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The Contribution of Self-Help Groups to the Mental Health/Substance Use Services System

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Abstract

Self-help groups provide an immense amount of service, which mental health professionals do not adequately understand or coordinate with their services. Epidemiological surveys have documented the profiles of self-help users, the amount of self-help use, and the association between self-help use and professional services. The large majority of self-help users use professional services sometimes as a gateway into professional services, other times concurrently with professional service or as aftercare following a course of professional services. The hallmark features of self-help groups: their use of the experiential perspective, referent power, and reciprocal helping relationships are contrasted with professional mental health services. The essential elements of effective referrals to self-help groups are discussed. At another level, the chapter also discusses the organizational supports necessary for effective collaboration between self-help groups and professional services. While the boundaries between mental health services and self-help groups must be respected, both parties have much to gain by entering into more extensive community partnerships.

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    M/SU refers to “mental and/or substance use” following the practice of the: Committee on Crossing the Quality Chasm: Adaptation to Mental Health and Addictive Disorders (2006). Improving the quality of health care for mental and substance-use conditions: Quality chasm series. Washington, D.C.: Institute of Medicine, National Academies Press.

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Powell, T.J., Perron, B.E. (2010). The Contribution of Self-Help Groups to the Mental Health/Substance Use Services System. In: Brown, L., Wituk, S. (eds) Mental Health Self-Help. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-6253-9_15

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