Educational Meetings are held the 3rd Thursday of each month at 7:00 pm. For location call 440-285-3945 or email mdoehring@mhageauga.org for more information.
Below is the proposed schedule of upcoming NAMI Events:
September 18, 2008 - Drs. Fred and Penny Frese will talk with us. Dr. Fred Frese, a psychologist with thirty years experience working with persons with serious mental illness, lives with Schizophrenia. Dr. Penny Frese has a Ph.D. in Comparative Arts and an M.F.A. in Directing from Ohio University. They are active in the mental health movement, often presenting at statewide and national conferences in the United States and Canada. They will discuss the Impact of Mental Illness on a Family. This meeting will be held at the West Woods in Geauga Park System, 9465 Kinsman Road (Route 87), which is just east of route 306.
Beginning in Fall 2008-Updates on Medical Aspects of Mental Health
October 16, 2008 - Dr. Theodore Suh, Medical Director of the Geriatric Assessment Program at Euclid Hospital, will address Mental Health and Older Adults.
November 20, 2008 - Joseph Bergant, Superintendent of Chardon Schools will discuss Mental Health and Our Schools.
January 15, 2009 - Dr. David Kemp, K-12 Research Scholar with Mood Disorders Program at University Hospitals Case Medical Center, will discuss his research. February 19, 2009- Dr. James Rodio, Medical Director of Ravenwood Mental Health Center, will discuss forensic psychiatry and treatment.
March 19, 2009 - Dr. Richard Hill, Case Western Reserve University and University Hospital, will discuss neuroscience research and biochemistry of the brain.
April 16, 2009 - Dr. Stephen Grcevich, child and adolescent psychiatrist, will discuss new medications for children with a mental health diagnosis.