Self-help in mental health : a critical review / T. Mark Harwood, Luciano L'Abate, editors.

New York : Springer, [2010]

xxiv, 311 pages ; 24 cm

What constitutes self-help in mental health and what can be done to improve it? -- The self-help movement in mental health : from passivity to interactivity -- Distance writing : helping without seeing participants -- Bibliotherapy -- Online support groups and therapy -- Manuals for practitioners -- Anxiety disorders -- Mood disorders -- Eating disorders : anorexia, bulimia, and obesity -- Addictive behaviors -- Personality disorders -- Severe psychopathology -- Medical conditions -- Who benefits by self-help and why?

Includes bibliographical references (pages 265-303) and index.