Soberistas project presents at SSA Annual Symposium 2015

Soberistas - Understanding a new form of Mutual Aid (SUMA): project presents preliminary findings. 

Soberistas is a social network website aimed primarily at women who are seeking help with alcohol dependency. It has been in operation since November 2012 and currently has over 32,000 registered members from all around the world. 

The peer support provided through Soberistas shares common elements of that supplied through other forms of mutual aid. The evidence base for mutual aid groups demonstrates that active participation leads to increase likelihood of sustaining recovery, but there is relatively little research concerning the mechanisms behind their success. 

Undertaken as part of the Wessex AHSN Reducing Harm from Alcohol programme, and jointly funded by them and Soberistas, a clinical research team from University of Southampton has studied the Soberistas entity, its membership and model. Preliminary findings are being presented at the Society for the Study of Addiction (SSA) Annual Symposium 2015. 

For more information, download the academic poster below. 

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