Compiled by Marilyn Low Schmitt
© The Abraham A. Low Institute 1991, 1998
To obtain this bibliography in print, see Literature Request Form.
The core citations of this bibliography resulted from searches conducted by Treasure Ann Sachnoff and James T. Barter, MD, during 1989.
For publications by Abraham Low, see Works Written by Abraham A. Low, MD: A Bibliography (published by the Abraham A. Low Institute).
(J)**"Aid in Mental Health." Surgical Business. Vol. 32, no. 6, June, 1969, p. ?
(J)**Alexander, 1952: Alexander, Jack. "They 'Doctor' One Another." Saturday Evening Post. Dec. 6, 1952, pp. 31, 182-4, 186.
(N)Allport and Funnell, 1981: Allport, D.A., and Elaine Funnell. "Components of the Mental Lexicon." Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London (B. Biological Sciences). Vol. 295, 1981, pp. 397-410.
Alvarez, 1961: Alvarez, Walter C., M.D. Minds that Came Back. NY, J. B. Lippincott, 1961.
Notes: Recovery described favorably on pp. 335-6.
American Handbook of Psychiatry II, 1975: American Handbook of Psychiatry. 2nd Edition. Vol. 2: Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Sociocultural and Community Psychiatry. Gerald Caplan, MD, DPM, ed. NY, Basic Books, 1975.
American Handbook of Psychiatry V, 1975: American Handbook of Psychiatry. 2nd Edition. Vol. 5: Treatment. Daniel X. Freedman, Jarl E. Dyrud, eds. NY, Basic Books, 1975.
*Antze, 1976: Antze, Paul. "The Role of Ideologies in Peer Psychotherapy Organizations: Some Theoretical Considerations and Three Case Studies." Journal of Applied Behavioral Science. Vol. 12, 1976, pp. 323-346.
Notes: Recovery discussed pp. 333-337; AA and Synanon comparative cases. Reprinted in Lieberman/Borman, Self-Help Groups for Coping with Crisis, 1979, pp. 272-304.
Astrachan, Boris. See Mental Illness, Stigma, and Self-Help: Recovery, Inc., and the Pioneering Work of Abraham Low, 1991.
(P)Barkas, 1979: Barkas, J.L. The Help Book. NY, Scribner's, 1979.
Notes: Recovery mentioned p. 471.
Barter, James T., MD. See Mental Illness, Stigma, and Self-Help: Recovery, Inc., and the Pioneering Work of Abraham Low, 1991.
Barter, James T., MD. See Fichtner, Jobe, and Barter, 1991.
(J)**Beaubien, l996: Beaubien, Greg. "Talking It Out." Los Angeles Times. November 13, 1996, p. E3.
Beck, Rush, Shaw, and Emery, 1979: Beck, Aaron T., A. John Rush, Brian F. Shaw, and Gary Emery. Cognitive Therapy of Depression. NY, Guilford Press, 1979.
Notes: Low mentioned pp. 183, 278-9.
Bell and Ryan, 1984: Bell, Morris D., and Edward R. Ryan. "Integrating Psychosocial Rehabilitation Into the Hospital Psychiatric Service." Hospital and Community Psychiatry. Vol. 35, 1984, pp. 1017-1022.
Notes: Recovery mentioned p. 1017, MHTWT p. 1022 (bibl.).
(P)*Benzinger, 1976: Benzinger, Barbara F. Speaking Out. NY, Walker, 1976.
Notes: Chapter 16 (p. 146?) entitled "Recovery, Inc."?
(J)**Berland, 1969: Berland, Theodore. "How the Mentally Ill Are Helping Themselves." Family Weekly. Feb. 2, 1969, p. 10.
Notes: Cited in Dean, Congressional Record, 1969.
(J)*Berland, 1972: Berland, Theodore. "Do Self-Help Groups Really Help?" Woman's Day. March, 1972, pp. 50, 110, 112-113.
Notes: Recovery discussed pp. 110, 112. Others: GA, NA, TOPS, Weight Watchers, Diet Workshops, 7th Day Adventists, Smoke Watchers, AA, Al-Anon, Narcotics Anonymous.
Berzon and Solomon, 1966: Berzon, Betty, and Lawrence N. Solomon. "Research Frontiers. The Self-directed Therapeutic Group: Three Studies." Journal of the Consulting Psychologist. Vol. 13, 1966, pp. 491-497.
Notes: Cited in Dean, 1971.
**Blanco, 1974: Blanco, Linda C., MSW. Recovery, Inc. -- An Examination of How Differentiation and Ego Development Are Promoted. Unpublished MSW thesis, Smith College, 1974, 87 pages.
Notes: Abstract in Smith College Studies in Social Work. Vol. 45, Nov. 1974, p. 63.
Borck, L.E. See Borman, 1982.
Borman, 1975: Borman, Leonard D., PhD. Explorations in Self-Help and Mutual Aid: Proceedings of Self-Help Exploratory Workshop, June 1974. Evanston, Northwestern University Center for Urban Affairs, 1975.
351 pages, typescript; Robert Farwell on pp. 52-54.
Borman, 1976: Borman, Leonard D., PhD. "Self-Help and the Professional." Social Policy. Vol. 7, no. 2, Sept/Oct 1976, pp. 46-47. (Special issue on self-help.)
Notes: Recovery mentioned p. 46, Low p. 47.
Borman, 1982: Borman, Leonard D., PhD. "Introduction." Helping People to Help Themselves: Self-Help and Prevention. Prevention in Human Services. Vol. 1, no. 3, 1982, pp. 3-15. L.D. Borman, L.E. Borck, R. Hess, T.L. Pasquale, eds. NY, Hawthorne Press, 1982.
Notes: Recovery mentioned pp. 7, 10, 12, 13. Also contains Raiff, 1982, on p. 79.
Borman, Leonard D., PhD. See also Lieberman and Borman, 1979.
Brink, 1978: Brink, T.L., PhD. "Geriatric Rigidity and Its Psychotherapeutic Implications." Journal of the American Geriatrics Society. Vol. 26, 1978, pp. 274-277.
Notes: Recovery mentioned p. 276, MHTWT in bibl.
**Brocking, 1983: Brocking, Philip L., MSW. "Feedback: More on Self-Help." Letter in Hospital and Community Psychiatry. Vol. 34, 1983, p. 263.
(J)**Brody, 1997: Brody, Jane E. "Personal Health: A self-help group with a method fights mental ills." New York Times. January 1, 1997, Health, p. 32.
Bromberg, 1963: Bromberg, Walter, M.D. "History of Treatment of Mental Disorders." Albert Deutsch, Helen Fishman, eds. The Encyclopedia of Mental Health. Vol. III, pp. 737-744. NY, The Enclyclopedia of Mental Health, 1963. (see also Frank, 1963)
Notes: P. 743 speaks of Recovery as foreshadowing various Anonymous groups.
(J)**Browning, Norma Lee. Chicago Tribune article written in late 40s/early 50s? If anyone has it, please send copy to the Abraham A. Low Institute.
(N)*Bub and Kertesz, 1982: Bub, Daniel, MD, and Andrew Kertesz, MD. "Evidence for Lexicographic Processing in a Patient with Preserved Written over Oral Single Word Naming." Brain; A Journal of Neurology. Vol. 105, Part IV, 1982, pp. 697-717.
Notes: Low mentioned p. 713, 717 (bibl.)
Burlingame, Gary M. See Goodman and Jacobs, 1994.
Caplan and Killilea, 1976: Caplan, Gerald, MD, DPM, and Marie Killilea. Support Systems and Mutual Help; Multidisciplinary Explorations. NY, Grune and Stratton, 1976, pp. 187-212.
Notes: Contains Wechsler, The Self-Help Organization, 1960.
Caplan, Gerald, MD, DPM. See also American Handbook of Psychiatry II, 1975.
Caramazza, Alfonso, PhD. See Nolan and Caramazza, 1982.
(J)**Carmer, 1941: Carmer, Helen. "Parade of Silent Men." Magazine Digest. February, 1941, pp. 24-28.
Notes: Very early description of Recovery as opponent of stigma.
Chambon, Adrienne, PhD. See Kurtz and Chambon, 1987.
**Cohen, 1973: Cohen, Stephen Z., PhD. "The Relationship Between Recovery, Inc. and the Mental Health Professions." 1973. Unpublished 10-page paper presented to Recovery Area Leaders November 3, 1973, in Chicago.
**Collier, 1990: Collier, Gary, PhD. "Health Communication and Self-Help Groups, The Case of Recovery, Inc." 1990. Unpublished 27-page paper presented to International Communication Association, Health Communication Division, June, 1990, in Dublin, Ireland.
Notes: Includes 2-page bibl.
Collier, Gary, PhD. See also Mental Illness, Stigma, and Self-Help: Recovery, Inc., and the Pioneering Work of Abraham Low, 1991.
*(N)Coltheart, Patterson, and Marshall, 1980: Coltheart, Max, Karalyn Patterson, and John C. Marshall. Deep Dyslexia. London, Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1980.
Notes: Low mentioned pp. 9-12, 24, 36, 39, 140, 157, 352, 366, 373.
(J)**Crane, 1968: Crane, Phil. "Self Help in Emotional Illness." The Ligurian. Vol. 56, no. 12, Dec. 1968, pp. 40-44.
**Dean, 1968: Dean, Stanley R., MD. "The Role of Self-Help Group Psychotherapy in Mental Rehabilitation." Rehabilitation; New Talent for the Community. Proceedings of the 4th Pan Pacific Rehabilitation Conference, Hong Kong. Sept. 1-7, 1968. Hong Kong, Joint Council for the Physically and Mentally Disabled, 1969.
**Dean, Congressional Record, 1969: Dean, Stanley R., MD. "Self-Help Group Psychotherapy: Mental Patients Rediscover Will Power." Congressional Record, House of Representatives. Vol. 115, no. 191, Nov. 19, 1969, pp. 11170-11172.
Notes: Includes bibliography with references to unpublished papers not listed here.
**Dean, Medical Economics, 1969: Dean, Stanley R., MD. "Recovery, Inc.: Giving Psychiatry an Assist." Medical Economics. Vol. 46, suppl 2, Sept. 2, 1969, pp. 150.
**Dean, Medical Tribune, 1969: Dean, Stanley R., MD. "Self-directed Group Psychotherapy: Focus on Recovery, Inc." Medical Tribune. Vol. 10, June 23, 1969, p. 15.
**Dean, Am J Psychiatry, 1969: Dean, Stanley R., MD. Letter. American Journal of Psychiatry. Vol. 125, 1969, p. 1610.
**Dean, 1970: Dean, Stanley R., MD. "Self-Directed Group Therapy: Unorthodox Psychiatric Adjunct." Roche Medical Image and Commentary. Vol. 12, no. 3, March 1970, p. 3.
**Dean, 1970/71: Dean, Stanley R., MD. "Self-Help Group Psychotherapy: Mental Patients Rediscover Will Power." The International Journal of Social Psychiatry. Vol. 17, no. 1, Winter 1970/71, pp. 72-78.
Notes: Bibliography on p. 78.
**Dean, 1971: Dean, Stanley R., MD. "The Role of Self-Conducted Group Therapy in Psychorehabilitation: A Look at Recovery, Inc." American Journal of Psychiatry. Vol. 127, 1971, pp. 934-937.
Notes: Bibliography on p. 937. Reprinted with accompanying articles in a booklet entitled Community Mental Health Centers for the 70s [no publication information].
**Dean, 1973: Dean, Stanley R., MD. "Sobre los grupos autodirigidos. Su papel en la asistencia psiquiatrica." Actas luso espanolas de neurologia psiquiatria y ciencias afines. No. 3, Madrid, May/June 1973.
*Dean, 1981: Dean, Stanley R., MD. "More Self-Help Groups of People With Same Problem Should Be Formed." News from Hotel Okura, Tokyo. Vol. 5, no. 7, 1981.
Notes: Contains short passage on Recovery and Low.
(J) Docherty, 1991: Docherty, John M., MD. "Panic." New Hampshire Premier. May 1991, pp. 46-47.
Notes: Recovery mentioned p. 47.
*Dolliver, 1977: Dolliver, Robert H. "The Relationship of Rational-Emotive Therapy to Other Psychotherapies and Personality Theories." The Counseling Psychologist. Vol. 7, no. 1, 1977, pp. 57-63.
Notes: Sees Low as one source for Albert Ellis's Rational-Emotive Therapy. Bibliography contains Ellis's 1967 review of Lectures to Relatives. Reprinted with response from Ellis in Ellis and Whiteley, 1979.
Douglass, 1947: Douglass, Ellwood. "Health in the Headlines." Hygeia, the Health Magazine. Vol. 25, No. 9, September, 1947, p. 734.
Notes: Speaks of Recovery's 10th anniversary, speaks of articles in JAMA and "recently in the Victor News."
**Downes, 1984: Downes, Nancy, MA, CPC. A Paradigm of Alfred Adler's Gemeinschaftsgefühl: Recovery, Inc., and the Recovery Method of Abraham Low. Unpublished M.A. thesis, Bowie State College (Maryland), 1984, 58 pages.
Dreikurs, Rudolf. See Terner and Pew, 1978.
**Drumm, 1990: Drumm, John, MEd. The Recovery Therapy of Abraham Low: A Holistic Helpee-Helper Model for Counselling. Unpublished thesis for Master in Education, University of Dublin, School of Education, Trinity College, 1990, 550 pages.
Dyrud, Jarl E. See American Handbook of Psychiatry V, 1975.
**Ellis, 1967: Ellis, Albert, PhD. Review of Abraham Low's Lectures to Relatives of Former Patients. Rational Living. Vol. 2, no. 2, 1967, pp. 29-30.
Notes: See also Dolliver, 1977.
(P) Ellis, 1975: Ellis, Albert, PhD. A New Guide to Rational Living. Englewood Cliffs, NJ, Prentice-Hall, 1975.
Notes: No mention of Recovery in text, but Mental Health Through Will-Training marked in bibliography as being "of particular help...in the area of rational living."
(P) Ellis, 1977: Ellis, Albert, PhD. Anger and How to Live With and Without It. New York, Reader's Digest Press, 1977.
Notes: No mention of Recovery in text, but Mental Health Through Will-Training marked in bibliography as being "of particular help...in the...specific area of living with and without anger."
Ellis, 1987: Ellis, Albert, PhD. "A Sadly Neglected Cognitive Element in Depression." Cognitive Therapy and Research. Vol. 11, 1987, pp. 121-145.
Notes: Low mentioned p. 121, 144 (bibl.).
*Ellis and Whiteley, 1979: Ellis, Albert, PhD, and John M. Whiteley. Theoretical and Empirical Foundations of Rational-Emotive Therapy. Monterey, Brooks/Cole, 1979.
Notes: Reprints Dolliver 1977 and responds (p. 251).
Emerick, 1990: Emerick, Robert E. "Self-Help Groups for Former Patients: Relations with Mental Health Professionals." Hospital and Community Psychiatry. Vol. 41, 1990, pp. 401-407.
Notes: Recovery mentioned p. 401.
Emery, Gary. See Beck, Rush, Shaw, Emery, 1979.
(P)Evans, 1979: Evans, Glen. The Family Circle Guide to Self-Help. NY, Ballantine, 1979.
Notes: Recovery mentioned pp. 15-16, 75-76, 130.
Farwell, Robert L. See Borman, 1975.
**Farwell, 1981: Farwell, Robert L. "Recovering Through Self-Help Groups." Letter in American Journal of Psychiatry. Vol. 138, 1981, p. 704.
**Fichtner, Jobe, and Barter, 1991: Fichtner, Christopher G., MD, Thomas H. Jobe, MD, and James T. Barter, MD. "Self-Help and the Chicago Connection." Chicago Medicine. Vol 94, No. 7, April 7, 1991, pp. 24-26.
Fink, 1986: Fink, Charles A. "Computers for Self-Help with Behavior: Systems and Cybernetics Can Support Persons and Families Uniquely." Cybernetica. Vol 27, 1984, pp. 21-38. Repeated in Cybernetica, vol. 29, 1986, pp. 127-144.
Notes: Speaks favorably of Recovery and Low p. 23.
(P)Follman, 1978: Follman, J.F., Jr. Helping the Troubled Employee. NY, Amacom, 1978.
Notes: Recovery mentioned p. 245.
Frank, 1963: Frank, Jerome D., PhD, MD. "Group Psychotherapy." Albert Deutsch, Helen Fishman, eds. The Encyclopedia of Mental Health. Vol. II, pp.707-709. NY, The Enclyclopedia of Mental Health, 1963. (cf. Bromberg, 1963)
Notes: "What is Recovery, Inc.?" p. 709. Short description shows keen understanding of Recovery method.
(J)**Franklin, 1987. Franklin, Neshama. "Help Yourself: Self Care for Emotional Problems." Utne Reader. March/April 1987, pp. 33-39.
Recovery featured on pp. 36-39.
Freedman, Daniel X. See American Handbook of Psychiatry V, 1975.
Frenkel, 1976: Frenkel, Richard E., MD. "The Psycho-Physiological Cycle of Addiction: Alcoholism." Journal of the American Academy of Psychiatry and Neurology. Vol. 1, 1976, pp. 45-54.
Notes: MHTWT mentioned in note, p. 54.
(J)**"Freud? Fiddlesticks!" Time Magazine. June 21, 1954.
Notes: See also "Mental Self-Help," Time, 1972.
Fuhriman, Addie. See Goodman and Jacobs, 1994.
Funnell, Elaine. See Allport and Funnell, 1981.
The Future of Self-Help. Social Policy. Vol. 27, No. 3, Spring 1997.
Notes: Recovery, Inc., mentioned pp. 46, 48.
Galanter, 1978: Galanter, Marc, MD. "The 'Relief Effect': A Sociobiological Model for Neurotic Distress and Large-Group Therapy." American Journal of Psychiatry. Vol. 135, 1978, pp. 588-591.
Notes: Mentions Recovery and Low p. 590.
*Galanter and Westermeyer, 1980: Galanter, Marc, MD, and Joseph Westermeyer, MD, PhD. "Charismatic Religious Experiences and Large-Group Psychology." Editorial in American Journal of Psychiatry. Vol. 137, 1980, pp. 1550-1552.
Notes: Important mention of Recovery p. 1552. Cited by Farwell, 1981.
Galanter, 1987: Galanter, Marc, MD. "Is Controlled Drinking Possible for the Person Who Has Been Severely Alcohol Dependent? Consensual Support for Abstinence, an Integral Component of Alcoholism Treatment." British Journal of Addiction. Vol. 82, 1987, pp. 841-842.
Notes: Mentions Recovery p. 841, cites self, 1988, p. 842.
**Galanter, "Zealous Self-Help Groups," 1988: Galanter, Marc, MD. "Zealous Self-Help Groups as Adjuncts to Psychiatric Treatment; A Study of Recovery, Inc." American Journal of Psychiatry. Vol. 145, 1988, pp. 1248-1253.
Galanter, Am J Psychiatry editorial, 1988: Galanter, Marc, MD. "Research on Social Supports and Mental Illness." Editorial in American Journal of Psychiatry. Vol. 145, 1988, pp. 1270-1272.
Notes: Recovery mentioned p. 1271, reference to Raiff 1984, on p. 1272.
*Galanter, 1990: Galanter, Marc, MD. "Cults and Zealous Self-Help Movements: A Psychiatric Perspective." American Journal of Psychiatry. Vol. 147, 1990, pp. 543-551.
Notes: Important mentions of Recovery pp. 546-7, 550.
*Gartner, 1976: Gartner, Alan, PhD. "Self-Help and Mental Health." Social Policy. Vol. 7, no. 2, September/October 1976, pp. 28-40.
Notes: Recovery discussed pp. 33-35, mentioned p. 36.
*Gartner and Riessman, 1977: Gartner, Alan, PhD, and Frank Riessman, PhD. Self-Help in the Human Services. San Francisco, Jossey-Bass, 1977.
Notes: Low mentioned pp. 5, 43-4, 131; Recovery mentioned pp. 2, 5, 9, 11-12, 19, 42-8, 52, 73, 86, 97, 116-7, 131-2, 136, 149, 174.
Gartner and Riessman, 1980: Gartner, Alan, PhD, and Frank Riessman, PhD. Help: A Working Guide to Self-Help Groups. NY, New Viewpoints/Vision Books, 1980.
Notes: Recovery described pp. 127-8, including Time 1972 and Grosz 1972 articles verbatim.
Gartner and Riessman, 1984: Gartner, Alan, PhD, and Frank Riessman, PhD, eds. The Self-Help Revolution. NY, Human Sciences Press, 1984.
Notes: Recovery mentioned pp. 19, 20, 22, 125, 160, 168-9, 246; Low mentioned pp. 22, 183. Contains Raiff, 1984.
Goldberg, 1977: Goldberg, Carl, MD. "The Reality of the Human Will: A Concept Worth Reviving." Psychiatric Annals. Vol. 7, no. 11, Nov. 1977, pp. 37-57.
Notes: Low mentioned p. 38, 57 (bibl.).
Goldenson, 1970: Goldenson, Robert M. In The Encyclopedia of Human Behavior: Psychology, Psychiatry, and Mental Health. Garden City, Doubleday, 1970: Vol. 1, "Group Psychotherapy," pp. 523-7; "Mental Patient Organizations," pp. 795-6.
Notes: Recovery described pp. 525-6; incorrectly interprets "purpose largely to maintain morale" p. 796.
Goodman and Jacobs, 1994. Goodman, Gerald, PhD, and Marion K. Jacobs, PhD. "The Self-Help, Mutual-Support Group." Fuhriman, Addie, and Gary M. Burlingame. Handbook of Group Psychotherapy: An Empirical and Clinical Synthesis. New York, Wiley, 1994, pp. 489-516.
Notes: Recovery described on pp. 493.
(P)Greenberg, 1989: Greenberg, Harvey Roy, MD. Emotional Illness In Your Family: Helping Your Relative, Helping Yourself. NY, Macmillan, 1989.
Notes: Recovery listed p. 316.
Greenblatt, 1983: Greenblatt, Milton, MD. "Psychiatric Rehabilitation: Some Personal Reflections." Psychiatric Annals. Vol. 13, 1983, pp. 530-5, 538.
Notes: Recovery mentioned p. 534, 538 (bibl.).
Greenblatt, Milton, MD. See Mental Illness, Stigma, and Self-Help: Recovery, Inc., and the Pioneering Work of Abraham Low, 1991.
*Grosz, 1969: Grosz, Hanus J., MD, DPM. "The Patient Helps Himself: Medical World News." Psychiatry. 1969, pp. 54-55.
**Grosz, 1971: Grosz, Hanus J., MD, DPM. "Self-Help Through Recovery Inc." Current Psychiatric Therapies. Vol. 11, 1971, pp. 156-160.
**Grosz: See also "Study Indicates 'Recovery' Doing Well as Self-Help Program," Psychiatric News, 1972; and "Professionals Found Referring Patients to Self-Help Groups," Psychiatric News,
1973.
Notes: Report on Grosz study.
Grunebaum, 1970: Grunebaum, Henry. The Practice of Community Mental Health. Boston, Little Brown, 1970.
Notes: Contains Wechsler and Landy, 1970.
**Habas, 1942: Habas, Ralph. "Recovery, Inc." Magazine Digest. February 1942, p. 41
(J)**Harris, 1961: Harris, Eleanor. "Recovery, Inc." The American Weekly, Chicago's American et al. (Hearst papers). Jan. 15, 1961, pp. 4-5, 12.
**Healy, 1946: Healy, Paul. "Restoring the Mentally Afflicted." Facts. February, 1946, pp. 103-108.
Early description emphasizing human interest, mutual support, and activities, but mentions Recovery language.
Hess. R. See Borman, 1982.
Hess, Robert E. See Madara, 1990.
**Higgins, 1969: Higgins, John L., SJ (as told to Martin L. Duggan). Recovery Incorporated: An Answer to Nervous Problems. Liguorian Pamphlet. Liguori, Missouri, Redemptorist Fathers, 1955 (multiple printings).
Huey, 1977: Huey, Karen. "Developing Effective Links Between Human-Services Provider and the Self-Help System." Hospital and Community Psychiatry. Vol. 28, 1977, pp. 767-770.
Notes: Recovery mentioned p. 767, 768.
(P)Hurley, 1988. Hurley, Dan. "Getting Help From Helping." Psychology Today. Vol. 22, no. 1, January 1988, pp. 62-67.
Notes: Recovery mentioned pp. 62-3.
Hurvitz, 1970: Hurvitz, Nathan. "Peer Self-Help Psychotherapy Groups and Their Implications for Psychotherapy." Psychotherapy: Theory, Research and Practice. Vol. 7, 1970, pp. 41-49.
Notes: Recovery mentioned p. 42, listed p. 49.
Hurvitz, 1976: Hurvitz, Nathan. "The Origins of the Peer Self-Help Psychotherapy Group Movement." Journal of Applied Behavioral Science. Vol. 12, 1976, pp. 283-294.
Notes: Recovery and Low mentioned pp. 290-291.
Hurvitz, Psychiatric Sociology: Hurvitz, Nathan. "Peer Self-Help Psychotherapy Groups. Psychotherapy without Psychotherapists." Psychiatric Sociology, Society for the Study of Social Problems. Science House, n.d.
Notes: Cited by Hurvitz in 1972 letter in Dr. Dean's files.
Jacobs, Marion K., PhD. See Goodman and Jacobs, 1994.
Jobe, Thomas H., MD. See Mental Illness, Stigma, and Self-Help: Recovery, Inc., and the Pioneering Work of Abraham Low, 1991.
Jobe, Thomas H., MD. See also Fichtner, Jobe, and Barter, 1991.
(N)Johnston, 1983: Johnston, Rhona A. "Developmental Deep Dyslexia?" Cortex. Vol. 19, 1983, pp. 133-139.
Notes: Low mentioned p. 137, 139 (bibl.).
Joint Commission, 1961: Joint Commission on Mental Illness and Health. Action for Mental Health, Final Report, 1961. NY, Basic Books, [1963].
Notes: Recovery mentioned pp. 186-7.
**Jurik, 1977: Jurik, Nancy Carol, PhD. "The Self-Help Organization and the Consequences of Relabeling: The case of Recovery, Incorporated." Unpublished paper delivered to Society for the Study of Social Problems, 1977.
**Jurik, 1987: Jurik, Nancy Carol, PhD. "Persuasion in a Self-Help Group: Processes and Consequences." Small Group Behavior. Vol. 18, 1987, 368-397.
*Katz, 1987: Katz, Alfred H., DSW. Partners in Wellness -- Self-Help Groups and Professionals. California Department of Mental Health, Office of Prevention, 1987.
Notes: Recovery mentioned p. 2, discussed pp. 10-12 (where note-numbers refer to unnumbered citations of Dean and Galanter in bibliography).
*Katz and Bender, 1976: Katz, Alfred H., DSW, and Eugene I. Bender, eds. The Strength in Us: Self-Help Groups in the Modern World. NY, New Viewpoints, 1976.
Notes: Contains Lee, 1971.
Kertesz, Andrew, MD. See Bub and Kertesz, 1982.
Killilea, Marie. See Caplan and Killilea, 1976.
(P)Knaus, 1979: Knaus, William J. Do It Now: How to Stop Procrastinating. Englewood Cliffs, Prentice-Hall, 1979.
Notes: Recovery mentioned p. 76, MHTWT p. 200 (bibl.).
*Kurtz, 1997: Kurtz, Linda Farris, DPA. Self-Help and Support Groups: A Handbook for Practitioners. Sage Sourcebook for the Human Services, vol. 34. Thousand Oaks, CA, Sage Publications, 1997.
Notes: Deals prominently with Recovery, Inc., among other organizations.
*Kurtz and Chambon, 1987: Kurtz, Linda Farris, DPA, and Adrienne Chambon, PhD. "Comparison of Self-Help Groups for Mental Health." Health and Social Work. Vol 12, 1987, pp. 275-283.
Notes: Compares Recovery, Inc., Emotions Anonymous, and GROW International. Recovery discussed throughout.
(J)**Landers, Ann. "Ask Ann Landers."
Notes: many citations since earliest in 1966.
(P)Landers, 1978: Landers, Ann. Encyclopedia A to Z. NY, Doubleday, 1978.
Notes: Recovery mentioned pp. 44, 582.
Landers, Ann. See Mental Illness, Stigma, and Self-Help: Recovery, Inc., and the Pioneering Work of Abraham Low, 1991.
Landy, David. See Wechsler and Landy, 1970.
**Lee, 1966: Lee, Donald T., MSW, ACSW. "Recovery, Inc.: A Well Role Model." The Quarterly of Camarillo. Vol. 2, Aug. 1966, pp. 35-36.
**Lee, 1971: Lee, Donald T., MSW, ACSW. "Recovery, Inc.: Aid in the Transition from Hospital to Community." Mental Hygiene. Vol. 55, 1971, pp. 194-198.
Notes: Republished as "Therapeutic Type: Recovery, Inc.," in Katz and Bender, 1976, pp. 42-48.
Lee, Donald T. See also Mental Illness, Stigma, and Self-Help: Recovery, Inc., and the Pioneering Work of Abraham Low, 1991.
**Lee, 1993: Lee, Donald T., MSW, ACSW. "Help Through Recovery, Inc." Letter to the Editor, Hospital and Community Psychiatry. Vol. 44, No. 1, January 1993, p. 83.
**Lee, 1995: Lee, Donald T., MSW, ACSW. "Professional Underutilization of Recovery, Inc." Psychiatric Rehabilitation Journal. Vol. 19, Summer 1995, pp. 63-70.
**Le Veck, 1980. Le Veck, Paula Gerspacher, PhD. Psychotherapeutic Self-Help and Peer Mutual Aid: Recovery, Inc. and the Manic Depressive Association. Unpublished PhD dissertation, University of California, San Francisco, 1980, 319 pages.
*Levy, 1976: Levy, Leon H., "Self-Help Groups: Types and Psychological Processes." Journal of Applied Behavioral Science. Vol. 12, 1976, pp. 310-322.
Lieberman, Yalom, Miles, 1973: Lieberman, Morton A., PhD, Irvin D. Yalom, MD, Matthew B. Miles, EdD. Encounter Groups: First Facts. NY, Basic Books, 1973.
Notes: Recovery mentioned p. 373.
*Lieberman and Borman, 1979: Lieberman, Morton A., PhD, Leonard D. Borman, PhD, and Associates. Self-Help Groups for Coping with Crisis: Origins, Members, Processes, and Impact. San Francisco, Jossey-Bass, 1979.
Notes: Reprints Antze, 1976. In addition, Recovery mentioned p. 2, 11, 21, 24-25, 26, 28-29, 30, 32, 33, 35-38, 115, 222, 332, 410, 420, Table 1.
Lotery, 1987. Lotery, Jennifer Lynn, PhD. The Role of Mental Health and Medical Professionals With Self-Help Groups. Unpublished dissertation, UCLA, 1987.
Notes: Recovery mentioned pp. 8, 54-55; cites Wechsler, 1960.
*Lubin, 1987: Lubin, Bernard, PhD, and Alice W. Lubin, BA. Comprehensive Index of Group Psychotherapy Writings. Madison, CT, International Universities Press, 1987.
Notes: Provided citations to writings of Low (p. 332) not found elsewhere.
Madara, 1990. Madara, Edward J. "Maximizing the Potential for Community Self-Help Through Clearinghouse Approaches." Robert E. Hess, John Morgan, eds. Prevention in Community Mental Health Centers. New York, Haworth Press, 1990. (Also published as Prevention in Human Services, vol. 7, no. 2, 1990).
Notes: Recovery mentioned pp. 114, 115.
Marshall, John C. See Coltheart, Patterson, and Marshall, 1980.
Masserman, 1978: Masserman, Jules H., MD. "Threescore and Thirteen Tangential Therapies -- a Review and Integration." Current Psychiatric Therapies. Vol. 18, 1978, pp. 3-37.
Notes: Recovery mentioned p. 16.
Masserman, 1981: Masserman, Jules H., MD. "Survey of Behavior Therapies." Current Psychiatric Therapies. Vol. 20, 1981, pp. 191-229.
Notes: No mention of Recovery by name; p. 204 speaks of "Bibliotherapy," with reference to MHTWT in bibl., p. 223.
**Melone, 1975: Melone, Robert A. "The Way Is in Your Will with Recovery, Inc." Counseling and Values. Vol. 19, no. 2, Feb., 1975, p. 131.
**Menninger, 1973: Menninger, Karl, MD. "Reading Notes." Psychiatric News, March 7, 1973, pp. 14-15.
Notes: Regrets paying no attention to Recovery, speaks of "people who are legion whose lives were saved or fulfilled by it" (p. 15).
(J)*Menninger, 1976: Menninger, Walt, MD. "On the Road to Mental Recovery." Miami Herald. June 27, 1976.
Notes: Incorrectly states that Recovery is modeled after AA.
Mental Illness, Stigma, and Self-Help: Recovery, Inc., and the Pioneering Work of Abraham Low. Conference co-sponsored by the University of Illiois at Chicago College of Medicine Department of Psychiatry and the Abraham A. Low Institute, May 16-17, 1991, Chicago, Illinois.
Papers delivered:
**Astrachan, Boris, MD. Introduction.
Barter, James T., MD. "Stigma: The Myths of Mental Illness."
**Collier, Gary, PhD. "The Essential Role of Language in the Recovery Method."
**Greenblatt, Milton, MD. "The Therapeutic Elements in the Recovery Method."
**Jobe, Thomas H., MD. "Setting the Historical Record Straight: Dr. Low's Contributions to Neuroscience."
**Landers, Ann. Remarks on Recovery, Inc.
**Lee, Donald T., MSW, ACSW. "The Historical Roots of Cognitive Therapy: Abraham Low's Pioneering Concepts."
Miller, Sheldon I. "The Professional's Perspective on Stigma."
**Powell, Thomas J., MSW, PhD. "Recovery, Inc., As a Model for Self-Help Organizations."
**Raiff, Norma Radol, PhD, LSW. "'There Are No Hopeless Cases.' The Early Work of Abraham A. Low As a Model for the Public Sector Consultant."
**Visotsky, Harold M., MD. "Recovery's Place in the Self-Help Movement."
(J)**"Mental Self-Help." Time Magazine. Vol. 100, no. 5, July 31, 1972, p. 43.
Notes: See also "Freud? Fiddlesticks!" Time, 1954.
Miles, Matthew B., EdD. See Lieberman, Yalom, Miles, 1973.
Miller, 1991: See Mental Illness, Stigma, and Self-Help: Recovery, Inc., and the Pioneering Work of Abraham Low, 1991.
Morgan, John. See Madara, 1990.
Mowrer and Vattano, 1976: Mowrer, O. Hobart, PhD, and Anthony J. Vattano, PhD. "Integrity Groups: A Context for Growth in Honesty, Responsibility, and Involvement." Journal of Applied Behavioral Science. Vol. 12, 1976, pp. 419-431.
Notes: Recovery mentioned p. 419, MHTWT p. 431 (bibl.).
**Murray, 1994: Murray, Peter, MD. "Recovery, Inc.: A Useful Resource in the Managed Care Era." Community Psychiatrist. Vol. 6, Summer, 1994, p. 6.
**Murray, 1996: Murray, Peter, MD. "Recovery, Inc., as an Adjunct to Treatment in an Era of Managed Care." Psychiatric Services. Vol. 47, 1996, pp. 1378-1381.
(P)NIMH, 1989: National Institute of Mental Health, Office of Scientific Information. Plain Talk About Mutual Help Groups. Brochure. Rockville, MD, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, 1989.
Notes: Recovery listed as resource.
(J)*New York Times, 1978. Item on Donahue show? June 25, 1978.
**"No Hopeless Cases." 'Scope (University of Illinois, Chicago, College of Medicine). Vol. 15, No. 5, March-April 1991, pp. 2-3.
(N)Nolan and Caramazza, 1982: Nolan, Karen A., PhD, and Alfonso Caramazza, PhD. "Modality-Independent Impairments in Word Processing in a Deep Dyslexic Patient." Brain and Language. Vol. 16, 1982, pp. 237-264.
Notes: Low mentioned pp. 250, 263 (bibl.).
**Omark, 1979: Omark, Richard C. "The Dilemma of Membership in Recovery, Inc., A Self-Help Ex-Mental Patients' Organization." Psychological Reports. Vol. 44, 1979, pp. 1119-1125.
Notes: Negative toward Recovery.
**Omark, 1982: Omark, Richard D. "Cycles and Balance: Personality Change Versus Organizational Maintenance." Psychiatric Quarterly. Vol. 54, 1982, pp. 109-122.
Notes: Negative toward Recovery.
Osmond, Humphry. See Siegler and Osmond, 1974/6.
(P)Papolos, 1987: Papolos, Demitri F., MD, and Janice Papolos. Overcoming Depression. NY, Harper and Row, 1987.
Notes: Recovery mentioned p. 237.
(P)*Park and Shapiro, 1976: Park, Clara Claiborne, with Leon N. Shapiro, MD. You Are Not Alone; Understanding and Dealing with Mental Illness; A Guide for Parents, Families, Doctors and Other Professionals. Boston, Little, Brown, 1976.
Notes: Recovery and Low mentioned pp. 142, 260, 457-458 (bibl.), discussed pp. 408-411. Cites MHTWT, Rau, Menninger, Dean.
Pasquale, T.L. See Borman, 1982.
Patterson, Karalyn. See Coltheart, Patterson, and Marshall, 1980.
**(J)Pesmen, 1981: Pesmen, Sandra. "Self-Help Keeps Mental Health Wounds Healed." Crain's Chicago Business. June 22, 1981, pp. 39-40.
Powell, 1975: Powell, Thomas J., MSW, PhD. "The Use of Self-Help Groups As Supportive Reference Communities." American Journal of Orthopsychiatry. Vol. 45, 1975, pp. 756-764.
Notes: Recovery mentioned pp. 756, 757, 759, 760.
Powell, 1985: Powell,Thomas J., MSW, PhD. "Improving the effectiveness of Self-Help." Social Policy. Fall, 1985, pp. 25-29.
Notes: Cited in Jurik, 1987.
*Powell, 1987: Powell, Thomas J., MSW, PhD. Self-Help Organizations and Professional Practice. Silver Springs, MD, National Association of Social Workers, 1987.
Notes: Recovery mentioned pp. viii, 6, 16, 19, 38, 40, 41-42, 43, 61-62, 98, 106, 124, 148, 176, 178, 180, 183, 188-189, 190, 191, 252, 260, 302, 315, 320.
Powell, Thomas J., MSW, PhD. See also Mental Illness, Stigma, and Self-Help: Recovery, Inc., and the Pioneering Work of Abraham Low, 1991.
Powell, 1994: Powell, Thomas J., MSW, PhD. Understanding the Self-Help Organization: Frameworks and Findings. Thousand Oaks, CA, Sage Publications, 1997.
Notes: Collection of articles by many authors.
President's Commission, 1978: President's Commission on Mental Health. Washington, Government Printing Office, 1978.
"Professionals Found Referring Patients to Self-Help Groups." Psychiatric News. Vol 8, no. 12, June 20, 1973.
Notes: Reports on Grosz study.
(J)Quinn, 1989: Quinn, Gene, BA, CAC, CEAP. "A Multiple Sclerosis Self-Help Group." Canada's Mental Health. Vol. 37, June 1989, p. 13.
Notes: Mentions Recovery among others.
**Raiff, Recovery Leaders, 1977: Raiff, Norma Radol, PhD, LSW. "Recovery Leaders, 1977: A Preliminary Report." Unpublished 97-page report, 1977.
**Raiff, Recovery, Inc., 1978: Raiff, Norma Radol, PhD, LSW. Recovery, Inc.: A Study of a Self-Help Organization in Mental Health. Unpublished dissertation, University of Pittsburgh, 1978, 308 pages.
**Raiff, 1982: Raiff, Norma Radol, PhD, LSW. "Self-Help Participation and Quality of Life: A Study of the Staff of Recovery, Inc." Helping People to Help Themselves. Leonard D. Borman, Leslie E. Borck, Robert Hess, and Frank L. Pasquale, eds. Prevention in Human Services. Vol. 1, no 3, 1982, pp. 79-89.
**Raiff, Some Health Related Outcomes, 1984: Raiff, Norma Radol, PhD, LSW. "Some Health Related Outcomes of Self-Help Participation. Recovery, Inc. as a Case Example of a Self-help Organization in Mental Health." The Self-Help Revolution. A. Gartner and F. Riessman, eds. NY, Human Services Press, 1984, pp. 183-193.
**Raiff, Recovery, Inc. and Quality Assurances, 1984: Raiff, Norma Radol, PhD, LSW. "Recovery, Inc. and Quality Assurances in Organized Self-Help." Journal of International and Comparative Social Welfare. Vol. 1, 1984, pp. 77-89.
Raiff, Norma Radol. See also Mental Illness, Stigma, and Self-Help: Recovery, Inc., and the Pioneering Work of Abraham Low, 1991.
(P)**Rau, 1971: Rau, Neil and Margaret. My Dear Ones. Englewood Cliffs, Prentice-Hall, 1971.
Notes: Biography of Abraham Low. Reviewed Chicago Sun Times, Jan. 9, 1972; Chicago Tribune, Dec. 13, 1971, Section 10, p. 18; Books Today, same paper, same date; Publishers' Weekly, Sept. 27, 1971.
(J)**Rau, 1972: Rau, Neil. "No Hopeless Cases." Science of Mind. March, 1972, pp. 17-18.
(J)**"Recovery Comes of Age. Self-Help Upstart of the '30s a Firm Establishment Fixture." Roche Report: Frontiers of Psychiatry. Roche Laboratories, Nutley, NJ. Vol. 5, no. 16, Oct. 1, 1975, pp. 5-7. Reprinted in "Help Through Recovery," National Migraine Foundation Newsletter, 1976.
(J)**"Rediscovering Recovery." Innovations (American Institutes for Research). Vol. 7, no. 1, spring, 1980, pp. 21-22.
Riessman, Frank, PhD. See Gartner and Riessman, 1977, 1980, 1984.
(N)*Rosenfield, 1988: Rosenfield, Israel, MD, PhD. The Invention of Memory. A New View of the Brain. NY, Basic Books, 1988.
Notes: In chapter entitled "Localization of Function Today: The Brain as a Collection of Functionally Specialized Units," is a section entitled "Context and Meaning: A.A. Low and A.R. Luria," pp. 85-88; see also p. 89, p. 219 (footnotes).
(P)Ruben, 1976: Ruben, Harvey L., MD. Crisis Intervention. NY, Popular Library, 1976.
Notes: Recovery mentioned p. 152.
Rush, A. John. See Beck, Rush, Shaw, Emery, 1979.
Ryan, Edward R. See Bell and Ryan, 1984.
Sagarin, 1969: Sagarin, Edward. Odd Man In; Societies of Deviants in America. Chicago, Quadrangle, 1969.
Notes: Quite negative. Pp. 211-221, 264 9 (footnotes), 276 (bibliographic note on Low).
(P)Schnebly, 1987: Schnebly, Lee. Do-It-Yourself Happiness; How To Be Your Own Counselor. Tucson, Manzanas Press, 1987. Revised and republished: Tucson, Fisher Books, 1988.
Notes: Recovery discussed pp. 91-95 (1987); 120-123, 198 (1988).
(J)**"Self Help for Patients." Reaching Out. Illinois Department of Mental Health. Vol. 1, no. 1, Autumn, 1970.
**(J)"Self-Help Groups Provide Cost-Effective, Community Based Health Care." Mental Health Advocate [Newsletter of the Mental Health Association in Illinois]. Spring/Summer 1994.
(J)**"'Self-help Psychotherapy' As Practiced by 'Recovery.'" Roche Report, Frontiers of Hospital Psychiatry. Vol. 2, no. 5, March 1, 1965. Nutley, NJ, Roche Laboratories.
(N)Shallice, 1988: Shallice, Tim. From Neuropsychology to Mental Structure. Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 1988.
Notes: Low mentioned on pp. 70-71.
Shapiro, Leon N., MD. See Park and Shapiro, 1976.
Shaw, Brian F. See Beck, Rush, Shaw, Emery, 1979.
**Sheldon, 1978: Sheldon, Dana M., MD. "Self-Help in Mental Health: Impressions of Recovery, Inc." Journal of the Maine Medical Association. Vol. 69, no. 7, July, 1978, pp?
**Shoichet, 1968: Shoichet, R. "Recovery, Inc." Canadian Family Physician. Nov. 1968.
Siegler and Osmond, 1974/6: Siegler, Miriam, and Humphry Osmond. Models of Madness, Models of Medicine. NY, Harper Colophon, 1974/6.
Notes: Recovery discussed pp. 176-7, 190-1.
Silverman, 1978: Silverman, Phyllis R. Mutual Help Groups: A Guide for Mental Health Workers. (DHHS Publication No. ADM 80-646) Rockville, MD, Department of HEW, 1978.
Notes: Recovery mentioned pp. 31-32.
Solomon, Lawrence N. See Berzon and Solomon, 1966.
**"Study Indicates 'Recovery' Doing Well as Self-Help Program." Psychiatric News. Vol. 7, no. 14, July 19, 1972.
Notes: Reports on Grosz Study.
*Suler, 1984: Suler, John, PhD. "The Role of Ideology in Self-Help Groups." Social Policy. Vol. 14, no. 3, winter 1984, pp. 29-36.
Notes: Recovery and Low mentioned throughout. Relies heavily on Wechsler, though several sources in bibliography (incl. MHTWT).
Terner and Pew, 1978. Terner, Janet, and W.L. Pew. The Courage to Be Imperfect: The Life and Work of Rudolf Dreikurs. NY, Hawthorn, 1978.
Notes: Interesting glimpse of embattled non-psychoanalysts in Chicago. Low mentioned pp. 129, 139, 196.
(J)**Turkington, 1982: Turkington, Carol. "Recovery Inc. Joins the Mainstream. Self-Help Group Is Backup for Professional Therapy." APA [American Psychological Association] Monitor. March, 1982, pp?
(J)**Van Buren, Abigail. "Dear Abby."
Notes: Many citations over many years.
**Van Sickle,1996. Van Sickle, Rose. Peace of Body, Peace of Mind: Practical, Effective Techniques for Mental Fitness. Raleigh, NC, PLJ Unlimited, Inc., 1996.
Personal account by Recovery, Inc., leader.
Vattano, Anthony J., PhD. See Mowrer and Vattano, 1976.
Visotsky, Harold M., MD. See Mental Illness, Stigma, and Self-Help: Recovery, Inc., and the Pioneering Work of Abraham Low, 1991.
**Wade, Beatrice. Story of Recovery. n.d. [late 1930's?]
Notes: Very early description of Recovery, Inc. Leaflet by Instructor in Occupational Therapy, Illinois State School of Psychiatric Nursing, 6 pages.
**Wechsler, The Self-Help Organization, 1960: Wechsler, Henry, PhD. "The Self-Help Organization in the Mental Health Field: Recovery, Inc., A Case Study." Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease. Vol. 30, 1960, pp. 297-314. Reprinted in Gerald Caplan and Marie Killilea, Support Systems and Mutual Help; Multidisciplinary Explorations. NY, Grune and Stratton, 1976, pp. 187-212.
Notes: Negative description; remained major bibliographic source.
Wechsler, The Expatient Organization, 1960: Wechsler, Henry, PhD. "The Expatient Organization: A Survey." Journal of Social Issues. Vol. 16, no. 2, 1960, pp. 47-53.
Wechsler, 1961: Wechsler, Henry, PhD. "Patterns of Membership in a Self-Help Organization in Mental Health." Mental Hygiene. Vol. 45, 1961, pp. 613-622.
Wechsler and Landy, 1970: Wechsler, Henry, and David Landy. "Social Rehabilitation." Clinical Facilities? [Lack publication information], pp. 367-381. Reprinted from Grunebaum, Henry, The Practice of Community Mental Health. Boston, Little Brown, 1970.
Notes: Recovery mentioned on p. 373.
(P)*Weinberg, 1959: Weinberg, Harry L. Levels of Knowing and Existence. Lakeville, CT, Institute of General semantics, 1959. Chapter on "Semantitherapy": "General Semantics and the Will Therapy of Abraham Low," pp. 182-195.
Westermeyer, Joseph, MD, PhD. See Galanter and Westermeyer, 1980.
Whiteley, John M. See Ellis and Whiteley, 1979.
Yalom, Irvin D., MD. The Theory and Practice of Group Psychotherapy. NY, Basic Books, 1970. 2nd edition 1975. 3rd edition 1985.
Notes: In three editions, consulted only Wechsler.
Yalom Irvin D., MD. See Lieberman, Yalom, Miles, 1973.
(P)You Are Not Alone; Facts About Mental Health and Mental Illness. Rockville, MD, Department of Health and Human Services Publication No. (ADM) 85-1178. Brochure, 9 pp.
Notes: Recovery mentioned p. 7.
Unpublished works deemed inappropriate for Bibliography
**Altman, 1987: Altman, Jolan, RN. "Teaching a System of Self Help in the Treatment of Chronicity in Mental Health." October 1987. Unpublished paper, 2 pp. plus bibliography (Low, Rau), half-page biography.
**Raiff, Uses of Knowledge, 1977: Raiff, Norma Radol, PhD, LSW. "The Uses of Knowledge in a Self-Help Setting: Demand Factors and Knowledge Dimensions Common to Organized Mutual Aid." 1977. Unpublished 9-page paper delivered to Pennsylvania Sociological
Society. 4 1/2-page abstract includes organizational chart and bibl.
**Raiff, Who Needs Recovery? 1978: Raiff, Norma Radol, PhD, LSW. "Who Needs Recovery?" Unpublished paper delivered to the Pennsylvania Sociological Society, 1978.
**Raiff, Impact of Self-Helping, 1978: Raiff, Norma Radol, PhD, LSW. "The Impact of Self-Helping Upon External Systems Behavior: Recovery, Inc., A Case Example." Unpublished paper delivered to the North Central Sociological Association, 1978.
**Raiff, 1979: Raiff, Norma Radol, PhD, LSW. "Motivations in Becoming a Self-Help Group Leader." Unpublished paper delivered to Pennsylvania Sociological Society, 1979.
**Raiff, Norma Radol, PhD, LSW. Unpublished, untitled, undated (c. 1979?) paper examining "certain aspects of...the self-help patient-leader and patient-administrator (p. 2)." 14 pages.
Notes: Latest item in bibl.: 1978.
**Raiff, Norma Radol, PhD, LSW. "The Nervous Patient as Volunteer: Characteristics of the Self-Help Group Leaders of Recovery Inc." Unpublished, undated (1977?) paper, 10 pages.
Notes: Latest item in bibl.: 1976.