Self-help groups' success assessed.(The Dallas Morning News)

From: Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service | Date: September 8, 2003| Author: Patterson, Karen | Copyright information

Byline: Karen Patterson

TORONTO _ Psychologists want to know more about how to help those who help themselves.

Many thousands of self-help groups exist worldwide. But little is known about how they work conceptually, said Keith Humphreys of Stanford University.

"Most people tend to study disorders rather than phenomena or processes," he said. "If you read the literature you see that people write about self-help on cancer but don't ever mention the ...

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