A self-help group for women drinkers – a trainee's perspective

A report on women Self Help Groups (SHGs) in Kerala state, India : a public health perspective

Web-based self-help for problem drinkers: a pragmatic randomized trial.

AIMS Self-help interventions for adult problem drinkers in the general population have proved effective. The question is whether this also holds for self-help interventions delivered over the internet. DESIGN We conducted a pragmatic randomized trial with two parallel groups, using block randomization stratified for gender and with follow-up at 6 months. SETTING The intervention and trial w...

Blueprint for the Self-Help Group

It all started when a drunken man dialled a wrong number and talked to another alcoholic by mistake. Today, Alcoholics Anonymous is probably one of the most successful self-help organisations in existence. It has the minimum of dogma, but that dogma, is unshakable. Dr. Griffith Edwards* takes a closer look at the intriguing AA approach to alcoholism. To talk of designing a self-help group may s...

A Cry for Help and Protest: Self-Immolation in Young Kurdish Iraqi Women -A Qualitative Study

Background Suicide is a major psychiatric emergency that has always been a topic of great interest to researchers. Self-immolation is a heinous suicide method that is common in Eastern societies. The present study was conducted to explore probable issues which might lead to self-immolation in young Kurdish Iraqi women. Methods The present qualitative study was conducted in Soran, Erbil Govern...

Gossip and the Group: A Self-Categorization Perspective

of the Dissertation Gossip and the Group: A Self-Categorization Perspective by Dana Turcotte Claremont Graduate University: 2012 Gossip is a little studied topic and even fewer studies have examined gossip from the perspective of social identity and self categorization theories. However, many of the functions of gossip have significant implications for group processes, including bonding, norm t...