A self-help movement for people with chronic mental illness is growing but is not as advanced as the system of self-help for the chemically dependent. Barriers to organized self-help among those with chronic mental illness include stigma, denial, and the debilitating effects of the illnesses themsel
On self-help in modern society
โ Scribed by Donald Black; M. P. Baumgartner
- Publisher
- Springer
- Year
- 1987
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 947 KB
- Volume
- 12
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0304-4092
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