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Self-help groups for families of persons with mental illness: perceived benefits of helpfulness
- Authors:
- CITRON Manulyn, SOLOMON Phyllis, DRAINE Jeffrey
- Journal article citation:
- Community Mental Health Journal, 35(1), February 1999, pp.15-30.
- Publisher:
- Springer
Self-help groups have become important resources for families of persons with mental illness in the USA. The present study was an attempt to understand the factors perceived by groups members as helpful. Concludes that the findings may provide the basis for evaluating and improving self-help group effectiveness and contribute to understanding process factors within a self-help group which members find beneficial. Implications for how these groups can attract and maintain members are discussed.
Family perceptions of consumers as case managers
- Authors:
- SOLOMON Phyllis, DRAINE Jeffrey
- Journal article citation:
- Community Mental Health Journal, 30(2), April 1994, pp.165-176.
- Publisher:
- Springer
Family members of clients participating in a randomised trial of consumer delivered case management services were found to be satisfied with the service, without regard to whether their ill relative was served by a consumer case management team.