Background: The self-help groups Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) and Narcotics Anonymous (NA) are very well established. AA and NA employ a 12-step program and are found in most large cities around the ...

It seems that just about everyone has read a self-help book, attended a support group or surfed online for health information at one time or another. Thousands of new self-help books are published ...

A recent JAMA Network Open study assesses the effectiveness of web-based self-help interventions in alleviating binge eating disorder (BED). Study: Effectiveness of a Web-Based Cognitive Behavioral ...

The self-help industry today generates literally thousands of books, seminars, and audio programs, on which Americans spend more than $11 billion yearly. Most self-help programs are based in “positive ...

In June of 2008, Adam Lowry and Michael Richardson found themselves unemployed. The tech startup where they worked in Portland, Vidoop, had just closed its doors, and employees were being offered ...

Seventy-five patients (66% of the total population and 69% of those who had received a questionnaire) replied to the questionnaire. The response to the question on self-help groups was missing from ...