The Self-Help Sourcebook: Finding and Forming Mutual Aid Self-Help Groups

Madara, Edward J.; Meese, Abigail

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“…The value of self‐help/mutual aid in promoting the well‐being of people with disability issues and their relatives is now well accepted. Both research and the established condition with the large number of SH/MAGs for these issues worldwide support this assumption (Madara & White, 2002). In this context, another paper that is included in VSI is the paper by Solomon et al (2001).…”

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confidence: 94%

“…Community psychology has for decades developed a particularly important institution for supporting SH/MAGs, the institution of Self‐Help Clearinghouses (Madara & White, 2002). The Clearinghouse paradigm has moved beyond the United States to countries in Europe (Lainas, 2013; Matzat, 2006).…”

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Self‐help/mutual aid groups for health and psychosocial problems: Key features and their perspectives in the 21st century

Lainas

2023

American J of Comm Psychol

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In this virtual special issue, a set of 26 papers previously published in the American Journal of Community Psychology (AJCP), focused on self‐help/mutual aid groups (SH/MAGs), are being curated given their significant impact in this domain. SH/MAGs constitute an important component of the community psychology's proposal to address various psychosocial and health problems. The American Journal of Community Psychology has played an important role in exploring the characteristics of self‐help/mutual aid groups in various fields. These articles cover important areas of the study of self‐help/mutual‐aid groups. More specifically, the selected articles address issues such as the definition and key characteristics of self‐help/mutual aid groups, the main fields that are applied, such as mental health, addictions, and disabilities. The article also addresses important issues such as the place of self‐help/mutual aid groups in health systems, the experiential knowledge generated within these groups and the relationship of health professionals with these groups. The aim is this VSI to contribute to contemporary discussion on self‐help/mutual aid groups, their challenges, and their perspectives and to highlight the crucial role that community psychology has in this field.

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Section: Fields Of Application Of Self‐help/mutual Aid Groups Researc...mentioning

confidence: 94%