Schizophrenia Bulletin Advance Access published online on February 20, 2007
Schizophrenia Bulletin, doi:10.1093/schbul/sbm006
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This Way to School... Lessons From the Classroom
2 School of Social Work, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1350 University Avenue, Madison, WI 53706
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Clubhouse model or medical model: what form of treatment sent me to my bachelors degree in social work program at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and then into their graduate school? The clubhouse model began with a group of men who called their support group simply "We Are Not Alone." They started a movement that provided association and vocation, friends and jobs, and showed both were an option for people with mental illness. Another perspective is that my recovery was made possible by the latest generation of medications. Am I another clozaril kid? It is probably both.
My psychiatrist and the nursing staff at my clubhouse, Yahara House in Madison, WI, were responsible for my obtaining clozaril treatment. And with clozaril, I became integrated into Yahara House, serving on committees
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