Mutual support and self-help
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Metadata item type: | Glossary Item |
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METEOR identifier: | 494967 |
Registration status: | Health!, Superseded 16/01/2020 |
Definition: | Mutual support and self-help includes services that provide information and peer support to people with a lived experience of mental illness. People meet to discuss shared experiences, coping strategies and to provide information and referrals (Metropolitan Health and Aged Care Services Division 2003). Self-help groups are usually formed by peers who have come together for mutual support and to accomplish a specific purpose (Solomon 2004). |
Context: | Mental health non-government organisation establishments service type taxonomy. |
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Submitting organisation: | Australian Institute of Health and Welfare |
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Related metadata references: | Has been superseded by Mutual support and self-help Health!, Standard 16/01/2020 See also Mental health non-government organisation service type code N[N] Health!, Standard 13/11/2014 |
Metadata items which use this glossary item: | Group support activities Health!, Superseded 16/01/2020 Mental health non-government organisation establishments NBEDS 2015- Health!, Standard 13/11/2014 Mental health non-government organisation grants cluster Health!, Superseded 16/01/2020 Mutual support and self-help mental health service type cluster Health!, Standard 13/11/2014 |
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