The National Self-Help Clearinghouse is a not-for-profit organization that was founded in 1976 to facilitate access to self-help groups and increase the awareness of the importance of mutual support. The clearinghouse provides a number of services: Assists human service agencies to integrate self-help principles and practices into their service delivery Conducts training activities for self-help group leaders and for professional facilitators of support groups Provides consultation to public agencies to promote their capabilities to encourage and sustain mutual support groups Carries out research activities, including research about the effectiveness of self-help, the character of the self-help process, and relationships with the formal caregiving systems Provides information about and referral to self-help support groups and regional self-help clearinghouses Conducts media outreach, provides speakers, and publishes manuals, training materials, mongraphs and policy papers.

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New for self-help researchers the International Journal of Self-Help and Self-Care, edited by Alfred Katz (UCLA), Associate Editor Keith Humphreys (Stanford). Subscribe to: Baywood Publishing Company, Inc. 26 Austin Avenue P.O. Box 337 Amityville, NY 11701.

Redefining Self-Help by Frank Riessman and David Carroll. Order from Amazon.com for 29.95 Also Available from: Jossey-Bass Publishers 350 Sandsome Street San Francisco, CA 94104 415/433-1767 fax: 800/605-2665

The Self-Help Sourcebook Sixth Edition, a listing of all national groups and clearinghouses. $10 from: American Self-Help Clearinghouse Northwest Covenant Medical Center 25 Pocono Road Denville, NJ 07834 973/625-3037

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