The time of year is upon us where tradition dictates creating new goals and new resolutions for achieving success over the coming year.

The third annual Touchdown for HOPE Super Bowl Sunday event will take place on February 5, 2012.

Dr. Leah Casuto, a psychiatrist and researcher at Lindner Center of HOPE has been selected as a Health Care Hero finalist by the Business Courier for her community outreach efforts.

The University of Cincinnati Academic Health Center, Office of Faculty Affairs honors faculty members who have dedicated 20, 25, 30, 35 and 40 continuous years of service.

Lindner Center of HOPE’s Paul E. Keck, Jr., MD, President & CEO, Susan L. McElroy, MD, Chief Research Officer, Anne Marie O’Melia, MD, Medical Director, Harold C. Schott Eating Disorders Program and Michael A. Keys, MD, Director of Senior Services were listed in Cincinnati Magazine’s Top Doctors 2011-2012.

Originally published in cincinnati.com on Nov. 17, 2011. 

For many people, the comfortable fall air marks the end of daylight savings time and the start of a busy holiday season. However, the dark reality of less daylight, the approaching winter months, and heightened holiday stress can lead to depression.

According to the American Academy of Family Physicians, nearly six out of 100 people in the U.S. experience winter depression or Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD). Research shows it is more common for those living in areas where winter days are very short. Common symptoms include a change in appetite, weight gain, fatigue, tendency to oversleep, irritability and avoidance of social situations. Researchers believe the lack of bright light during winter makes a difference on brain chemistry.

November 11, 2011— Mason, Ohio — The Ohio Psychological Association recognized and awarded Dr. Robin Arthur for her outstanding contributions and accomplishments in the field of psychology.  At the annual conference, held in Newark, Ohio, Dr. Arthur was recognized for her endless efforts to collaborate and provide expertise on the development of a new mental health facility in the Greater Cincinnati region—Lindner Center of HOPE. “Dr. Robin Arthur worked with a renowned clinical team, volunteered her time and talents and helped build the first mental health hospital built in the US in fifty years,” said nominator Dr. Robin Graff-Reed, Veteran’s Health Administration-National Center for Organizational Development.

At Lindner Center of HOPE we believe the Lindner name on our facility has helped to bring mental health care into the spotlight, helping to increase understanding and awareness and lessen stigma. We will be forever grateful to have had the honor of knowing Mr. Lindner and we greatly appreciate his and his family’s foresight and generosity in establishing the Lindner Center of HOPE. Together they have made a enormous impact on the lives of people touched by mental illness in our community, in the region and nationwide.

Newsweek magazine features Sibcy House at Lindner Center of HOPE as a destination of choice for short term residential services.  A weekly publication distributed nationally and internationally, Newsweek reaches millions of readers each week.

The prevalence of co-morbidity with mental illness and addictions is more common than not.  Approximately 85% of people with addiction have a mental illness.

September 16, 2011, the National Network of Depression Centers (NNDC) announced the reelection of Paul E. Keck, Jr., MD as a Member-at-Large on the Executive Committee.