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Self-help groups: The members' perspectives

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This study is one of a series on self-help groups supported in part by a grant, RO1 MH24961, from the National Institute of Mental Health.

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Knight, B., Wollert, R.W., Levy, L.H. et al. Self-help groups: The members' perspectives. Am J Commun Psychol 8, 53–65 (1980). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00892281

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