Hopewell CEO Comments on New Film “Touched with Fire"
March 11, 2016
The new motion picture “Touched with Fire” paints a picture of creativity and mental illness depicting how a poet’s genius is impacted by bipolar disorder, a... Read More
On May 22, 2014, Hopewell resident Mike Erro finally received the medals he had earned 40 years earlier for his service as a U.S. Army Light Weapons Infantryman in Vietnam. The entire Hopewell community watched with pride as Sgt. Ryan Thomas pinned six medals, including the Purple Heart, onto Mike’s jacket.
It was an emotional and memorable day for Mike, made possible by Hopewell staff who had worked with him since his admission in February 1997. The day also marked a turning point for the quiet man who has suffered from paranoid schizophrenia and, since his return from the Vietnam War in 1969, post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Joined by family members long estranged, and overwhelmed by the outpouring of affection from his peers and the staff of Hopewell, Mike began to open up. That day he said, “It seems like I haven’t realized before how much people in my life like me.”
March 11, 2016
The new motion picture “Touched with Fire” paints a picture of creativity and mental illness depicting how a poet’s genius is impacted by bipolar disorder, a... Read More
March 01, 2016
Hopewell Therapeutic Farm for adults with mental illness announces the reopening of its completely remodeled and expanded Farm & Craft Market on its campus here, according... Read More
February 03, 2016
Hopewell therapeutic farm community has just published an e-book covering the farm’s approach to treating mental illness, according to Rick Karges, Hopewell executive di... Read More
January 14, 2016
“If you happen to find that the dark days of winter are producing more personal distress and anxiety than usual, you are not alone,” said Richard R. Karges, Hopewe... Read More
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