Background Alcohol use disorder (AUD) confers a prodigious burden of disease, disability,
premature mortality, and high economic costs from lost productivity, accidents, violence …

This study reviews the voluminous empirical evidence on faith's contribution to preventing
people from falling victim to substance abuse and helping them recover from it. We find that …

Anecdotal evidence suggests that many of the staff members working for prisoner reentry
programs are formerly incarcerated persons. Moreover, criminologists have written that the …

Background Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) is an international organization of recovering
alcoholics that offers emotional support through self‐help groups and a model of abstinence …

Social workers and other behavioral health professionals are likely to encounter individuals
with substance use disorders in a variety of practice settings outside of specialty treatment …

Although a scattering of influential empirical studies on group behavior and performance
were conducted in the first half of the 20th century (eg, Shaw, 1932), the psychological study …

Aims and methods This paper provides an overview of some of the probable active
ingredients of self‐help groups in light of four related theories that identify common social …

Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) is the most commonly used program for substance abuse
recovery and one of the few models to demonstrate positive abstinence outcomes. Although …

There has been an increase in the number of peer-led services within the mental health care
system. There however remains little information about the experiences of peers serving in …

OBJECTIVE: This study implemented and evaluated procedures to help clinicians make
effective referrals to 12-step self-help groups (SHGs). METHODS: In this randomized …