Self-Help/Mutual Aid Groups and Peer Support: A Literature Review

ISBN-13: 9789004447998 / Angielski / Miękka / 2021 / 218 str.

Thomasina Borkman;Carol Munn-Giddings;Melanie Boyce

Opis

Social science research on self-help/mutual aid groups and organizations from 1960 on is reviewed. Voluntary peer-run mutually supportive groups’ diversity illustrated through Alcoholics Anonymous, mental health groups and others. Socio-political contexts shape self-help/mutual aid. Borkman’s autoethnographic narrative highlights her participation.