Mutual Aid Groups: Doctoral thesis in sociology by Stefan Jaffrin
Mutual Aid Groups: Doctoral thesis in sociology by Stefan Jaffrin Action Plan 1. The thesis problematic 2. A proposal: To give a strong practical orientation to the thesis 3. First approach: Observe the GEMs 4. Institutional analysis of GEM development 5 The "Professionals" of the GEMs: Presidents, Facilitators and Sponsors 6 The GEMs, Therapeutic Clubs and ClubHouse comparison 7. State of the art literature on GEMq 8. Bibliography -1 on GEMs -2 on Psychiatry A Gemmology trial After two years of investigation in the world of forced and drug oriented psychiatry, I am preparing since last July a thesis on the sociology of psychiatry. this thesis aims at the sociological study of the 500 GEMs existing throughout France : GEMs are new places created by a 2005 law on Psychic Disability where some 30,000 people suffering from mental disorders meet every year. Mutual Aid Groups are self-managed associations and places open 35 hour...