a sort of community center for people with mental disabilities. Ideally, people can reside somewhere else and go to the clubhouse during the day for practice in basic skills that might get them a job - yard work, secretarial skills, cooking and cleaning, etc. Critics worry that it could become a comfortable trap, a shelter that people don't want to leave, and a place to spend days visiting with friends instead of working. It's technical name is "Psycho-social Rehabilitation Clubhouse".
a centre of support and encouragement for its members, who are people with mental illness
a mutually supportive environment for people with mental health difficulties
an organization - and a physical place - which creates an ongoing partnership between its members (persons with mental illness) and a team of mental health and other professionals
a place for adults managing symptoms of mental illness to come together to provide mutual support, to celebrate accomplishments and to regain self-confidence
a place where people who have a mental illness come to rebuild their lives
a psychiatric rehabilitation program that provides a place where adults with severe and persistent mental illness can live and work independently in the community
a structured rehabilitation program focusing on developing vocational skills
a unique place to do case management and advocacy working in partnership with an adult mentally ill population
a unique, voluntary, member-driven psychosocial rehabilitation program for adults who experience the challenges of mental illness