Background: Accumulating evidence indicates that addiction and psychiatric treatment
programs that actively promote self-help group involvement can reduce their patients' health …

Background: Twelve‐step‐oriented inpatient treatment programs emphasize 12‐step
treatment approaches and the importance of ongoing attendance at 12‐step self‐help …

Twelve-step theory hypothesizes that changes in specific cognitions and behaviors,
including adoption of disease model beliefs and involvement in self-help programs, lead to …

Objective: To examine the association between the duration and amount of outpatient
mental health care, participation in self‐help groups, and patients' casemix‐adjusted one …

OBJECTIVE: The authors examined the associations between attendance at self-help
meetings, adherence to psychiatric medication regimens, and mental health outcomes …

This study examined the influence of self-selection, as reflected in alcohol-related
functioning, on the duration of professional treatment and Alcoholics Anonymous (AA), and …

Background: Addiction‐focused mutual‐help group participation is associated with better
substance use disorder (SUD) treatment outcomes. However, little has been documented …

Objective The clinical practice guidelines for substance use disorders from the American
Psychiatric Association (APA) recommend referral of some patients to self-help groups. The …

Objective: Relationships between day hospital treatment goals, self-help group participation,
and substance use outcome were examined for 1 80 alcohol- or cocaine-dependent male …

Affiliation with Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) and other 12‐Step self‐help groups is becoming
more common at the same time as professional substance abuse treatment services are …