Understanding the self-help organization : frameworks and findings / edited by Thomas J. Powell.

Format
Book
Language
English
Εdition
1st ed.
Published/​Created
Thousand Oaks, Calif. : SAGE, 1994.
Description
1 online resource (viii, 345 p.)

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Summary note
This volume provides comprehensive coverage of self-help organizations, which in the United States alone involve over seven million people, from small local groups to major national organizations such as Alcoholics Anonymous.
Notes
Description based upon print version of record.
Bibliographic references
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Target audience
Specialized.
Source of description
Description based on print version record.
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English
Contents
  • Cover; Contents; Preface: Some Comments on Knowledge Development in the Self-Help Field; Chapter 1 - Self-Help Research and Policy Issues; Chapter 2 - Agency Involvement with Self-Help Programs and Quality of Mental Health Services for Older Adults; Chapter 3 - Problems in Assessing Prevalence and Membership Characteristics of Self-Help Group Participants; Chapter 4 - African-American Participation in Self-Help Groups; Chapter 5 - Researching Mutual-Help Group Participation in a Segregated Society
  • Chapter 6 - Individual, Group Context, and Individual-Group Fit Predictors of Self-Help Group AttendanceChapter 7 - Narrative Studies, Personal Stories, and Identity Transformation in the Mutual-Help Context; Chapter 8 - Moving Beyond the Individual Level of Analysis in Mutual-Help Group Research: An Ecological Paradigm; Chapter 9 - Roles for Mental Health Consumers in Self-Help Group Research; Chapter 10 - The Naturalistic Paradigm as an Approach to Research with Mutual-Help Groups; Chapter 11 - The Self-Help Clearinghouse: A New Development in Action Research for Community Psychology
  • Chapter 12 - Self-Help for Sickle Cell Disease in African-American CommunitiesChapter 13 - Identifying the Experiential Knowledge Developed within a Self-Help Group; Chapter 14 - Twelve Steps for Everyone? Lesbians in Al-Anon; Chapter 15 - Understanding Self-Help Groups; Chapter 16 - Self-Help Groups for Families with Mental Illness or Alcoholism; Chapter 17 -The Role of Self-Help Programs in the Rehabilitation of Persons with Severe Mental Illness and Substance Use Disorders; Index; About the Authors
ISBN
  • 9780803954885
  • 0803954883
  • 9781483327112
  • 1483327116
  • 9781452255279
  • 145225527X
OCLC
1007859475
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