Clubhouse International is the only global mental health nonprofit that expands and enhances recovery opportunities for people living with mental illness by integrating the proven recovery model – the Clubhouse Model of Psychosocial Rehabilitation - into community-based approaches worldwide. Clubhouse International’s network has grown to over more than 370 Clubhouses in 33 countries.

 

The Clubhouse Model, founded in 1948, provides non-traditional psychosocial rehabilitation for adults with serious and persistent mental illness. The model has been effectively replicated throughout the US and the world. The remarkable evidence-based outcomes produced by the Clubhouse Model are the result of adherence to the International

Standards for Clubhouse Programs™ which define how Clubhouses operate around the world and provide a basis for assessing Clubhouse quality through the Clubhouse International™ process.

 

Accredited Clubhouses are:

• A place where people with serious mental illness (members) participate in their own recovery process by working and socializing together in a safe, welcoming environment.

• An organization that operates on proven standards developed over 5 decades by Clubhouse International and effective in over more than 370 Clubhouses worldwide.