Title
Keeping Clubhouses Open: Toward a Roadmap for Sustainability
UMMS Affiliation
Department of Psychiatry, The Program for Clubhouse Research, Systems and Psychosocial Advances Research Center
Publication Date
2016-09-15
Document Type
Article
Disciplines
Mental and Social Health | Other Rehabilitation and Therapy | Psychiatry | Psychiatry and Psychology
Abstract
Clubhouses are recovery centers that help persons with serious mental illness obtain and maintain community-based employment, education, housing, social integration, and other services. Key informants from U.S. clubhouses were interviewed to create a conceptual framework for clubhouse sustainability. Survival analyses tested this model for 261 clubhouses. Clubhouses stayed open significantly longer if they had received full accreditation, had more administrative autonomy, and received funding from multiple rather than sole sources. Cox regression analyses showed that freestanding clubhouses which were accredited endured the longest. Budget size, clubhouse size, and access to managed care did not contribute significantly to sustainability.
Keywords
Clubhouse, Psychiatric rehabilitation, Survival, Sustainability
DOI of Published Version
10.1007/s10488-016-0766-x
Source
Adm Policy Ment Health. 2016 Sep 15. [Epub ahead of print] Link to article on publisher's site
Journal/Book/Conference Title
Administration and policy in mental health
Related Resources
PubMed ID
27631611
Repository Citation
Gorman JA, McKay CE, Yates BT, Fisher WH. (2016). Keeping Clubhouses Open: Toward a Roadmap for Sustainability. Psychiatry Publications. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10488-016-0766-x. Retrieved from https://escholarship.umassmed.edu/psych_pp/788