The day was filled with silent auctions, boutique shopping, a gourmet lunch, and a message from keynote speaker, Julie Hyman, MD. The event raised more than $70,000 for the treatment of mental illness at Lindner Center of HOPE in support of the Helping Hands Fund.  Helping Hands dollars are designated to support the care of patients, seeking help at Lindner Center of HOPE, who are in need of financial assistance. The event, which drew 180 people, was co-chaired by Diana Cole and Nancy Rogers and held at Kenwood Country Club.

Attendees celebrated an evening of football, food, music and big screen TV viewing of the Super Bowl. Dollars raised from sponsors, ticket sales and in-kind donations reached close to $170,000 and will help support a first-ever Eating Disorders Fellowship program focused on clinical training and research.

Mason, Ohio — February 2,2012 — In honor of Eating Disorders Awareness Week, Lindner Center of HOPE will join with Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center and Cincinnati Psychotherapy Institute to offer an Evening with an Eating Disorders Expert Panel.

Dollars raised from the event support the Helping Hands fund at Lindner Center of HOPE, a premier mental health hospital located in Mason offering adult residential services, inpatient hospitalization, research and outpatient services.

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

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.

With over 250 people in attendance, individuals, referrers and business leaders joined Lindner Center of HOPE staff and Board of Directors to celebrate the impact the mental health hospital has had on our community.

August 18, 2011 marks the third year since Lindner Center of HOPE began serving patients and families affected by mental illness. More than 30,000 inpatient and outpatient visits have taken place during fiscal year 2011. And since its inception, Lindner Center of HOPE has provided services to over 70,000 patients from 26 different states.

Dr. Ted Parran an Associate Clinical Professor of Medicine and Family Medicine at Case Western Reserve University and Dr. Paul E. Keck, Jr. will co-present the medical and psychiatric components of dual diagnosis and co-occurring disorders at the upcoming Addiction Studies Institute conference.  Considered the largest midwest conference of its kind providing an array of dynamic educational choices for the counselor, social worker, prevention specialist  and other healthcare specialists.

Mason, OH - On June 5th, the tenth annual Community Mental Health Conference was held at Beth Emet the Free Synagogue in Evanston, Illinois. The conference brought together experts in the field of bipolar disorder and included Dr. Paul E. Keck, Jr. and other nationally known professors and researchers.