The University of Texas Medical School at Houston Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
The Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at the University of Texas Medical School at Houston

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William B. Schnapp, Ph.D.

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Biography:

Dr. Schnapp has been involved in the delivery of public mental health and mental retardation services for more that 30 years. He is a past member of the Texas Board of Mental Health and Mental Retardation and past Chairperson of the Texas Council of Offenders with Mental Impairments. Both of these positions were gubernatorial appointments.

Dr. Schnapp teaches Community, Administrative, and Forensic Psychiatry as well as Ethics to psychiatry residents. He facilitates Problem Based Learning for medical students. He is active in the development and evaluation of the Medical School curriculum at UT. He teaches Mental Health Critical Issues and Public Policy at the University of Houston. He also teaches Community Psychiatry at the Baylor College of Medicine in Houston.

Dr. Schnapp has chaired the Mental Health Needs Council for the past twelve years. This council includes the Executive leadership of all of Houston’s major mental health service, academic, professional, and advocacy organizations. He has been the recipient of awards for advocacy, community leadership and excellence in teaching.

Clinical and Research Interests:

  1. Program Development
  2. Program Evaluation

Publications (selected):

  • Schnapp, W.B., “The C’s In Community Mental Health” Administration And Policy in Mental Health 2005 (In Press).
  • Schnapp, W.B., Hickey, S., Bayles, S., “The Mental Health Needs Council of Harris County: A Case Report on Community Collaboration and Adult Mental Illness Prevalence Assessment and Service Need Analysis” Administration And Policy In Mental Health 2005 (In Press).
  • Coleman, M., Schnapp, W.B., Hurwitz, D., Hedburg, S., Cabral, L., Laszle, A., “An Overview of Publicly Funded Managed Behavioral Health Care” Administration and Policy in Mental Health 25.4: 321-340, 2005.

Faculty Biography

William B. Schnapp, Ph.D.
  • William B. Schnapp, Ph.D.
    Associate Professor Director of Community Psychiatry
  • Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
  • University of Texas-Houston Medical School
    1300 Moursund Street
    Houston, Texas 77030
  • phone: (713) 500-2517
    e-mail: William.B.Schnapp
    @uth.tmc.edu
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