[Use of and participation in self-help groups for methadone substitution patients]
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[Use of and participation in self-help groups for methadone substitution patients]. / Verthein, Uwe; Raschke, P.
In: PSYCHOTHER PSYCH MED, Vol. 49, No. 12, 12, 1999, p. 484-493.Research output: SCORING: Contribution to journal › SCORING: Journal article › Research › peer-review
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T1 - [Use of and participation in self-help groups for methadone substitution patients]
AU - Verthein, Uwe
AU - Raschke, P
PY - 1999
Y1 - 1999
N2 - To evaluate the importance of self-help groups and the patients' readiness to participate in such groups a sample of 675 methadone patients in Hamburg was asked by means of questionnaires. 43% of the patients had heard of self-help groups. One quarter of them (10% of the whole sample) had participated in self-help groups at some time. The greatest importance of self-help organisations is attached to a representation of the interests of methadone patients to improve their overall situation. Another important purpose of self-help groups is seen in getting help for legal, financial and social problems. Getting in contact with other clients or offering breakfast/lunch, washing clothes or shower facilities etc. is not evaluated as an important task for self-help organisations. Patients who are working on a regular basis and living in stable conditions are less interested in participating in self-help groups. Thus, the participants in self-help groups can hardly benefit from the experiences of the socially better integrated methadone patients.
AB - To evaluate the importance of self-help groups and the patients' readiness to participate in such groups a sample of 675 methadone patients in Hamburg was asked by means of questionnaires. 43% of the patients had heard of self-help groups. One quarter of them (10% of the whole sample) had participated in self-help groups at some time. The greatest importance of self-help organisations is attached to a representation of the interests of methadone patients to improve their overall situation. Another important purpose of self-help groups is seen in getting help for legal, financial and social problems. Getting in contact with other clients or offering breakfast/lunch, washing clothes or shower facilities etc. is not evaluated as an important task for self-help organisations. Patients who are working on a regular basis and living in stable conditions are less interested in participating in self-help groups. Thus, the participants in self-help groups can hardly benefit from the experiences of the socially better integrated methadone patients.
M3 - SCORING: Zeitschriftenaufsatz
VL - 49
SP - 484
EP - 493
JO - PSYCHOTHER PSYCH MED
JF - PSYCHOTHER PSYCH MED
SN - 0937-2032
IS - 12
M1 - 12
ER -
