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Dr. Palumbo Awarded Research Grant by Healthnetwork Foundation

July 11, 2012 – Mason, OH – Todd N. Palumbo, MD, MBA, Medical Director of Sibcy House at Lindner Center of HOPE, is one of 10 winners of the 2012 Healthnetwork Foundation Service Excellence Awards. The award recognizes leading physicians who have delivered exemplary customer service to Healthnetwork patients on multiple occasions. The award also recognizes the entire team of people at Lindner Center of HOPE that work with Healthnetwork referrals. The other winners include national leaders in medicine from Johns Hopkins, Hospital for Special Surgery, and Cleveland Clinic.

With the award comes a $10,000 research grant, given to Lindner Center of HOPE, but dedicated to support the winner’s research or other programs. Dr. Palumbo was nominated by Teresa Butler, in Healthnetwork’s Cincinnati office and he also received a remarkable number of recommendations from others.

“It was truly a pleasure and my honor to do so! Dr. Palumbo has an amazing record of assisting Healthnetwork Foundation’s members and their families. This award is certainly well deserved!,” said Ms. Butler.

About Lindner Center of HOPE: A state-of-the-science, free-standing mental health center and charter member of the National Network of Depression Centers, the Center provides psychiatric hospitalization for individuals age 12-years-old and older, outpatient services for all ages, research, comprehensive assessment and residential services. The Center’s clinicians are ranked among the best providers locally, nationally and internationally.

Contact: Jennifer Pierson
(513) 536-0316
[email protected]

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Hargus brings more than 25 years experience in healthcare administration

June 4, 2012 – Mason, OH – The Frances and Craig Lindner Center of HOPE is pleased to announce the hiring of Rogher Hargus, BSW, MSSA, as Program Director of the Center’s Sibcy House Unit, which offers a nationally recognized comprehensive diagnostic assessment and short term-residential treatment on a private-pay basis. As program director, Hargus is responsible for programming, administrative duties and clinical staff who provide care to Sibcy House residents.

Rogher Hargus Hargus has more than 25 years in healthcare administration, most of which was spent in behavioral health. In his experience, he served as clinical director of a 126-bed child and adolescent psychiatric long term hospital in Florida, he managed the day to day operations of a 100 bed adult facility with over 200 employees in Kentucky, and served as behavioral health director of a 74-bed acute care inpatient program for adults and adolescents in Missouri. In total, Hargus’ experience shows success in planning, developing and managing behavioral health hospitals, departments, residential programs and large outpatient programs, including services for youth, adults and seniors for behavioral and dually diagnosed clients.

His leadership style and philosophy is interactive/participatory, placing emphasis on relationships with clients, including patients, staff, psychiatrists, administrators, board members and referral sources. He strongly supports high quality customer service delivery in a respectful patient-centered environment.

About Lindner Center of HOPE: A state-of-the-science, free-standing mental health center and charter member of the National Network of Depression Centers, the Center provides psychiatric hospitalization for individuals age 12-years-old and older, outpatient services for all ages, research, comprehensive assessment and residential services. The Center’s clinicians are ranked among the best providers locally, nationally and internationally.

Contact: Jennifer Pierson
(513) 536-0316
[email protected]

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Ranking Places Four Doctors at the Top Locally

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

October, 24, 2013, Mason, OH – The Frances and Craig Lindner Center of HOPE is pleased to announce the following doctors were ranked among the best doctors in the nation and among the top specialists in the Tri-State as indicated by The Best Doctors in America 2012-2013 database:

Paul E. Keck, Jr., MD, CEO., President-CEO, Lindner Center of HOPE, is a nationally renowned psychiatrist and researcher in Bipolar Disorder and psychopharmacology. He authored over 700 scientific papers in leading journals and was the 7th most cited scientist in the world published in the fields of psychiatry and psychology over the last decade.

Michael A. Keys, MD., Dr. Keys is a regionally known and respected expert in Geriatric Psychiatry with more than 25 years of experience. He currently serves as Director of Senior Adult Psychiatry at the Lindner Center of HOPE. He is also a member of several national and international psychiatric associations and editorial boards.

Susan L. McElroy, MD., A nationally recognized researcher and educator, Dr. McElroy is internationally known for her research in bipolar disorder, eating disorders, obesity, impulse control disorders and pharmacology. As Chief Research Officer for the Lindner Center of HOPE, she currently oversees multiple ongoing studies in bipolar disorder, major depression, binge eating disorder and obsessive compulsive disorder.

Anne Marie O'Melia, MS, MD Anne Marie O’Melia, MS, MD., Dr. O’Melia specializes in the assessment and treatment of eating disorders and serves as Medical Director of The Harold C. Schott Foundation Eating Disorders Program at Lindner Center of HOPE. Board certified in pediatrics and psychiatry, she has additional subspecialty board certifications in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Psychosomatic Medicine.

This is the third consecutive year these doctors were included in this database. All four physicians hold faculty appointments with the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine and are part of UC Physicians.

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, 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.

CONTACT:
Jennifer Pierson
Lindner Center of HOPE
(513) 536 -0316
[email protected]

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Mason, OH – Internationally renowned for their research in Bipolar Disorders, Lindner Center of HOPE leaders, Paul E. Keck, Jr., MD, President and CEO, and Susan L. McElroy, MD, Chief Research Officer, will attend the 5th Biennial Conference of the International Society for Bipolar Disorders in Istanbul, Turkey, March 14-17, 2012.

The conference will bring together the world’s leading experts in the research and treatment of bipolar disorders. Doctors Keck and McElroy will represent Lindner Center of HOPE, a leader in the treatment of mood disorders, at this international forum.

Click here to read more about the conference.

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Chris J. Tuell, EdD, LPCC-S

Independent Educational Consultants Association

Chris Tuell, EdD, LPCC-S, LICDC, Coordinator of Addiction Services, has been selected to present at the annual IECA Spring Conference held in Boston, May 2-5. Dr. Tuell’s presentation on Internet Addiction titled More than Just Solitaire was selected amongst a group of over 150 proposals from around the country. Dr. Tuell say’s “We would be hard pressed to find any individual in our country not impacted by the Internet in some way; it is a part of our daily lives. Yet, any behavior can become out of control and problematic. Although technology has greatly improved lives, Internet use can become an addiction—a very real compulsive-impulsive use disorder. Dr. Tuell will examine the mental health concerns of the out of control use of the Internet and examine the growing problem of behavioral addictions (i.e., gambling, sex, gaming, social networking, and compulsive shopping).

American Counseling Association National Convention

At the Counseling Association’s 2012 national convention held in San Francisco, March 21-25, Dr. Chris Tuell was chosen to present on Behavioral Addictions: Assessment and Treatment. His 90-minute presentation will cover destructive behavioral addictions which include sex, gambling, shopping, and the Internet. Dr. Tuell will address the clinical assessment process and appropriate treatment strategies. Behavioral addiction is the habitual drive to continue an action even to the detriment of health and happiness. Individuals with behavioral addictions continue to repeat actions that are harmful to their bodies or to the happiness of those around them, often losing relationships, jobs and health in the process.

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UC Award Photo - Keck, McElroy
Dr. Susan L. McElroy, Dr. Thomas Boat and Dr. Paul E. Keck, Jr

Dr. Paul E. Keck, Jr., President and CEO and Dr. Susan McElroy, Chief Research Officer Honored for 20 Years of Faculty Service

December 13, 2011– Mason, OH – 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. This year, at the Faculty Service Recognition Awards event held December 8, 2011, Dr. Thomas Boat recognized Dr. Paul E. Keck, Jr. and Dr. Susan L. McElroy as faculty in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Neuroscience for the past 20 years. Dr. Boat is Dean of the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine and Vice President for Health Affairs.

Dr. Paul E. Keck, Jr. is an internationally recognized researcher in Bipolar Disorder and psychopharmacology, is the author of over 500 scientific papers in leading medical journals and was the 7th most cited scientist in the world published in the fields of psychiatry and psychology over the past decade. As President and CEO of Lindner Center of HOPE, Dr. Keck provides leadership and direction for the overall operation of the Center. Dr. Keck is the editor or author of 6 scientific books, serves on the American Psychiatric Association’s Workgroup to Develop Practice Guidelines for Treatment of Patients with Bipolar Disorders and currently serves on the APA Institute for Research and Education. Dr. Keck is the recipient of numerous honors, including the Gerald Klerman Young Investigator & Senior Investigator Award from the National Depressive and Manic-Depressive Association; the Exemplary Psychiatrist Award from NAMI; the Philip Isenberg Teaching Award from Harvard Medical School; Distinguished Fellow of the American Psychiatric Association; the Wyeth-Ayerst AADPRT Mentorship Award; Outstanding Physician Partner Award of the Postgraduate Institute for Medicine; and two Golden Apple Teaching Awards from the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine. He is listed as Best Doctors in Cincinnati; Best Doctors in America, a directory of the top one percent of physicians in the United States as rated by their peers; and as one of the nation’s Best Mental Health Experts by Good Housekeeping Magazine.

Dr. Susan L. McElroy is an internationally recognized researcher and educator in bipolar disorder, eating disorders, obesity, impulse control disorders and pharmacology. As Chief Research Officer at Lindner Center of HOPE she oversees multiple ongoing studies in bipolar disorder, major depression, obsessive compulsive disorder, genetics and binge eating disorder. Dr. McElroy has published more than 500 academic articles, books, abstracts and professional letters in the fields of psychiatry and clinical neurology. She has been the recipient of numerous awards and honors including being recognized among the Best Mental Health Experts by Good Housekeeping Magazine, Top Doctors in America, and Top Doctors in Cincinnati. Additionally, she was a recipient of the Phillip L. Isenberg Teaching Award for dedication and excellence in the education of residents, McLean Hospital, Harvard Medical School; the Golden Apple Award for excellence in teaching of residents, University Hospital, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine; and a co-recipient of the Gerald L. Klerman Young Investigator Award of the National Depressive and Manic Depressive Association.

About Lindner Center of HOPE:
Lindner Center of HOPE provides patient-centered, scientifically-advanced care for individuals suffering with mental illness. A state-of-the-science, free-standing mental health center and charter member of the National Network of Depression Centers, the Center provides psychiatric hospitalization for individuals age 12-years-old and older, outpatient services for all ages, research and voluntary, residential services. The Center’s clinicians are ranked among the best providers locally, nationally and internationally.

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Leah Casuto, MD

Dr. Leah Casuto recognized for Community Outreach Efforts

December 19, 2011 — Mason, OH — 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. Through a rigorous process and evaluation by community leaders, individuals are chosen based on their impact on health care in the community through their concern for patients, their research and inventions, their management skills, their innovative programs for employees and their service to the poor and uninsured.

In 2010, what started out as a training program for three local high schools quickly spread to the installation of the nationally renowned Adolescent Depression Awareness Program (ADAP). Dr. Casuto worked to implement ADAP in eight schools with trainings to 40 school representatives. The program spread further as those representatives took the curriculum back to their schools to present to students in a classroom setting.

“Depression is a potentially fatal illness and Dr. Casuto recognizes the critical need to educate students, parents and school staff about its symptoms,” said Dr. Paul E. Keck, Jr., President & CEO of Lindner Center of HOPE. “She believes in the first line defense of depression and suicide-that which incorporates education and treatment.”

This school-based program, designed to educate high school students, faculty, and parents about adolescent depression is developing around the country. Dr. Casuto’s efforts hope to combat the third leading cause of death in 15-24 year olds and the second leading cause of death amongst college students – suicide. “As an advocate for increased awareness and education she works with schools to help develop and incorporate mental health curriculum as part of their school based health programs,” said Dr. Keck. “This education increases awareness about depression and the need for evaluation and treatment.”

Dr. Casuto recognizes that Major Depression is a common medical illness experienced by at least 5% of American teenagers. With 1 in 20 teenagers experiencing depression, it is nearly as prevalent as asthma. It is crucial to treat depression–to ease the pain and hopelessness experienced by those with the illness. Sometimes it’s not enough to sit in an office and help patients that come in for treatment. One needs to go to the source. “That’s what’s so remarkable about Dr. Casuto and ADAP,” said Dr. Keck. “She goes to the schools, where these issues are present and makes a direct impact when and where these issues arise, not just through ADAP but in her own presentations to faculty, staff and students. Because depression is also associated with increased risks of substance abuse, unemployment, early pregnancy, and educational underachievement, there are overwhelming reasons to identify and treat anyone suffering from depression. Dr. Casuto does just that,” Keck added.

About Lindner Center of HOPE:
Lindner Center of HOPE provides patient-centered, scientifically-advanced care for individuals suffering with mental illness. A state-of-the-science, free-standing mental health center and charter member of the National Network of Depression Centers, the Center provides psychiatric hospitalization for individuals age 12-years-old and older, outpatient services for all ages, research, comprehensive diagnostic assessments and residential services. The Center’s clinicians are ranked among the best providers locally, nationally and internationally. Lindner Center of HOPE is affiliated with the University of Cincinnati (UC) College of Medicine.

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Orexigen(R) Therapeutics, Inc. (Nasdaq: OREX) today announced results from a 24-week open-label study demonstrating that treatment with Contrave(R) resulted in significant improvements in depressive symptoms that was accompanied by weight loss and improved control of eating in overweight and obese patients with major depression.

Mason, OH – July 1, 2010– “This study is the first step in assessing the value of Contrave in this important patient population and these positive results should encourage additional investigation,” said Susan McElroy, MD, Lindner Center of HOPE.

Read the press release, click here.

About the Lindner Center of HOPE:
Lindner Center of HOPE provides patient-centered, scientifically-advanced care for individuals suffering with mental illness. A state-of-the-science, free-standing mental health center, Lindner Center of HOPE is a charter member of the National Network of Depression Centers. The Center provides psychiatric hospitalization for individuals age 11-years-old and older, outpatient services for all ages, research, voluntary live-in services, partial hospitalization programs, Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (TMS), diagnostic imaging and first-class amenities to patients suffering from mood disorders, anxiety disorders, schizophrenia and related illnesses, eating and weight disorders, ADHD and substance use conditions. The Center employs a stellar multidisciplinary team that utilizes years of experience and evidence-based treatments to partner with patients and families to reach positive outcomes. The Lindner Center of HOPE is affiliated with the University of Cincinnati (UC) College of Medicine. The Center, which began serving patients and families on August 18, 2008, is a non-profit mental health care provider located in Mason, Ohio.

Contact:

Jennifer Pierson
Lindner Center of HOPE
(513) 536-0316
[email protected]