CooperRiis is a healing farm community in the Western North Carolina Mountains where indviduals with mental illness and emotional distress learn new ways to improve functioning, gain independence and attain fulfillment in life through a comprehensive program that addresses mind, body and spirit. mental illness, schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, bi-polar, schizoaffective, schizo-affective, depression, aspergers, residential facility, residential treatment, alternative treatment, psychiatric, therapeutic, borderline personality disorder.