Fountain House fosters an intentional, rehabilitative community for people living with serious mental illness that has been shown to spur recovery and improve outcomes. In my career as a civil rights ...

Georgette Darby, left, cooks while talking with Mignon Carpenter, right, at Fountain House Hollywood in Los Angeles. (Michael Blackshire / Los Angeles Times) When Georgette Darby has one of her bad ...

Fountain House is a clubhouse in Hollywood with a goal of returning its members — who all have serious mental illnesses — to full, functional lives. An exclusive new clubhouse is flourishing in ...

Clubhouses in the mental health space are a form of community-based therapy. The model was introduced in the 1930s and 1940s as a form of psychosocial rehabilitation. Clubhouses focus on providing ...

Thomas Insel is a co-founder of Vanna Health and former director of the National Institute of Mental Health. Arvind Sooknanan is on the board of directors of Fountain House in New York. Ken Zimmerman ...

An exclusive new clubhouse is flourishing in Hollywood. Like all clubhouses, it offers members a place to hang out. But this club is unique. To join, a member must have a serious mental illness. Renee ...