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Fountain House is a professional self-help program, which started in New York City in the 1940s, operated by men and women recovering from major mental illness in collaboration with a professional staff


History and current organisationEdit

The Fountain House uses the Clubhouse Model of Psychosocial Rehabilitation - it was the first such program, established in New York City in 1949. In 1955 John Beard, a social worker from Michigan, was named Executive Director. He began involving unemployed members in helping him maintain the building.[1]

There are now around 400 Clubhouses internationally. There are 10 Fountain Houses in Denmark,[2] 8 in Norway[3] and 11 in Sweden.[4] The emphasis at Fountain House is on relationships, aiming for members to regain their productivity and self-confidence, resume their lives, and re-enter society. The clubhouse environment also aims to allows its members to learn self-advocacy, and fight the stigma that often separates them from their neighbors.[5

i. one with minor mental illness tetting hell, to get hp making me avle to believe in ny own workforce

Icarium wrote: i. one with minor mental illness tetting hell, to get hp making me avle to believe in ny own workforce

alright, good job for opening up to personal improvement

mmmmm that ozark comment is a tasty comment

im actualy free from depression, im not depressed, i dont feel the self doubt and related im getting better.

A Person wrote: Icarium wrote: im actualy free from depression, im not depressed, i dont feel the self doubt and related im getting better. That's good. I am still working on that personally.

Good to hear, Ica. And it's good to hear you're seeking solutions, Matt. This year has been a lot better for me, even though some days are tough.

Fountain House works for me amazingly it stems from US but has zero thing to do with neither what your religios believes are nor political idealogy, its a NON-komersial club house were you get funds or try to get monney from state, local gouvern irgans or other private sector

I'd be less depressed if the govnemernt left me alone and just gave me my free moeny.

A Person wrote: Polymorphia wrote: A Person wrote: Icarium wrote: im actualy free from depression, im not depressed, i dont feel the self doubt and related im getting better. That's good. I am still working on that personally. Good to hear, Ica. And it's good to hear you're seeking solutions, Matt. This year has been a lot better for me, even though some days are tough. Unrelated, today I burnt my hand and got a new bass amp. I burnt my hand while boiling spaghetti noodles last night.

OH POOR YOU!

Maybe our burns are a portal between our worlds. Quick. Write something on your burn and maybe it will show up on my burn.