Self-Help Groups for Families of Persons with Mental Illness: Perceived Benefits of Helpfulness
- 1 January 1999
- journal article
- Published by Springer Nature in Community Mental Health Journal
- Vol. 35 (1), 15-30
- https://doi.org/10.1023/a:1018791824546
Abstract
Self-help groups have become important resourcesfor families of persons with mental illness. The presentstudy was an attempt to understand the factors perceivedby group members as helpful using...Keywords
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