Mutual-Aid Support Groups: Benefits and Recommendations

2014 ◽  
Vol 9 (3) ◽  
pp. 197-198
Author(s):  
Holly C. Matto
Keyword(s):  
Support Groups ◽  
Mutual Aid

Comparing Facilitator Priorities of Suicide Survivor Support Groups

2016 ◽  
Vol 75 (3) ◽  
pp. 219-229
Author(s):  
William Feigelman ◽  
Beverly Feigelman ◽  
Daisuke Kawashima ◽  
Keisuke Shiraga ◽  
Kenji Kawano
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Values ◽  
Support Groups ◽  
Support Group ◽  
Local Communities ◽  
Mutual Aid ◽  
Ways Of Coping ◽  
Survivor Of Suicide ◽  
Societal Problems ◽  
Collective Goals ◽  
Group Facilitators

A total of 56 Japanese and 59 American survivor of suicide support group facilitators were asked to rank the mutual aid objectives of their groups following Shulman’s scheme in terms of their frequency and importance. Both American and Japanese facilitators showed an emphasis on personal adaptation goals (such as helping bereaved feel less isolated in their grief or encouraging bereaved to share their coping with loss experiences) over collective goals (such as raising monies for more research on mental illness or trying to combat societal suicide stigma in their local communities). Differences were also noted with American facilitators evaluating helping with problem solving, sharing different ways of coping, viewing personal issues as societal problems, and advocating for promoting social change as significantly higher than the Japanese did. We believe some of these contrasts reflect differences in American and Japanese cultural values.

scholarly journals MICRO FINANCE THROUGH WOMEN SELF-HELP GROUPS

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (10) ◽  
pp. 1319-1322
Author(s):  
Raghu B.T ◽  
◽  
Venkatesha T.K ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Support Groups ◽  
Industrial Society ◽  
Common Disease ◽  
Social Changes ◽  
Mutual Aid ◽  
Mutual Help ◽  
Self Help ◽  
Or Groups ◽  
Community Ties ◽  
Self Help Groups

Self-help groups also known as mutual help, mutual aid, or support groups, or groups of people who provide mutual support for each other. In a self-help group, the members share a common problem, often a common disease or addiction. Their mutual goal is to help each other to deal with, if possible to heal or to recover from, this problem. In traditional society, family and friends provided social support. In modern industrial society, however, family and community ties are often disrupted due to mobility and other social changes. Thus, people often choose to join with others who share mutual interests and concerns.

scholarly journals Self-Help/Mutual Aid Groups and Peer Support

2020 ◽  
Vol 5 (2-3) ◽  
pp. 1-219
Author(s):  
Thomasina Borkman ◽  
Carol Munn-Giddings ◽  
Melanie Boyce
Keyword(s):  
Nonprofit Organizations ◽  
Peer Support ◽  
Support Groups ◽  
English Language ◽  
Behavioral Science ◽  
Science Research ◽  
Mutual Aid ◽  
Single Issue ◽  
Research Attention ◽  
Self Help

Abstract English-language social and behavioral science research into US self-help/mutual aid groups and nonprofit organizations (e.g., Alcoholics Anonymous, Parents Without Partners, or bereavement groups) is reviewed. The review begins in the 1960s and proceeds into the new millennium, when institutionalized self-help/mutual aid was co-opted and renamed “support groups” by professionals. SHGs are intentionally created, single-issue, voluntary member-run mutual benefit groups that value the authority of lived experience, are cost-free, and where peers give and receive help from each other. Research attention expanded to European and Asian research in the 1990s, but has now switched to mental health peer support.

Self-Help, Mutual Aid, and Support Groups Among Older Adults

2000 ◽  
Vol 19 (S1) ◽  
pp. 58-74 ◽  
Author(s):  
Benjamin H. Gottlieb
Keyword(s):  
Older Adults ◽  
Support Groups ◽  
Personnes Âgées ◽  
Mutual Aid ◽  
Self Help

RESUMECette revue de la documentation sur les soins personnels et les groupes de soutien dans le domaine de la santé chez les personnes âgées débute par la définition de ces deux approches et enchaîne avec une discussion de l'étendue de leur utilisation par les personnes âgées, les obstacles à la participation, et les façons d'adapter les groupes selon les besoins et les circonstances des personnes âgées. L'auteur examine également le fonctionnement des groupes et les résultats obtenus et recommande des avenues de recherche future et des façons d'optimiser à la fois l'attrait et l'efficacité de ces deux types de groupes d'assistance mutuelle.

Support for Mothers Who Are Incarcerated: Impact of Mutual Aid Support Groups

2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 77-93
Author(s):  
Heather Howard ◽  
Katie Clark ◽  
Mary Piltch
Keyword(s):  
Support Groups ◽  
Support Group ◽  
Mutual Aid ◽  
Post Intervention ◽  
Community Based ◽  
Positive Communication ◽  
Community Based Organizations ◽  
Group Members ◽  
American Children ◽  
The Impact

BackgroundThe number of American children with a mother who is incarcerated increased by 131% between 1991 and 2007, impacting more than one million children. Because of increased focus on the problems surrounding parents in prison, there has been a growing recognition of how incarceration negatively impacts children and that repairing these relationships is critical to improving family functioning.ObjectiveThe focus of this article is to present a community-based participatory study that measured the impact of a support group provided to mothers during incarceration.MethodsIn this pilot study we used a nonexperimental design for an 8-week support group assessed at baseline and post intervention.FindingsThis study demonstrated favorable results in forming social connections and promoting positive communication between group members.ConclusionCommunity-based organizations, which offer support to parents, grandparents, and children impacted by incarceration, need continual funding.

scholarly journals Social workers helping each other during the COVID-19 pandemic: Online mutual support groups

2021 ◽  
pp. 002087282097544
Author(s):  
Elena Cabiati
Keyword(s):  
Social Workers ◽  
Support Groups ◽  
Service Users ◽  
Mutual Aid ◽  
Mutual Support ◽  
Self Help ◽  
The Social ◽  
Turbulent Times ◽  
Mutual Support Groups ◽  
Virtual Platform

Social workers not only help service users, they also help each other, and they know the group as a space through which opportunities to give and receive help multiply. In Italy, the initiative ‘Social Workers Helping Each Other’ was launched to help practitioners stay resilient and mutually supportive during the COVID-19 pandemic. In these unprecedented and turbulent times, social workers have been called on to face new challenges and new concerns for service users and for themselves. The initiative consisted of online mutual support groups for social workers conducted through a virtual platform. Participants were 45 social workers divided into three groups on the basis of the social workers’ area of intervention. The author facilitated the groups, encouraging the development of reciprocal support dynamics typical of self-help and mutual aid groups. Group sessions were very rich in content, and the discussion focused on several topics following the participants’ needs. The content analysis revealed that the mutual support conversations among social workers focused on three main categories: practical and organizational; methodological and ethical; and personal and emotional. The groups offered supervision and mutual support based on experiential learning processes. The article presents the rationale, methods and outcomes of the experience. This initiative could inspire the development of online mutual support groups for social workers.

Surviving After Suicide Loss: The Healing Potential of Suicide Survivor Support Groups

2008 ◽  
Vol 16 (4) ◽  
pp. 285-304 ◽  
Author(s):  
Beverly Feigelman ◽  
William Feigelman
Keyword(s):  
Support Groups ◽  
Support Group ◽  
Mutual Aid ◽  
Group Facilitation ◽  
Group Participation ◽  
Group Meetings ◽  
Essential Resource ◽  
Group Facilitators

With participant observations from peer-facilitated suicide survivor support group meetings, collected over a four-year period, this article applies Shulman's dynamics of mutual aid theory to explain how survivors' healing is facilitated by support group participation. Shulman's principles provide guidance on how survivors help and empower each other to deal with their grief in survivor support groups. Group facilitators can provide more clarity and direction to survivors with Shulman's principles, better helping survivors to navigate the bewildering course of healing after suicide loss. We also suggest ways group facilitation knowledge—an essential resource for enhancing healing—can be more widely distributed.

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