Reimagining Integrated Care: Why Social Interventions are Vital in Providing Support for People with Serious Mental Illness

• By: Kenneth Dudek, MSW Ralph Aquila, MD Fountain House
• October 1st, 2019
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The concept of “integrated healthcare” has been regarded as an optimal treatment approach for individuals experiencing co-occurring mental and physical illnesses. Twenty years ago, Fountain House – the most widely replicated evidence-based community model for people living with mental illness...

Fountain House Members Improve Mind and Body

• By: Ruth Parson, MA Fountain House
• October 1st, 2008
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Several years ago Fountain House, the originator of the Clubhouse model of psychiatric rehabilitation, witnessed the statistical rise in morbidity that affects those living with mental illness within our own consumer ranks. We suffered loses to a degree that we could not overlook. After two years...