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“A group is the beginning of everything,” wrote Peter Uspenskii, “one man can do nothing, attain nothing… a group of people can do what one man can never do” (Uspenskii, 1950).
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Hodgson, D., Oatley, K. (1984). Self-Help Groups for Agoraphobics: Their Role in Coping with Anxiety and Depression. In: McGuigan, F.J., Sime, W.E., Wallace, J.M. (eds) Stress and Tension Control 2. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-2803-2_19
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