Social center for mentally ill people in Slovakia

What is MOST?

Most works since 1995, he has held various legal forms, currently it takes the form of a non-profit organization. It is a professional service of social services for adults with mental health problems of Schizophrenia and Affective Disorders.
Name was established in 1995 and is a symbolic expression of the two shores. On one side of the bridge are those "normal", on the other "those who are not normal," but the difference is that the "normal ones" were not in psychiatry yet.

It also reflects an attempt to link two seemingly isolated banks to come together to form one world. The concept of this institution does not come from the perspective of experts - psychiatrists and psychologists who know exactly what weaknesses have clients and seek to develop their skills vocational training. Most contrary, based on clients' needs, creating conditions for them to get to where they desire. The role of staff is to motivate clients to find themselves their own goals and be supportive on the road. MOST creates a space where clients can spend their time to develop their skills and meet people with similar problems. During the week they have the opportunity to participate in various activities - for example sports games, trips, cooking together, debates and more.
Thank you for your support! It is you who makes all of this possible.

People with mental illness (schizophrenia, depression ...) often have it hard to find the motivation for physical activity which helps them in healing process. When they try to sport in a normal environment they must overcome the diseases they face, but also prejudices of other people.

And how they perceive our collective sporting themselves? 

Monika, 31 r. DSS-MOST, N. O.

"Recently sport is helping me the most. It's good, because on one side adrenaline is discharged, and on the other hand I am having fun with friends. We are quite a good team, and from time to time we invite clients from other organizations such as CMZ Matka and we can compete against friends from Dell from time to time. So we met on 19 October 2016. It was a real fun, we played billiard, ping - pong, football -  and table football. We communicated a lot between the games.  It was day full of fun, energy and social interaction and that helped us a lot "

Lucia, 40 r., RS Samaria:

"I come here often. I like to be among people, I like ping pong, table football. It always lifts my mood! And what did I take away from this sport day? Good mood and I have a friend here so we always talk a lot together."

Stefan, 30 r., CMZ Mother:

 "Now I'm on these sports events for the first time. There is a very good team, people are friendly. I played football and we won against volunteers from Dell. "

Experience of acceptation in the wider community help a lot not only our MOST clients but also to those from Center Samara. It helps break down the stigma of failure and prejudice. Clients can deviate from the daily stereotype and social isolation, interact with people with similar problems but also with those healthy. Time spent away from home and a new positive experiences are important in the rehabilitation process, acquiring new skills and thus support their own self-confidence.

Thank you!