Zealous Self-Help Groups as Adjuncts to Psychiatric Treatment: A Study of Recovery, Inc.

American Journal of Psychiatry 145(10): 1248-1253

Galanter, M.

This study surveyed 356 members of Recovery, Inc., a self-help group for nervous and former mental patients, and compared them to a 195 community residents of similar age and sex. Although about half of the Recovery Inc. members had been hospitalized before joining, only 8% of group leaders and 7% of recent members had been hospitalized since joining. Members used more outpatient non-psychiatric resources than did the community sample.

Full article available with subscription to The American Journal of Psychiatry.