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Driving Growth in Mental Illness Recovery
There simply are not enough resources today for everyone with a mental illness who needs help. It’s a crisis situation and the numbers are growing. We are a non-profit organization that helps start and grow Clubhouses globally where people can go to get their lives back.
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CEO Joel D. Corcoran Featured on Healthy Minds Series on PBS in May/Mental Health Awareness Month
Joel D. Corcoran, our Executive Director and CEO, joins the eighth season of the Emmy® nominated public television series, Healthy Minds with Dr. Jeffrey Borenstein to discuss how the Clubhouse approach to recovery integrates into community health systems around the world to provide a solution for people living with serious mental illness. Click here to listen on PBS.org.
Clubhouse International Partnering to Launch Healing Minds, Powering Communities Campaign
Clubhouse International, in partnership with Fountain House (NY, USA) and other US advocacy organizations, has launched a multi-year US national advocacy and awareness campaign, Healing Minds, Powering Communities, to effect policy change, increase public funding and expand access to proven, community-based solutions like Clubhouses. The kick-off event, Community Mental Health Week of Action, will be May 24-31.
Duke Endowment Grant Spurs Clubhouse Expansion in the Carolinas
Clubhouse International is proud to be the recipient of a grant awarded by the The Duke Endowment towards its plan to promote awareness, education and support for mental health services by expanding the Clubhouse Model of psychosocial rehabilitation in North Carolina and South Carolina, USA. The project is a pilot beginning this year in South Carolina for expansion across the U.S. The award was recently featured in MarketWatch on May 10, 2023; click here to view the article!
Clubhouse Model Included in WHO Guidance on Mental Health Services
Clubhouse International welcomes and supports the launch of the World Health Organization (WHO) Guidance on community mental health services: Promoting person-centered and rights-based approaches. We are pleased that the Clubhouse Model of psychosocial rehabilitation is included in the WHO guidance and technical packages, and that our Training Center, Phoenix Clubhouse in Hong Kong, is identified as an example of community-based mental health services that are following good practices.
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There is significant research substantiating the effectiveness of the Clubhouse model and the added benefits of Clubhouse Accreditation.
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100,000
people/year are reached by 320 Clubhouses in 30+ countries
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42%
employment rate at Accredited Clubhouses annually – double the rate for people in the public mental health system
cost effective
One year of holistic recovery services are delivered to Clubhouse members for the same cost as a 2-week psychiatric hospital stay
reduced incarcerations
Criminal justice system involvement is substantially diminished during and after Clubhouse membership
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