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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
THANK YOU