Self-help groups for mental health

caring and supportive family, friends and acquaintances. Trusting relationships that create love, provide role models, and offer encouragement and reassurance help bolster ones personal resilience. In the everyday grind of daily work and family life, we sometimes forget to maintain connections with friends, family and loved ones. One can identify supportive relationships and reestablish connections through reaching out, planning a reunion, or even taking the time for a long overdue phone call. Identify and take part in activities that promote mental and physical health. Proactively establishing a daily regimen of activities that…

Anonymous (AA) group in Paterson, NJ, which is a self-help group that helps alcoholics in the recovery and treatment phase. It’s an open group for anyone who wants to change their drinking habits. They have the meeting every Friday at 7:30 pm. There’s no specific qualifications to attend this group. No age limit, specific race, or education is required to become a member. The program is free for any individual who wants to stop their alcohol assumptions. The group’s main purpose is to stay sober…

psychological health, more specifically on PTSD symptoms. The three different postdeployment early intervention methods studied included: 1) a form of psychological debriefing called Battlemind debriefing, 2) a skills-based method called Battlemind training, and 3) a postdeployment stress education. Psychological debriefing has been very controversial among the mental health community. This controversy sprung from numerous conflicting pervious research results. Previous research has found…

Self-Help Assignment Reflection Paper Meeting Information The experiences that I attained from attending two dissimilar self-help meetings were beneficial and applicable to my role as a future social worker. It is imperative to have a strong sense of self and engage in opportunities that encourage personal reflection especially when working in the helping profession. This occasion allowed me to explore my thoughts and feelings and reflect on the impact that these meetings had on me personally…

“Oh, I have been in this group for more than 12 years” shared by a gentleman from a gambling anonymous (GA) group that I attended as a homework assignment. My first impression for group psychotherapy is that group will help people to reduce stress level without knowing how, why or what group counseling actually is. With the limited knowledge regarding group counseling, I am surprised to learn how much impact a support group can have for each person who participates. During the first lecture,…

A recovery model is mental health services in Australia and it has a holistic approach that goes beyond merely treating the symptoms of the patients, based on the fact that people can do and do recover from illness and it may involve dealing with internalised and external stigma and discrimination (REF). According to Hungerford (2015) principles of recovery is to give the person meaning, purpose and respect. presenting hope, optimism, individual strengths and wellness of the patient helping to…

History of Group Work Group work is a wide-ranging training implementing the presentation of awareness and ability in operating a group to support an inter-reliant group of people to accomplish their shared objectives, which may be social, interpersonal, or related to the occupation. The history of group work began in the early 1900’s. There were many theorists who contributed to the evolution of group work. A few will be mentioned from the 1900s and a couple will be mentioned that have recently…

Hargreaves, 1999). Chandler et al., 1999, conducted a study of 60 participants, receiving in-patient care at a long term mental health facility (Chandler et al., 1999). The goal was to show that a capitated ACTS model would lead to early community integration (Chandler et al., 1999). Thirty of the subjects received services…

will be someone voluntary to be the speaker, the speaker will do the “reading”. They read the twelve step and the twelve tradition, and some other stuff from the “Big Book”, doing the “reading” could help them remember their goal of quitting drinking. After the “reading”, they will divide into two group. One group will stay, this group is the Speaker Meeting. This meeting have speaker who share their story, the feeling toward the A.A., their experience of quitting alcohol and announce their…

REHABILITATION 1)Provide one example of each of four recovery values: Personhood; Person Involvement; Self-Determination/Choice; Growth Potential; at either the practice, program or system level. Personhood: can be defined as a person oriented practice where individuals seeking services are treated by the practitioner as people holding valued roles. This approach avoids the practitioner treating the individuals as just patients or a client. In other words, in this practise the counsellor…