Month: December 2014

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Festival Runs February 27th – March 7th, 2015

ReelAbilities is the largest national film festival dedicated to celebrating the lives, stories and art of people with disabilities.

Lindner Center of HOPE is proud to be a part of the 2015 ReelAbilities Film Festival organized by Living Arrangements for the Developmentally Disabled (LADD) which runs February 27th through March 7th 2015 in Greater Cincinnati. For the first year, ReelAbilities is including films touching on the subject of mental illness in the festival. For more information about the film festival, click here.

Lindner Center of HOPE is the Host Agency for HERE ONE DAY, a documentary that chronicles filmmaker Kathy Leichter’s move back into her childhood home after her mother’s suicide. The film will be shown at Kenwood Theater on Monday, March 2, 2015 at 7:30 p.m.

Leichter discovered a hidden box of audiotapes. Sixteen years passed before she had the courage to delve into this trove, unearthing details that her mother had kept secret for so long. HERE ONE DAY is a visually arresting, emotionally candid film about a woman coping with mental illness, her relationships with her family, and the ripple effects of her suicide on those she loved. Click here to view trailer.

Following the film, Lindner Center of HOPE will host a brief panel discussion with question and answers with the audience. Jessica Noll, WCPO, will emcee the discussion.

Panel members will include:

Kathy Leichter, HERE ONE DAY filmmaker

John M. Hawkins, MD, Lindner Center of HOPE, Chief of Psychiatry, Deputy Chief Research Officer, Director TMS Services, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Adjunct Associate Clinical Professor of Psychiatry

Charles F. Brady, PhD, ABPP, Lindner Center of HOPE, Staff Psychologist, OCD/CBT Psychotherapist, Professor the University of Cincinnati’s Department of Psychiatry

Angela Ostholthoff, CPRP, CPS, Training Coordinator for The Recovery Center of Hamilton County

Shirley Benoit, Patient/Advocate

Here One Day imageHERE ONE DAY

Kathy Leichter / USA / English / 2012 /

76 min. / Documentary / Open Captions

Monday

March 2nd, 2015 – 7:30pm

at the Kenwood Theater

Benefiting the Lindner Center of HOPE,  Buy Tickets Here.

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Elizabeth Wassenaar, MS, MDDuring a recent episode of One Hour At A Time, Lindner Center of HOPE staff psychiatrist, Elizabeth Wassenaar, MS, MD, offered insight into the adolescent brain. The episode focused on the following:

Adolescence is a time of enormous change and growth. The conversation offered a closer look at the unique developmental tasks of adolescence and an exploration of what is known so far about the way the adolescent brain changes. When all goes well, children leave adolescence as adults. However, when mental illness creates a barrier, development can go off course. The conversation also discussed the ways that teens experience mental illness and substance use disorders that are distinct to this time in one’s life. Finally, the show explored various diagnostic interventions that can help with accurate diagnosis and the appropriate choice of treatment intervention to restore hope.

To listen to the show, click here.

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Giving TuesdayDecember 2, 2014 marks the third celebration of Giving Tuesday, a day that promotes a charitable response to the frenzied shopping days that follow Thanksgiving.

Conceived by New York’s 92nd Street Y and the United Nations Foundation along with other partners, Giving Tuesday encourages people to celebrate generosity and give back by donating to and volunteering for their favorite nonprofit organizations. In 2012, the campaign raised nearly $10 million for US charities. In 2013, that number rose to over $19 million. Giving Tuesday continues to expand its reach around the globe, with over two dozen countries participating in 2014.

 

Mental illness affects everyone, and ranks among the leading causes of disability in the world. Since opening, Lindner Center of HOPE has served more than 23,000 individuals from 48 states and seven countries. Support is needed to continue to provide Hope to those struggling with mental illness and addiction. Giving Tuesday is a great time to show support, no matter how big or how small.

 

“For it is in giving that we receive”- St. Francis of Assisi

 

 

 Please donate today:

www.lindnercenterofhope.org/donate