Does Self Help Group Participation Lead to Asset Creation?

Self-help group participation among substance use disorder patients with posttraumatic stress disorder.

Debate has ensued about whether substance use disorder (SUD) patients with comorbid posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) participate in and benefit from 12-step groups. One hundred fifty-nine SUD-PTSD and 1,429 SUD-only male patients were compared on participation in 12-step activities following an index episode of treatment. Twelve-step participation was similar for SUD patients with and witho...

Knowledge creation in focus groups: can group technologies help?

Knowledge creation is an important competitive factor in many organizations. Focus groups are one way that organizations are using to create knowledge about new products, processes, and procedures. Group technologies, speci®cally face-to-face group support systems (GSS), make it possible to enhance knowledge creation in focus groups by capturing and enhancing more ideas. It is suggested that fa...

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...

Does prescribing participation in arts help to promote recovery for mental health clients?

BACKGROUND Although recovery has become the focus of mental health policy in the UK, few models of practice show how mentalhealth nurses may promote recovery through participatory arts. AIM To explore the experiences of people who engaged with an arts on prescription programme. METHOD This study used narrative inquiry and participants were interviewed three times over one year. RESULTS AN...

Customer co-creation in B2C e-commerce: does it lead to better new products?