Professional support of self-help groups: a support group project for Chronic Fatigue Syndrome patients

Self-help and self-help groups for people with long-lasting health problems or mental health difficulties in a Nordic context: A review

“…Several publications dealt with long-lasting problems or chronic health conditions [16,23,25,. Others described self-help related to mental health difficulties [17,24,.…”

“…Self-help is viewed by some researchers as an alternative strategy for marginalised groups to gain a voice in the public arena [12,13] and by others as a support system to complement public healthcare measures, through mutual support, sharing experiences and information, or social contact in a group setting [13][14][15][16][17][18]. In this sense, self-help can be seen as representing an experience-based perspective on health problems, as it is based on mutual experiences.…”

“…Norway OR Sweden OR Finland OR Denmark OR Iceland OR Norwegian OR Danish, Finnish OR Icelandic OR Nordic OR Scandinavian More than 100,000 3 Self-help groups OR support groups OR mutual support OR mutual aid OR self-help techniques OR peer groups OR self-care OR self-help OR group process OR social support Alternative medicine OR alternative treatment OR alternative therapy OR complementary medicine OR complementary treatment OR complementary therapy OR empowerment OR coping OR health promotion OR attitude to health OR treatment outcome OR decision making OR problem solving OR self efficacy OR self assessment OR social identification OR patient participation OR consumer participation OR interpersonal relations94,100,105]. Most data were collected with different types of interviews (narrative interviews, individual or group interviews, focus-groups)[16,17,23,25,29,[31][32][33][35][36][37]40,41,[43][44][45]47,50,[54][55][56][57][60][61][62][66][67][68][69][70][83][84][85]88,90,94,100,105].…”

Validity and reliability of the Japanese version of the Therapeutic Factors Inventory–19: A study of family peer education self‐help groups

“…Self‐help groups are voluntary, small group structures for mutual aid and the accomplishment of a special purpose (Katz & Bender, ). It was acknowledged that support provided by practitioners for self‐help groups, including consultation, co‐leadership, and referral, is essential; however, this type of involvement is a new area of nursing practice and research (Adamsen & Rasmussen, ; Carlsen, ). The Japanese government recently announced a community health policy to promote the activities of self‐help groups (Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare, ).…”

Mutual aid groups in psychiatry and substance misuse

“…Possible adverse outcomes relate to the same condition: chronic fatigue syndrome was described in two articles (Bentall et al, 2002;Carelsen, 2003). For 95 British patients with clinical treatment for chronic fatigue syndrome, Bentall et al (2002) found that poor outcome was predicted by membership of a self-help group.…”