title: Professional appraisal of professionally led and self-help groups.
abstract: A survey of almost 1,100 mental health professionals found they routinely viewed professionally led groups more positively than they did self-help groups on a number of dimensions. Analyses suggested that the curative factor associated with professionally led groups was valued over factors associated with self-help groups. The implications of the findings are discussed, and an alternative framework for professionals' evaluation of consumer-initiated interventions suggested.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, USA. salzer@cmhpsr.upenn.edu
authors.forename: M S
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Salzer
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Rappaport
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Segre
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000523:psychology* / Q000628:therapy*; D008605:Mental Health Services / Q000592:standards; D011613:Psychotherapy; D012657:Self-Help Groups