The original Soteria was founded as a kind of group home for people experiencing psychosis in the early 1970s by Loren Mosher in California. It embraced a drug-free and restraint-free model and employed psychiatric survivors to staff the home. 

[Soteria on Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soteria_(psychiatric_treatment))

[The Soteria House I lived in](https://www.pathwaysvermont.org/what-we-do/our-programs/soteria-house/)

I lived in a Soteria in Burlington Vermont, the only one now left in the United States. The original in California closed down for lack of funding (I believe) ages ago and there was one in Alaska that was briefly successful. There are some in Europe now as you can see from the Wikipedia link, but there are no others in the USA. Meds were optional but not pushed on you and restraints were never, ever used. Lived experience with psychosis or other mental illness was considered a major plus in the hiring process (and since living there I was actually invited to apply, but didn't... yet anyway, I'm on disability).

I'd be happy to answer any questions anyone might have!