title: Self-help groups in West Germany. Developments of the last decade.
abstract: The paper reports on the discussions currently going on in West Germany-and in some neighbouring countries - on self-help groups, on their political and social background, on attempts to define them, and on theoretical considerations and practical experiences, especially with a model of cooperation which for some years has been tried out at the Clinic for Psychosomatic Medicine and Psychotherapy in the University of Giessen. The Clinic has a psychoanalytical orientation and has a strong tradition in group psychotherapy, family therapy and social therapy.
mesh_terms: D005860:Germany, West; D006126:Group Processes; D006801:Humans; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000517:prevention & control*; D012657:Self-Help Groups / Q000639:trends*; D012931:Social Environment; D012944:Social Support