to medical, psychiatric and social issues as they relate to intellectual disabilities.

Sincerely,

Rod Curtis, MD
Assistant Professor of Internal Medicine and Psychiatry
Chief of the Division of Developmental Disabilities

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