History
In 1948, a small group of people who recently had been discharged from a New York state psychiatric hospital united to create a group known as "We Are Not Alone (WANA)." Initially started as a self-help organization, WANA later evolved into a highly successful and innovative community based program to assist people with mental illness to reclaim the lives and aspirations they had lost during the time of their illness. With the help of dedicated volunteers, WANA officially purchased a building in the early 1950s and renamed their organization "Fountain House." The Fountain House program became the template for the Clubhouse Model of Rehabilitation, with over 325 other programs eventually adopting the recovery model in 28 countries around the world. Given its longstanding history and status within the clubhouse community, Fountain House was and continues to be closely affiliated with the governing ICCD body.
Read more about this topic: Clubhouse Model Of Psychosocial Rehabilitation
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