title: A.A., constructivism, and reflecting teams.
abstract: Numerous studies and clinical anecdotes reveal a relationship between attendance at A.A. meetings and/or degree of involvement in A.A. and maintenance of sobriety. Hypotheses as to how A.A. and/or the A.A. meeting is helpful to its members have ranged from a focus on factors common to all therapy groups, to aspects of A.A. "treatment" which are behavioral in nature. Presented here is another way of understanding A.A.'s effectiveness within the frame of more recent, constructivistic approaches to family therapy. In particular, the A.A. topic meeting is compared to the reflecting team concept of Tom Anderson.
authors.affiliation: Mississippi State Hospital, Whitfield 39193, USA.
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Nevels
mesh_terms: D000436:Alcoholics Anonymous; D000437:Alcoholism / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D005196:Family Therapy; D006801:Humans; D008605:Mental Health Services / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D010358:Patient Participation