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Relying on secondary analysis of three surveys, this study examines the prevalence of self-help group (SHG) use. Two of the surveys are based on large household probability samples (Epidemiological Catchment Area and Mellinger-Balter surveys) and the third on the population of self-help groups in California. Based on the best available survey information, an estimated 7.5 million adults participated in a SHG during 1992. Self-help group use for mental health problems appears to be a predominately White, middle-class phenomenon. Use of services is overlapping; those who seek out help do so in multiple service delivery modalities. Highlighted in this article are the problems of accurately assessing SHG participation based on current survey information.
Lieberman et al. (Tue,) studied this question.