Mental Health Self-Help

1. Introduction to Mental Health Self-Help
Louis D. Brown, Scott Wituk

2. Theoretical Foundations of Mental Health Self-Help
Louis D. Brown, Alicia Lucksted

3. Participatory Action Research and Evaluation with Mental Health Self-Help Initiatives: A Theoretical Framework
Geoffrey Nelson, Rich Janzen, Joanna Ochocka, John Trainor

4. The Contributions of Mutual Help Groups for Mental Health Problems to Psychological Well-Being: A Systematic Review
Nancy Pistrang, Chris Barker, Keith Humphreys

5. Online Self-Help/Mutual Aid Groups in Mental Health Practice
J. Finn, T. Steele

6. An Overview of Mutual Support Groups for Family Caregivers of People with Mental Health Problems: Evidence on Process and Outcomes
Wai-Tong Chien

7. Consumer-Run Drop-In Centers: Current State and Future Directions
Louis D. Brown, Scott Wituk, Greg Meissen

8. Certified Peer Specialists in the United States Behavioral Health System: An Emerging Workforce
Mark S. Salzer

9. The Development and Implementation of a Statewide Certified Peer Specialist Program
Emily A. Grant, Nathan Swink, Crystal Reinhart, Scott Wituk

10. Finding and Using Our Voice: How Consumer/Survivor Advocacy is Transforming Mental Health Care
Daniel Fisher, Lauren Spiro

11. How Governments and Other Funding Sources Can Facilitate Self-Help Research and Services
Crystal R. Blyler, Risa Fox, Neal B. Brown

12. Consumer and Consumer-Supporter National Technical Assistance Centers: Helping the Consumer Movement Grow and Transform Systems
Susan Rogers

13. A Statewide Collaboration to Build the Leadership and Organizational Capacity of Consumer-Run Organizations (CROs)
Oliwier Dziadkowiec, Crystal Reinhart, Chi Connie Vu, Todd Shagott, Ashlee Keele-Lien, Adrienne Banta, Scott Wituk, Greg Meissen

14. Helping Mutual Help: Managing the Risks of Professional Partnerships
Deborah A. Salem, Thomas M. Reischl, Katie W. Randall

15. The Contribution of Self-Help Groups to the Mental Health/Substance Use Services System
Thomas J. Powell, Brian E. Perron

Keywords: Psychology, Community and Environmental Psychology, Clinical Psychology, Public Health/Gesundheitswesen