P.A.R.T. Conference 2025

Bethany will tell her journey of recovery from a college scholarship winner, violinist, and researcher through treatment-resistant schizophrenia and homelessness, and finally, recovery. She will describe the experience of schizophrenia including delusions, hallucinations, paranoia, and the choice to be homeless, stemming from a clouded mind and an inability to work due to schizophrenia. She will touch on the best tools we have for recovery in schizophrenia, including long-acting injectables and clozapine for treatment-resistant, with approximately one-third of patients meeting the criteria for treatment resistance.

About Bethany: 

Bethany Yeiser is the President of the CURESZ Foundation, which she co-founded with Dr. Henry Nasrallah in 2016. CURESZ stands for Comprehensive Understanding via Research and Education into Schizophrenia. She is a motivational speaker and the author of Mind Estranged: My Journey from Schizophrenia and Homelessness to Recovery (released May 31, 2014). Bethany was a scholarship winner, researcher, and violinist before she became severely mentally ill and homeless during her senior year of college in 2003. She has maintained a high level of recovery for 17 years. Bethany also publishes a blog called “Recovery Road” on PsychologyToday.com. Her second book, Awakenings: Stories of Recovery and Emergence from Schizophrenia, was released in February 2024 and was authored jointly with Henry Nasrallah, MD.

Breakout Sessions:

• Behavioral Health Housing Options in Ohio
• Youth Trends: Understanding Risk and Shaping Healthy Behaviors
• Treatment Modalities
• CSB START Program
• Current Trends from The Crime Enforcement Agency of Ashtabula County
• Family Matters: The Impact of SUDs on the Family

Additional Information: 

• Registration opens at 8:00.
• This event is open to anyone interested in expanding their knowledge around Prevention, Awareness, Recovery, and Treatment initiatives in Ashtabula County.
• There is NO FEE to attend.
• Lunch, CEs, and RCHs provided.
• Resource tables offering networking opportunities.
• The day will be closed with a Recovery Panel focused on dual diagnosis.

Have Questions? Contact cfisher@ashtabulamhrs.org for more information.

Sponsorship Opportunity (by Sept. 1st):

The P.A.R.T. Conference is a free event for all attendees, including those seeking CEUs and RCHs; therefore, we are seeking sponsors to help cover the costs of speakers and additional expenses.

Please help us in making this year’s P.A.R.T. Conference a success.
Sponsorship Levels:
Diamond Level: $1,500+
Platinum Level: $1,000+
Gold Level: $500+
Silver Level: $300+
Bronze Level: $150+
Community Partner: $50+

Attach your business card or other form of information with the name you would like to have listed as a sponsor. All contributions can be made by contacting Christy Fisher at the MHRS Board at (440) 992-3121 or by emailing Cfisher@ashtabulamhrs.org. Sponsorships must be made by September 1st.

Payable to: Ashtabula County MHRS Board with the memo “2025 PART”.

Mail to: 4717 Main Avenue, Suite 3, Ashtabula, OH 44004.