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September 30, 2004
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Dr. Frederick Frese, Clinical Professor of Psychology, Case Western Reserve and Northeastern Ohio Universities, to Speak at Daemen College October 25
Lifetime Advocate for Mental Health Has Been Featured in The Washington Post, The Chicago Tribune, The Wall Street Journal, and on CNN, NPR, ABC World News Tonight
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Dr. Frederick J. Frese is a psychologist who served for 15 years as director of psychology at Western Reserve Psychiatric Hospital, one of Ohio's largest psychiatric hospitals. He holds faculty appointments at Case Western Reserve University and the Northeast Ohio College of Medicine. Diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia while serving in the U.S. Marine Corps in 1966, Frese was involuntarily hospitalized for this condition in various military, state, county, Veterans, and private hospitals during the following 10 years.
Dr. Frese will speak at Daemen College 7:30 p.m., Monday, October 25, in Wick Center. His talk, "Recovery From Mental Illness: Myths, Mountains, and Miracles," is presented by the Daemen Office of the Vice President, Academic Affairs and the Erie County Anti-Stigma Task Force. Other sponsors include the Erie County Department of Mental Health; the Mental Health Association of Erie County; the Alliance for the Mentally Ill; Mental Health Peer Connection; and People Inc.'s Museum of disABILITY History. Dr. Frese's presentation will be free to the public. Dr. Frese is a graduate of Tulane University where he majored in psychology. Despite his disability, he earned a degree in international business management from the American Graduate School of International Management in Phoenix, Arizona. He then went on to earn Masters and Doctoral degrees in psychology from Ohio University. While coping with his disability, during the past three decades Dr. Frese has been able to function as a psychologist and an administrator, serving mentally ill persons in Ohio. Since retiring from the Ohio mental health system, he has coordinated the Summit County Recovery Project, assisting persons in recovery from mental illness to integrate into the vocational and social framework of greater Akron, Ohio. Dr. Frese is currently an assistant professor of psychology in clinical psychiatry in the psychiatry departments at both Case Western Reserve University and the Northeastern Ohio Universities College of Medicine (NEOUCOM). At the latter facility Dr. Frese regularly delivers lectures to psychology interns and to 3rd year medical students, as well as to 3rd and 4th year psychiatry residents. Additionally, during the past several years Dr. Frese has delivered annual invited lectures at the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences Medical School, and the George Mason University Law School, both in the Washington D.C. area. During the past two decades Fred has been increasingly active as a consumer/provider/advocate for the mentally ill. He currently serves on the boards of trustees for the Treatment Advocacy Center, the Irwin Foundation, and NISH, a national organization providing employment for disabled persons, over 40% of whom are mentally ill. Fred was the founding chairperson of the Community and State Hospital Section (for psychologists serving the seriously mentally ill) of the American Psychological Association, and he has served on the APA's Task Force on Serious Mental Illness and Severe Emotional Disturbance (SMI/SED) since its founding in 1994. In 1999 he received the Hildreth Award, the APA's highest honor from its Psychologists in Public Service (Division 18). He is a past president of the National Mental Health Consumers' Association. Dr. Frese has served on the boards of NAMI - the National Alliance for the Mentally Ill ((1995-2001). He has remained on the NAMI of Ohio and NAMI of Summit County Boards since 1995.), the American Occupational Therapy Association (1995-1998), and the Ohio Psychological Association (1983-1992). Additionally, Dr. Frese has testified numerous times before the U.S. Senate and U.S. House of Representatives on issues involving mental illness. Dr. Fred Frese is the editor of the volume, The Role of Organized Psychology in Treatment of the Serious Mentally Ill, (Jossey-Bass, 2000). He is also the author of numerous articles, chapters and "forwards" in books on mental illness, and has lectured widely in the United States, Canada, and Japan. Fred has been featured in The Washington Post; The Chicago Tribune; The Wall Street Journal; and on CNN; NPR; ABC World News Tonight; Nightline's Up Close; and in the documentary film, "I'm Still Here: The Truth About Schizophrenia." Fred and his wife of 25 years, Penny (Penelope A. Frese, Ph.D.), have produced several widely distributed training videos on various aspects of living with mental illness. Additional information can be found on Dr. Frese's web site: http://www.fredfrese.com Fred and Penny Frese live in Hudson, Ohio and are the parents of four adult children. |