Understanding the self-help organization [[electronic resource] ] : frameworks and findings / / edited by Thomas J. Powell

• Pubblicazione: Thousand Oaks, Calif., : SAGE, 1994
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (viii, 345 p.)
• Disciplina: 361.4
• Soggetto topico: Self-help groups
• Altri autori: PowellThomas J
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover; Contents; Preface: Some Comments on Knowledge Development in the Self-Help Field; Chapter 1 - Self-Help Research and Policy Issues; Chapter 2 - Agency Involvement with Self-Help Programs and Quality of Mental Health Services for Older Adults; Chapter 3 - Problems in Assessing Prevalence and Membership Characteristics of Self-Help Group Participants; Chapter 4 - African-American Participation in Self-Help Groups; Chapter 5 - Researching Mutual-Help Group Participation in a Segregated Society ; Chapter 6 - Individual, Group Context, and Individual-Group Fit Predictors of Self-Help Group AttendanceChapter 7 - Narrative Studies, Personal Stories, and Identity Transformation in the Mutual-Help Context; Chapter 8 - Moving Beyond the Individual Level of Analysis in Mutual-Help Group Research: An Ecological Paradigm; Chapter 9 - Roles for Mental Health Consumers in Self-Help Group Research; Chapter 10 - The Naturalistic Paradigm as an Approach to Research with Mutual-Help Groups; Chapter 11 - The Self-Help Clearinghouse: A New Development in Action Research for Community Psychology ; Chapter 12 - Self-Help for Sickle Cell Disease in African-American CommunitiesChapter 13 - Identifying the Experiential Knowledge Developed within a Self-Help Group; Chapter 14 - Twelve Steps for Everyone? Lesbians in Al-Anon; Chapter 15 - Understanding Self-Help Groups; Chapter 16 - Self-Help Groups for Families with Mental Illness or Alcoholism; Chapter 17 -The Role of Self-Help Programs in the Rehabilitation of Persons with Severe Mental Illness and Substance Use Disorders; Index; About the Authors
• Sommario/riassunto: This volume provides comprehensive coverage of self-help organizations, which in the United States alone involve over seven million people, from small local groups to major national organizations such as Alcoholics Anonymous.
• Titolo autorizzato: Understanding the self-help organization
• ISBN: 1-4833-2711-6; 1-4522-5527-X
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910532995003321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II