Open AccessSubstance Use and Mental Disorder Diagnostic Profiles in a Sample of Long‐Term Self‐Help Agency Users
Author(s) -
Franskoviak Perri,
Segal Steven P.
Publication year - 2002
Publication title -
american journal of orthopsychiatry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.959
H-Index - 93
eISSN - 1939-0025
pISSN - 0002-9432
DOI - 10.1037/0002-9432.72.2.232
Subject(s) - mental health , psychiatry , agency (philosophy) , substance use , sample (material) , psychology , clinical psychology , alcohol use disorder , term (time) , medicine , alcohol , philosophy , chemistry , biochemistry , physics , epistemology , chromatography , quantum mechanics
This study examined the prevalence of substance use and mental disorder profiles in a sample of mental health self‐help attendees. Findings demonstrate that the rates of these disorders are equivalent to or exceed those found in clinical and community samples. Implications for the role that self‐help agencies play in the lives of vulnerable individuals, as well as the justification for increased funding from drug and alcohol treatment sources, are discussed.