HSC 4201 Chapter Notes - Chapter 11: Comorbidity, Human Services, Sexual Orientation
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Another aid to treatment and recovery is self-help groups. Comprising concerned members of the community who are untied by a disability or predicament not shared by other members of the community. The shared characteristic is often stigmatizing or isolating and viewed as abnormal by the rest of the community. The roles of help-giver and help-receiver are entirely interchangeable. These groups replace the community that (cid:449)as (cid:862)lost(cid:863) through stig(cid:373)atizatio(cid:374) or isolatio(cid:374) Self-help groups supply feedback and guidance to their members based on unique insights gained from their own recover. They provide members with adaptive attitudes and expectations about the future. Examples of self-help groups are the: national alliance on mental illness (nami) Is the (cid:374)atio(cid:374)"s largest grassroots mental health organization dedicated to improving the lives of persons living with serious mental illness and their families. Has (cid:271)e(cid:272)o(cid:373)e the (cid:374)atio(cid:374)"s (cid:448)oice on mental illness: recovery inc, alcoholics anonymous (aa)
