FOUNTAIN HOUSE LAHORE: A PIONEERING FACILITY IN THE FIELD OF TREATMENT AND PSYCHOSOCIAL REHABILITATION IN PAKISTAN

  • Rehmeena Iqbal Fountain House Clinical Psychologist
  • Syed Imran Murtaza Fountain House Lahore, Pakistan
  • Aeysha Imran Murtaza Fountain House Lahore, Pakistan
DOI: https://doi.org/10.63050/jpps.21.04.999
Keywords: Mental Health association, Khwajasira Skill training, Music therapy, Reading Therapy, Autism Spectrum disorder, Transgender, Intellectual disability, Treatment and rehabilitation, Pakistan Psychiatric Research Center, Fountain House, Rehabilitation Services

Abstract

Psychiatric rehabilitation is still in its infancy in Pakistan, and over the last few decades is going through several developments in various areas related to psychosocial rehabilitation.4 The major milestone in this journey was the establishment of the Lahore Mental Health Association (LMHA) in 1962 to mobilise community resources for the uplift and promotion of psychosocial rehabilitation in the country. In 1963, the association started a project with the objective of rehabilitation and resettlement of chronically mentally ill patients discharged from Mental Hospital to the community. This day-night rehabilitation facility was started in 1971 and named Fountain House following its links with the Fountain House in New York. Fountain House moved to its present premises in 1976 and presently offers a wide range of community-based treatments for long-term mental health patients.5 Since its inception, it has continued to extend its services in the community & has successfully expanded its branches & now operates in three cities of Pakistan - Lahore, Sargodha, and Farooq Abad (Sheikhupura).

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Published
2024-12-27
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Iqbal R, Murtaza SI, Imran Murtaza A. FOUNTAIN HOUSE LAHORE: A PIONEERING FACILITY IN THE FIELD OF TREATMENT AND PSYCHOSOCIAL REHABILITATION IN PAKISTAN. J Pak Psychiatr Soc [Internet]. 2024Dec.27 [cited 2025Jan.9];21(04). Available from: https://jpps.pk/index.php/journal/article/view/999
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Vol 21 No 04 (2024): Journal of Pakistan Psychiatric Society
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