Self-help groups have encountered fierce criticism as places where individuals join to share personal problems and to engage in therapeutic intervention without

Social science research on self-help/mutual aid groups and organizations from 1960 on is reviewed. Voluntary peer-run mutually supportive groups’ diversity il

Here is new information on the development of international and intercultural research on self-help groups. This book reflects the many developments which have

Volume numbers determined from Scope of the guidelines, p. 12-13.