Mutual Aid Group Work: Social Work Leading the Way to Recovery-Focused Mental Health Practice

Hyde, Bronwyn

doi:10.1080/01609513.2012.699872

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“…Develop a norm of every group member sharing and promote the idea that every group member has the capacity to help others through sharing their own multistoried lives (Hyde, 2013) and ensure that group members to talk directly to each other not just to you. High expectations of engagement and participation will likely enhance the experience of finding acceptance and can create ongoing opportunity for members to support others.…”

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An Exploration of Cohesion and Recovery Outcomes in Addiction Treatment Groups

Pooler

Qualls

Rogers

et al. 2014

Social Work with Groups

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This article explores the relationship between group cohesion and recovery outcome variables in inpatient addiction treatment groups. We surveyed 104 people in group therapy using measures of cohesion, self-efficacy, social support, and coping. Length of stay in treatment has a relationship with cohesion. Significant higher order interactions were found with group cohesion (length of stay by type of addiction and length of stay by type of referral). The interaction of gender by addiction on measures of social support and self-efficacy were also significant. The latent construct of collective efficacy was confirmed using factor analysis, and we discuss collective efficacy and implications for group work with addictions.

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An Exploration of Cohesion and Recovery Outcomes in Addiction Treatment Groups

Pooler

Qualls

Rogers

et al. 2014

Social Work with Groups

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“…Peer support, and the mutuality that it entails has been noted to have value among those who suffer from health problems, but it also has a good deal to offer informal carers too. Hyde () describes an initiative involving mutual aid groups for carers of people with long term mental health problems. The carers particularly appreciated the collaborative supportive quality of the groups.…”

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Mutuality in health care: review, concept analysis and ways forward

Brown

2016

Journal of Clinical Nursing

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“…Mutual aid groups consist of facilitated discussion of challenges and coping strategies associated with an illness or issue 28. Mutual aid groups may be the most recognisable form of group therapy, as Alcoholics Anonymous has popularised the model 38.…”

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“…Using community-based participatory research to engage people ageing with HIV and HAND researchers, this study will pilot cognitive remediation group therapy (CRGT)—combining MBSR and BTA—in a pilot randomised controlled trial (RCT) of feasibility and acceptability. CRGT will be against an active control—mutual aid group therapy— chosen as an established intervention in both the HIV26 and dementia27 fields that mimics the form (ie, support group) of CRGT while controlling for the inherent benefit (ie, social connection) of group therapy 28…”

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Protocol for a pilot randomised controlled trial evaluating feasibility and acceptability of cognitive remediation group therapy compared with mutual aid group therapy for people ageing with HIV-associated neurocognitive disorder (HAND) in Toronto, Canada

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IntroductionHIV-associated neurocognitive disorder (HAND) may affect 30%–50% of people ageing with HIV. HAND may increase stress and anxiety, and impede coping. Psychosocial group therapy may ameliorate HAND’s symptoms, yet the ideal intervention is unclear. This protocol outlines a pilot randomised controlled trial (RCT)—designed using community-based participatory research—to pilot cognitive remediation group therapy (CRGT) against an active comparator.Methods and analysisThis is a pilot, parallel design, two-arm RCT that will recruit participants diagnosed with the mild neurocognitive disorder form of HAND from a neurobehavioural research unit at a tertiary care hospital in Toronto, Canada. Eligibility criteria include age ≥40 years, known HIV status for 5+ years, English fluency, able to consent and able to attend 8 weeks of group therapy. Eligible participants will be randomised to one of two treatment arms, each consisting of eight-session group interventions delivered once weekly at 3 hours per session. Arm 1 (novel) is CRGT, combining mindfulness-based stress reduction with brain training activities. Arm 2 (active control) is mutual aid group therapy. The primary outcomes are feasibility, measured by proportions of recruitment and completion, and acceptability, determined by a satisfaction questionnaire. The secondary outcome is intervention fidelity, where content analysis will be used to assess facilitator session reports. A between-group analysis will be conducted on exploratory outcomes of stress, anxiety, coping and use of intervention activities that will be collected at three time points.Ethics and disseminationEthical approval was obtained from the Research Ethics Boards of St. Michael’s Hospital and the University of Toronto. Findings will be disseminated through peer-reviewed publications, conference presentations and community reporting. This study could provide insight into design (eg, recruitment, measures) and intervention considerations (eg, structure, content) for a larger trial to lessen the burden of cognitive decline among people ageing with HIV.Trial registration numberNCT03483740

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Mutual Aid Group Work: Social Work Leading the Way to Recovery-Focused Mental Health Practice

Cited by 31 publications

References 28 publications

An Exploration of Cohesion and Recovery Outcomes in Addiction Treatment Groups

An Exploration of Cohesion and Recovery Outcomes in Addiction Treatment Groups

Mutuality in health care: review, concept analysis and ways forward

Protocol for a pilot randomised controlled trial evaluating feasibility and acceptability of cognitive remediation group therapy compared with mutual aid group therapy for people ageing with HIV-associated neurocognitive disorder (HAND) in Toronto, Canada

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