WORKS WRITTEN ON THE SUBJECT OF ABRAHAM A. LOW, MD, AND RECOVERY, INC.: A BIBLIOGRAPHY

Compiled by Marilyn Low Schmitt

The core citations of this bibliography resulted from searches conducted by Treasure Ann Sachnoff and James T. Barter, M.D., during 1989. It has been amended since then.

NOTE: This is a draft of an ongoing bibliography of works written on the subject of Abraham A. Low, M.D., and Recovery, Inc. Additions and corrections to its content, sent to the Abraham A. Low Institute, will be gratefully received and acknowledged. The address for the Abraham A. Low Institute is: Abraham A. Low Institute, 550 Frontage Road, Northfield, IL 60093.

For publications by Abraham Low, see Works Written by Abraham A. Low, MD: A Bibliography (published by the Abraham A. Low Institute).

Journal titles are written in full, since some intended readers may not be familiar with the standard abbreviations.

** designates concentration on Abraham A. Low or Recovery.
* designates important treatment of same, among other subjects.
(J) designates journalistic article in popular press.
(Additional J items in separate list; only selected items
listed here.)
(P) designates book aimed at popular audience.
(N) designates works referring to Low's neurological studies.

(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 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, 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.

(P)Barkas, 1979: Barkas, J.L. The Help Book. NY, Scribner's, 1979.

Notes: Recovery mentioned p. 471.

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 and 1022.

(P)*Benzinger, 1976: Benzinger, Barbara F. Speaking Out. NY, Walker, 1976.

Notes: Chapter 16 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. 87-page unpublished MSW thesis, Smith College, 1974.

Notes: Abstract in Smith College Studies in Social Work. Vol. 45, Nov. 1974, p. 63.

Borck, L.E. See Borman, 1982.

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.

Borman, Leonard D. 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 and bibl.

**Brocking, 1983: Brocking, Philip L., MSW. "Feedback: More on Self-Help." Letter in Hospital and Community Psychiatry. Vol. 34, 1983, p. 263.

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. (cf. 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, and Andrew Kertesz. "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.)

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. See also American Handbook of Psychiatry II, 1975.

Caramazza, Alfonso. See Nolan and Caramazza, 1982.

(J)**Carmer, 1941. Carmer, Helen. "Parade of Silent Men." Magazine Digest. February, 1941, pp. 24-28.

Chambon, Adrienne. See Kurtz and Chambon, 1987.

*(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.

Notes: Features Recovery, Inc.

**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. 11170-1172.

Notes: Incls. bibl. with references to unpublished papers.

**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: Bibl. 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: Bibl. 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: Front-page interview contains short passage on Recovery and Low.

*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. Bibl. 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: Notes Recovery's 10th anniversary.

**Downes, 1984: Downes, Nancy, MA, CPC. A Paradigm of Alfred Adler's Gemeinschaftsgefuehl: Recovery, Inc., and the Recovery Method of Abraham Low. Unpublished 58-page M.A. thesis, Bowie State College (Maryland), 1984.

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 550-page thesis for Master in Education, University of Dublin, School of Education, Trinity College, 1990.

Dyrud, Jarl E. See American Handbook of Psychiatry V, 1975.

**Ellis, 1967: Ellis, Albert. Review of Lectures to Relatives of Former Patients. Rational Living. Vol. 2, no. 2, 1967, pp. 29-30.

Ellis, 1987: Ellis, Albert. "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, 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, 1981: Farwell, Robert L. "Recovering Through Self-Help Groups." Letter in American Journal of Psychiatry. Vol. 138, 1981, p. 704.

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 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., Ph.D., M.D. "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.

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, p. ?

Notes: cf. "Mental Self-Help," 1972.

Funnell, Elaine. See Allport and Funnell, 1981.

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, American Journal of 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, 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, Sept/Oct 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. 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 incorrectly on pp. 525-6; "purpose largely to maintain morale" p. 796.

(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.).

*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, 1972: Grosz, Hanus J., MD, DPM. See "Study Indicates `Recovery' Doing Well as Self-Help Program." Psychiatric News. Vol. 7, no. 14, July 19, 1972.

Notes: Reports on Grosz Study.

**Grosz, 1973: Grosz, Hanus J., MD, DPM. See "Professionals Found Referring Patients to Self-Help Groups." Psychiatric News. Vol 8, no. 12, June 20, 1973.

Notes: Reports on Grosz study.

(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.

Hess. R. See Borman, 1982.

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.

(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, 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 discussed pp. 10-12, mentioned p. 2.

*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. 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, 200 (bibl.).

*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: Do not have full list of citations; earliest 1966.

(P)Landers, 1978: Landers, Ann. Encyclopedia A to Z. NY, Doubleday, 1978.

Notes: Recovery mentioned pp. 44, 582.

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.

Notes: Cited in Dean, Congressional Record, 1969.

**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 The Strength In Us: Self-Help Groups in the Modern World. A.H. Katz, E.I. Bender, eds. NY, New Viewpoints, 1976, pp. 42-48.

**Lee, 1995. Lee, Donald T., MSW, ACSW. "Professional Underutilization of Recovery, Inc." Psychiatric Rehabilitation Journal. Vol. 19, pp. 63-70.

**Le Veck, 1980. Le Veck, Paula Gerspacher, PhD. Psychotherpeutic Self-Help and Peer Mutual Aid: Recovery, Inc. and the Manic Depressive Association. Unpublished 319-page PhD dissertation, University of California, San Francisco, 1980.

*Levy, 1976: Levy, Leon H., "Self-Help Groups: Types and Psychological Processes." Journal of Applied Behavioral Science. Vol. 12, 1976, pp. 310-322.

Notes: Recovery mentioned throughout.

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.

(J)**"Mental Self-Help." Time Magazine. Vol. 100, no. 5, July 31, 1972, p. 43.

Notes: cf. "Freud? Fiddlesticks!" 1954.

Miles, Matthew B. See Lieberman, Yalom, Miles, 1973.

Mowrer, 1976: Mowrer, O. Hobart, 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, 431 (bibl.).

(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. Item on Donahue show. June 25, 1978.

(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.

**Omark, 1982: Omark, Richard D. "Cycles and Balance: Personality Change Versus Organizational Maintenance." Psychiatric Quarterly. Vol. 54, 1982, pp. 109-122.

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.

Pasquale, T.L. See Borman, 1982.

Patterson, Karalyn. See Coltheart, Patterson, and Marshall, 1980.

Powell, 1975: Powell, Thomas J., DSW. "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., DSW. "Improving the effectiveness of Self-Help." Social Policy. Fall, 1985, pp. 25-29.

Notes: Cited in Jurik, 1987.

President's Commission, 1978: President's Commission on Mental Health. Washington, Government Printing Office, 1978.

Notes: Cited by Lieberman/Borman, Self-Help Groups for Coping with Crisis, 1979, p. 420; also by Raiff. Recovery list: "Task Panel Reports, see Vol. I and Vol. II, p. 172."

(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, Inc., 1978: Raiff, Norma Radol, PhD, LSW. Recovery, Inc.: A Study of a Self-Help Organization in Mental Health. Unpublished 308-page dissertation, University of Pittsburgh, 1978.

**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.

(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; and in 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. See Gartner and Riessman, 1977, 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. 230 (index).

(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: 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 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. "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.

Notes: Cited in Dean, Congressional Record, 1969.

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.

*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 bibl.

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: 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: Do not have full list of citations.

**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.

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, 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. See Galanter and Westermeyer, 1980.

Whiteley, John M. See Ellis and Whiteley, 1979.

Yalom, Irvin D. 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. 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.

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