Mildred Mitchell-Bateman Looks Back: ; Expert On Mental Health has Made Lasting Mark On West Virginia
Charleston Daily Mail › March 03, 2009
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HUNTINGTON - When Mildred Mitchell-Bateman said she wanted to go into medicine as a young girl in the 1930s, not everyone was supportive. Decades later, no one can deny her impact on the mental health field.
Mitchell-Bateman has received countless awards, was the first black woman named to a high-ranking office in West Virginia government, and is the namesake of one of the state's two psychiatric hospitals. The 86-year-old doctor currently lives in Charleston and works about once a week at the University Psychiatric Outpatient Clinic in Huntington. She first retired in 2000.See the full content of this document
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Mildred Mitchell-Bateman Looks Back: ; Expert On Mental Health has Made Lasting Mark On West Virginia
"Each month I say next month is the last," she said.
She plans to fully retire this spring, but said part of that depends on staffing. She said the few psychiatrists available are overloaded.Mitchell-Bateman f...See the full content of this document
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