Daum K W
Psychiatr Prax. 1984 Sep;11(5):157-62.
In recent years self-help-groups have grown in importance. The reason is an increasing gap between the needs of the population and the services, the medical system can supply. The patients themselves have started to take over the initiative to deal with the psychosocial aspects in connection with their illness. They no longer want to be passive objects but rather subjects, who take responsibility for their own well-being. After the creation of AA many other self-help-groups have been set up, which concern themselves with very diverse illnesses and emotional and social problems. In the above paper the group setting variables and the concept of the therapeutic work of self-help-groups are being presented. Also the model of "Gesamttreffen" is introduced, where several members of different self-help-groups join monthly to share view-points and experience. These "Gesamttreffen" can be accompanied by a professional from the medical or psychological field, whose help is offered if so needed.
近年来，自助团体的重要性日益凸显。原因在于民众需求与医疗系统所能提供的服务之间的差距不断扩大。患者自身已开始主动应对与疾病相关的心理社会问题。他们不再想成为被动的对象，而是想要成为对自身幸福负责的主体。戒酒互助会（AA）创立之后，又成立了许多其他自助团体，这些团体关注各种各样的疾病以及情感和社会问题。上述论文介绍了团体设置变量以及自助团体的治疗工作概念。此外，还引入了“全体聚会”模式，即来自不同自助团体的多名成员每月相聚，分享观点和经验。这些“全体聚会”可以有医学或心理学领域的专业人士陪同，如有需要可提供帮助。
