title: Psychologists and self-help books: attitudes and prescriptive practices of clinicians.
abstract: Data are presented from a survey of 123 practicing psychologists in 36 states concerning attitudes and prescriptive practices with regard to self-help books. Tables are provided indicating those self-help works most frequently read and prescribed by responding psychologists, along with ratings of quality and helpfulness. Results indicate widespread readership and prescription of popularized self-help books among psychologists and a positive evaluation of their utility. Questions as to how and why these works are being used are explored.
authors.affiliation: Oregon Health Sciences University, Portland.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Starker
mesh_terms: D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D001638:Bibliotherapy; D006801:Humans; D008093:Literature, Modern; D011584:Psychology; D012648:Self Care; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014481:United States