Consumers' Experiences in Dual Focus Mutual Aid for Co-occurring Substance Use and Mental Health Disorders

Harlan Matusow, Honoria Guarino, Andrew Rosenblum, Howard Vogel, Thomas Uttaro, Sadiqua Khabir, Martin Rini, Thomas Moore, Stephen Magura, Harlan Matusow, Honoria Guarino, Andrew Rosenblum, Howard Vogel, Thomas Uttaro, Sadiqua Khabir, Martin Rini, Thomas Moore, Stephen Magura

Abstract

Mutual aid fellowships have been shown to improve outcomes for those with co-occurring substance use and mental illness disorders. Processes associated with usefulness include helper therapy (the assumption of a helping role to foster commitment) and reciprocal learning (the sharing of problems and solutions among members). The present qualitative investigation used focus groups comprised a subset of participants in Double Trouble in Recovery (DTR), a 12-step mutual aid group for those with co-occurring disorders, to gather their subjective perceptions of the groups. Participants emphasized that in linking them to others with similar problems, the DTR groups played a vital emotional role in their lives and provided a needed venue for information sharing that might have been otherwise unavailable.

Keywords: 12-step; DTR; Double Trouble in Recovery; co-occurring disorders; dual-diagnosis; focus groups; mutual-Aid.

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