Mason, OH, November 24, 2014 – Lindner Center of HOPE staff psychologist, Charles Brady, PhD, ABPP, is a finalist for the 18th annual Business Courier Health Care Heroes awards in the provider category. Dr. Brady is one of 19 total finalists and one of five in the provider category.

Winners will be announced at a dinner on Thursday, February 12, 2015.

Dr. Brady directs the Center’s Obsessive Compulsive Disorder and Anxiety treatment program and oversees the Supported Employment program. He leadsCharles Brady Ph.D_0027 the research and development of the Center’s psychiatric rehabilitation programming. He also currently serves as the president of the board of managers of Lindner Center Professional Associates.

Dr. Brady is a clinical psychologist with more than 20 years of experience on the staff and faculty of the University of Cincinnati’s Department of Psychiatry. In addition to providing clinical service to thousands of patients at UC, he trained and supervised numerous psychology interns, doctoral students, post-doctoral fellows, psychiatric residents, psychiatric fellows, and psychiatrists.

Approximately 2 to3 million adults and ½ million children in the United States have OCD, but more than any other psychological conditions, individuals with OCD encounter obstacles that are estimated to cause an average of 14-17 years between the onset of symptoms and accurate diagnosis and effective treatment. Common obstacles include a shortage of properly trained health professionals and inaccurate or insufficient public awareness. On many levels, Dr. Brady works to address these challenges.

Dr. Brady’s positive impact as a provider is not limited to merely the population of patients he works with directly, instead his focus has always been on devising the best and most efficient ways to reach as many individuals as possible. Having established a well-respected reputation as one of the nation’s Obsessive Compulsive Disorder experts, Dr. Brady’s unique understanding of OCD and his experience in achieving positive, measurable progress is highly sought after by patients and families across the country.

It was obvious to Dr. Brady early on that, individuals suffering with OCD were underserved. To that end, Dr. Brady made it his personal mission to address the need of those struggling with OCD, seeking specialized training on his own and rising to among the most respected OCD specialists in the country.

With a keen understanding of the rarity of his training and expertise, Dr. Brady has devoted his career to sharing his knowledge and talents with those who can take it forward and multiply the impact on the suffering caused by OCD.

Heath Care Heroes is the Business Courier’s recognition of those who have made an impact on health care in our community through their concern for patients, their research and inventions, their management skills, their innovative programs for employees and their services.

Lindner Center of HOPE provides excellent, patient-centered, scientifically-advanced care for individuals suffering with mental illness. A state-of-the-science, mental health center and charter member of the National Network of Depression Centers, the Center provides psychiatric hospitalization and partial hospitalization for individuals age 12-years-old and older, outpatient services for all ages, diagnostic and short-term residential services for adults and adolescents, intensive outpatient program for substance abuse and co-occurring disorders for adults and research. The Center is enhanced by its partnership with UC Health as its clinicians are ranked among the best providers locally, nationally and internationally. Together Lindner Center of HOPE and UC Health offer a true system of mental health care in the Greater Cincinnati area and across the country. The Center is also affiliated with the University of Cincinnati (UC) College of Medicine.

 

Paul Keck image smallMason, OH, November 19, 2014 – Lindner Center of HOPE’s President and CEO, Dr. Paul E. Keck, Jr., was named amongst Thomson Reuters Highly Cited Researchers, a listing of the world’s leading scholars in the sciences and social sciences, in honor of his landmark contributions to research in the field of Psychiatry/Psychology.

Thomson Reuters, evaluates and recognizes excellence in the scholarly community as demonstrated by the quantitative impact of the sciences by consistently monitoring the undeniable link between citations and influence. Dr. Keck was selected as a Highly Cited Researcher due to the number of citations his work has received from fellow researchers. Essentially, his peers have identified his contributions as being among the most valuable and significant in the field of Psychiatry/Psychology.

The global nature of this study highlights the researchers, institutions and countries on the cutting edge of science, those who are developing innovations that will lead to a brighter tomorrow. The listing of the Highly Cited Researchers was compiled by assessing papers indexed within the Web of Science™ between 2002 and 2012 in 21 broad fields of study. Analysts tracked authors who published numerous articles ranking among the top one percent of the most cited in their respective fields in a given year of publication. View the list and methodology at highlycited.com.

Dr. Keck was also listed in The World’s Most Influential Scientific Minds: 2014. This report is at ScienceWatch.com.

Lindner Center of HOPE provides excellent, patient-centered, scientifically-advanced care for individuals suffering with mental illness. A state-of-the-science, mental health center and charter member of the National Network of Depression Centers, the Center provides psychiatric hospitalization and partial hospitalization for individuals age 12-years-old and older, outpatient services for all ages, diagnostic and short-term residential services for adults and adolescents, intensive outpatient program for substance abuse and co-occurring disorders for adults and research. The Center is enhanced by its partnership with UC Health as its clinicians are ranked among the best providers locally, nationally and internationally. Together Lindner Center of HOPE and UC Health offer a true system of mental health care in the Greater Cincinnati area and across the country. The Center is also affiliated with the University of Cincinnati (UC) College of Medicine.

November, 2014—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.

A study published in the Archives of General Psychiatry cites researchers from the University of Toronto, who performed brain scans on 88 healthy people over the course of a year. The scans showed that the serotonin system fluctuates in activity based on the season. The lowest levels of activity tend to be in the fall and winter, suggesting that less serotonin circulates in the brain during the darker, colder time of the year. The researchers believe that the serotonin levels may help explain why people have a change in mood and behavior during the darker seasons.

According to Dr. John Hawkins, Chief of Psychiatry and Deputy Chief of Research for Lindner Center of HOPE, “Many people develop cabin fever during the winter months. Individuals may find themselves eating more or sleeping more when the temperature drops and days offer less light.” These reactions are common and normal due to the change in season, however, people with SAD experience a much more serious reaction when summer shifts to fall and on to winter, he says. “Those at risk may have feelings of depression, lethargy, fatigue and other problems. If the symptoms are severely impairing daily life, they should be taken seriously and professional help should be considered.”

According to Dr. Hawkins, treatments such as light therapy or bright light treatment and medication are commonly used to treat SAD. Psychotherapy can also be helpful, reinforcing coping and support interventions. Preventative and coping tips include:

  • Exercising and eating well
  • Letting light in through windows
  • Participating in Stress Management classes
  • Seeking the help of a clinician if symptoms persist

Mason, OH, November 13, 2014 – Lindner Center of HOPE is recognized by The Joint Commission as a Top Performer on Key Quality Measures® for achieving excellence in performance on its accountability measures during 2013 for Hospital-Based Inpatient Psychiatry. The Lindner Center of HOPE was also recognized in 2012.

Lindner Center of HOPE is one of 1,224 hospitals to meet or exceed the target rates of performance for 2013. The ratings are based on an aggregation of accountability measure data reported to The Joint Commission during the 2013 calendar year.

Key_set_with_words_2013  Lindner Center of HOPE and each of the hospitals that were named as a Top Performer on Key Quality Measures must: 1) achieve cumulative performance of 95 percent or above across all reported accountability measures; 2) achieve performance of 95 percent or above on each and every reported accountability measure where there are at least 30 denominator cases; and 3) have at least one core measure set that has a composite rate of 95 percent or above, and within that measure set all applicable individual accountability measure have a performance rate of 95 percent or above. A 95 percent score means a hospital provided an evidence-based practice 95 times out of 100 opportunities. Each accountability measure represents an evidence-based practice.

Specific measures that Lindner Center of HOPE was evaluated on included:

  • Completing Nursing and SW assessments timely and thoroughly
  • Continued low rates of restraints
  • Physicians documenting the justification of discharging patients on multiple antipsychotics greatly improved
  • Nursing providing patients and/or families with list of discharge medications with doses and indications
  • Social workers securing discharge plans with external providers and obtaining appropriate authorizations for disclosure
  • Timely completion of discharge summaries
  • HIM facilitating the process of forwarding copies of discharge summaries to appropriate external providers for continuity of care

“We understand that what matters most to patients at Lindner Center of HOPE is safe, effective mental health care. That’s why Lindner Center of HOPE has made a commitment to accreditation and to positive patient outcomes through evidence-based care processes. Lindner Center of HOPE is proud to receive this distinction of being a Joint Commission Top Performer on Key Quality Measures for the second year in a row, says Dr. Paul Keck, President and CEO.

In addition to being included in The Joint Commission’s “Improving America’s Hospitals” annual report, Lindner Center of HOPE will be recognized on The Joint Commission’s Quality check website, www.qualitycheck.org.

Lindner Center of HOPE provides excellent, patient-centered, scientifically-advanced care for individuals suffering with mental illness. A state-of-the-science, mental health center and charter member of the National Network of Depression Centers, the Center provides psychiatric hospitalization and partial hospitalization for individuals age 12-years-old and older, outpatient services for all ages, diagnostic and short-term residential services for adults and adolescents, intensive outpatient program for substance abuse and co-occurring disorders for adults and research. The Center is enhanced by its partnership with UC Health as its clinicians are ranked among the best providers locally, nationally and internationally. Together Lindner Center of HOPE and UC Health offer a true system of mental health care in the Greater Cincinnati area and across the country. The Center is also affiliated with the University of Cincinnati (UC) College of Medicine.

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Lindner Center of HOPE Co-Founder and Board Chairman, S. Craig Lindner provided the keynote address at Mount St. Joseph University’s Duffey Conway Ethical Leadership Series, “Lessons in Leadership:  Health, Wellness and Our Community” on Thursday, November 6, 2014. Mr. Lindner, Co-Chief Executive Officer, Co-President and Director, American Financial Group, Inc., presented, “The Story of HOPE and Our Community” during which Mr. Lindner shared how Lindner Center of HOPE came to be and challenged the audience to engage in securing the future of healthcare quality and accessibility in the Greater Cincinnati community.

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