ALTERNATIVES TO THE MEDICAL MODEL

 compiled by Matthew Morrissey

PAST

The Quaker York Retreat, England, 1796-?

 Asylums run by the New England Quakers, 1817-?

The Burgholzi Clinic under Manfred Bleuler, Zurich, Switzerland

The Psychiatric Hospital under Christian Muller, Lausanne, Switzerland

Shepard-Pratt Hospital under Harry Stack Sullivan, Baltimore, MD

Chestnut Lodge under Freida Fromm-Reichmann, Rockville, MD

Kingsley Hall, London, England, 1965-1970

Burch House, Littleton, NH, 1978 – 2000

Diabasis I, San Francisco, CA, 1973 - ?

   -Diabasis II, SF, CA, 1978 - 1979

   -Perry House, Las Vegas, NV

Prometheus, Fresno, CA

Shadows, Nicasio, CA (Murray Levine)

Passages Inn, Fairfax, CA (David Purseglove)

I-Ward, Martinez, CA 1975 – 1983

Pocket Ranch, CA, 1986-1996

Soteria, San Jose, CA 1971-1983

Emanon, San Mateo, CA, 1974-1981

The Vancouver Emotional Emergency Center, Vancouver, BC

PRESENT

The Philadelphia Association (3 houses), London, England, 1964 –

The PA was started by renegade psychiatrist R.D. Laing in the late 60’s.  Kingsley Hall is perhaps the most famous of their households. 

Geel Psychiatric Hospital, Geel, Belgium, 1492? -

Arbours Crisis Center, London, England, 1973 –

Soteria Berne, Berne, Switzerland, 1984 –

Soteria Zweifalten, Zweifalten, Germany, 1996? – 

Crossing Place, Washington, DC, 1977 –

McAuliffe House, MD, 1919 –

The Run-Away House (Weglaufhaus), Berlin, Germany, 1996 –

The Elizabeth Stone House, Jamaica Plain, MA, 1974 –

Gyllenkroken, Gothenburg, Sweden

?Windhorse Community Services, Boulder, CO, 1981 – 

?Windhorse Associates, Northampton, MA, 1993 –

Spruce Mountain Inn (day-treatment), Plainfield, VT, 1982 – 

ZuZu’s Place, Northampton, MA, 2002 –

San Joaquin Psychotherapy Center, Clovis, CA, 1989 –

San Francisco Bay Psychotherapy Center, San Francisco, CA, 2004 -

Cedar House, Boulder, CO

Boyer House, San Rafael, CA

Workingham Crisis House, Workingham, Surrey

The Healing House, Los Angeles, CA,

Volunteers in Psychotherapy, Hartford, CT, 1999 -

John Dewey Academy, Great Barrington, MA, 1985 -

Pocket Sanctuary, Tubac, AZ, 2003-

Meta Services in Arizona (community mental health services)

 

There is a great chapter in This Is Madness that describes the Workingham Crisis House.  It was one of my favorite chapters.  

 

Wokingham Crisis House has run for 15 years in Wokingham, Surrey and BANS any mental health professional from entering.

-Call up Windhorse and ask them about their stance on meds

Remove Windhorse?

Volunteers in Psychotherapy as an addition to your list. 

http://www.CTVIP.org )

http://www.pocketsanctuary.com/index.htm.

John Dewey Academy (website:   www.jda.org) in Great Barrington