Harlem program provides free mental health support to adults living with serious illness
>> A NEW COMMUNITY RESOURCE IS GIVING MENTAL HEALTH SUPPORT TO PEOPLE UPTOWN. DAVE CARLIN SHOWS US HOW HARLEM CLUBHOUSE IS MAKING A DIFFERENCE. >> IT COMES. >> DOWN THE MINUTE YOU WALK IN. >> IT FEELS LIKE HOME FOR BIRDIE. JEAN-LOUIS TO BE IN THIS GROUP. >> WELLNESS ROOM AT HARLEM. >> CLUBHOUSE DOING HIS ART. >> YEAH. >> IT’S RELAXING. IT LETS YOU VAMP OUT YOUR, YOU STRESS. SO SOME PEOPLE LIKE LIVE MUSIC. SOME PEOPLE LIKE DANCING OR, YOU OKAY, BUT SOME ALSO LIKE ART WORK. >> FOR MANY OF HIS 52 YEARS, JEAN-LOUIS. >> FELT ISOLATED AND DEPRESSED. THIS NEW PLACE IS WHERE HE DEVELOPS SOCIAL BONDS AND A SENSE OF PURPOSE. >> WE’RE GOING TO START WITH THE COMPUTER LAB. >> ANNE MARIE FOSTER IS PRESIDENT AND CEO OF PHOENIX HOUSE NEW YORK. LONG ISLAND. >> NORMALIZES SOME OF THE THINGS THAT PEOPLE DON’T HAVE ACCESS TO. SO BEING ABLE TO HAVE ACCESS TO TECHNOLOGY, TO DO RESEARCH, TO BE ABLE TO SURF THE INTERNET, TO LOOK UP INFORMATION, TO LEARN ON THEIR OWN AND AT THEIR OWN PACE, I THINK IS REAL IMPORTANT. >> OUR TOUR CONTINUES. THE KITCHEN, PREPARING BREAKFAST AND LUNCH. THIS DINING AREA ALL SERVICE IS PROVIDED FREE OF CHARGE. FOSTER TOLD US AN ESTIMATED 21% OF NEW YORK’S ADULTS LIVED WITH MENTAL ILLNESS IN THE YEARS IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWING THE PANDEMIC. >> THEIR CLUBHOUSES ACROSS THE CITY, BUT WE DEFINITELY NEED MORE. >> DURING OUR TOUR, WE’VE SEEN BLANK CANVASES BECOME MEMBER ARTWORK MOUNTED HERE ON THE WALL, AND THIS BRINGS US BACK TO JEAN-LOUIS WITH HIS ARTWORK FRAMED AND IN THE SPOTLIGHT. >> IT’S A PLACE OF BELONGING. >> FEELING SAFE AND SUPP
CBS News New York’s Dave Carlin has more on Harlem Clubhouse, which is operated by Phoenix House.
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