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The Clubhouse Model in Action at Fountain House: Designing Communities for People with Serious Mental Illness

People with serious mental illness (SMI) have long been “otherized” in American society. This isolation extends from the disgraced legacy of neglectful, abusive psychiatric institutions, which at their height in 1955 confined more than half a million people with mental illness, to today’s jails and prisons, where nearly half the incarcerated population has a mental illness. Yet for those who are not in these settings, people with SMI are at extreme risk for loneliness and isolation . Public stigma of mental illness — which is pervasive even among health care providers — perpetuates negative
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March 2024

Finding a Place to Be Somebody

This essay from Lawrence Lincoln, a former unhoused person in California, documents his journey of recovery and subsequent work with a care community.
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February 2024

Community-Based Organization Services Evidence Bank

Curated collection of research studies highlights the efficacy of services provided by community-based organizations, with a focus on outcomes relevant to health care partners.
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