Lindner Center of HOPE announces Grand Opening Celebration

Lindner Center of HOPE, the private, nonprofit, comprehensive mental health center of excellence in Mason, Ohio, will open its doors for a public grand opening celebration Saturday, August 9, 2008 from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. with ribbon cutting beginning promptly at 11 a.m. Members of the community are invited to attend the event to learn more about the Lindner Center of HOPE. Festivities will include tours of the facility, mental health and wellness information, and light refreshments.

The Center intends to begin seeing patients Monday, August 18, 2008.

The Lindner Center of HOPE will create something unique in mental health care. By utilizing the Institute of Medicine’s (IOM) report, Improving the Quality of Health Care for Mental and Substance-Use Conditions: Quality Chasm Series (2006) as a blueprint, the Lindner Center is implementing a quality framework for delivering the best possible mental health care. Leaders at the Lindner Center of HOPE are taking each area of deficiency identified in the current system of mental health care and attempting to address it with a patient- and family-centered system of care.

The traditional system of mental health care is very hospital/doctor-centered. Patients in this system experience long waiting lists, a lack of integration, slow uptake of research advances and inflexible and limited services. The Lindner Center of HOPE’s system of care promises to be patient- and family-centered; responsive and accessible; integrated across age, diagnosis and treatment setting; a contributor to and rapid adopter of research advances, and a provider of individualized care.

The Center of HOPE will provide state-of-the-science diagnostic and treatment services integrated with primary medical care and clinical research. This 100,000 square-foot, premier facility is located on 36 acres in a private wooded setting. The hospital features 64 beds for adolescents, adults, and senior adults and is fully integrated with outpatient services. Staffed by some of the nation’s most notable clinician scientists and affiliated with the University of Cincinnati’s (UC) College of Medicine, the Center will focus on early intervention for people with new mental health problems, and for people who have not had success with their current treatment.

“It is our vision to provide the most advanced diagnostic and treatment services in the region, and to be a national leader in innovative treatment and research. The Lindner Center of HOPE will be a resource to our community and will bring hope to people suffering from mental illness,” said Paul E. Keck, Jr., M.D., President and Chief Executive Officer, Lindner Center of HOPE and Professor, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine.

The Lindner Center of HOPE will offer both short-term, hospital-based inpatient services as well as longer-term, private, voluntary live-in services. Additionally, the Center’s nationally acclaimed clinicians will provide seamless outpatient services, including psychiatric evaluation, psychotherapy, psychopharmacology, education, rehabilitation, and expert consultations.

The Lindner Center of HOPE’s approach to patient- and family-centered care will become a national model of mental health care delivery. The Center will offer a level of service to patients, families, and referring physicians not typically found in health care today. The unique inpatient, outpatient and clinical research infrastructure will provide access to cutting edge treatments often years before they are widely available.

The Center will address the needs of patients who are suffering from mental illnesses, including but not limited to:
• Mood disorders (depression, bipolar disorder)
• Anxiety disorders (panic disorder, obsessive-compulsive disorder, phobias, post-traumatic stress disorder)
• Schizophrenia and related illnesses
• Impulse control disorders (compulsive gambling, kleptomania)
• Eating and weight disorders
• Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)
• Co-occurring mental and/or substance use conditions

The Center in affiliation with UC’s College of Medicine will conduct the most advanced research in genetics, brain imaging, psychopharmacology, psychotherapy, and health service delivery. This research will provide new methods to better prevent, diagnose and treat common mental illnesses like schizophrenia, depression, bipolar disorder, eating disorders and obesity, anxiety disorders, ADHD, and cognitive and memory problems in adolescents, adults and senior individuals. Research studies and the advances they lead to will be closely integrated into the evidence-based treatment programs provided at the Center.

To learn more about the Lindner Center of HOPE, please visit www.lindnercenterofhope.org.


Contact: Jennifer Pierson
(513) 585-8670
Jennifer.Pierson@lindnercenter.org