Consumers' Experiences in Dual Focus Mutual Aid for Co-occurring Substance Use and Mental Health Disorders

• Κύριοι συγγραφείς: Harlan Matusow (Συγγραφέας), Honoria Guarino (Συγγραφέας), Andrew Rosenblum (Συγγραφέας), Howard Vogel (Συγγραφέας), Thomas Uttaro (Συγγραφέας), Sadiqua Khabir (Συγγραφέας), Martin Rini (Συγγραφέας), Thomas Moore (Συγγραφέας), Stephen Magura (Συγγραφέας)
• Μορφή: Βιβλίο
• Έκδοση: SAGE Publishing, 2013-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Θέματα: article
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Περίληψη

Mutual aid fellowships have been shown to improve outcomes for those with co-occurring substance use and mental illness disorders. Processes associated with usefulness include helper therapy (the assumption of a helping role to foster commitment) and reciprocal learning (the sharing of problems and solutions among members). The present qualitative investigation used focus groups comprised a subset of participants in Double Trouble in Recovery (DTR), a 12-step mutual aid group for those with co-occurring disorders, to gather their subjective perceptions of the groups. Participants emphasized that in linking them to others with similar problems, the DTR groups played a vital emotional role in their lives and provided a needed venue for information sharing that might have been otherwise unavailable.

Περιγραφή τεκμηρίου

1178-2218
10.4137/SART.S11006