SEVAC Clubhouse in India--- Opening up a new Horizon

for the Community-Based Rehabilitation of the persons with Mental Illness

Dr. Prativa Sengupta

Backdrop of the SEVAC Clubhouse

• Psychiatry in India

• Existing Mental Health Delivery Infrastructure---an overview

• Living Condition of the Persons with Mental Illness

Two Deacdes Long SEVAC’s Endevour for implimenting a Comprehensive Project for facilitating :

• Uninterrupted Treatment • Rehabilitation • Human Rights Promotion

of the persons with mental illness.

Challenges that we face :

• STIGMA

• Discontinuation of Treatment

• Frequent Relapse

• Lack of Support in the Family, Community & Workplace

The inspiration behind establishing our Clubhouse :

• Encouragement of Dr. Alan Doyle (the Director of Education at Fountain House, New York )

• Our Capacity Building through Colleague Training from Fountain House, New York

• Affiliation, Guidance & Cooperation from ICCD

Vision & Mission of SEVAC Clubhouse:

SEVAC Clubhouse is a membership organization of persons who suffered from serious mental illness, and now are in a stable or moderately stable condition. The Clubhouse activities aim at helping its members to regain self-confidence, emerge as productive individuals, and reintegrate into mainstream society.

Community Stakeholders of SEVAC Clubhouse

• Local NGOs concerned about the plight of vulnerable people, • Youth & Women Groups who are concerned about social injustices, caregivers of people living with mental illness. • Health Workers

SEVAC Clubhouse consists of the following Units :

•  Reception Unit •  Culinary Unit •  Horticulture Unit •  Education Unit •  House Cleaning Unit •  Reach Out Unit

Reception Unit

Education Unit

Horticulture Unit

Culinary Unit.

Achievements of SEVAC Clubhouse

•  Enabling the members to regain self confidence

•  Motivating them to participate in meaningful activities

•  Facilitating the mainstreaming of its members.

•  Minimizing the risk of relapse •  Developing the skill of its members in

respect of finding employment

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