Regarding self-help as a legal doctrine, see: Self-help (law)

The term self-help can refer to any case whereby an individual or a group, such as a support group, betters themselves economically, intellectually or emotionally. The connotations of the phrase often apply particularly to education, business, psychological or psychotherapeutic nostrums, purveyed through the popular genre of the "self-help" books and self-help personal development movements.

Before a social movement in any cultural group develops enough size, tradition, expertise and social recognition, it undergoes the self help phase of group development. When any social group reaches a certain size (about 80 members), the pattern with human adults seems to be that it will develop a self help "faction" that may eventually bud off (or break away) from the parent group. Often competing larger groups may try to dismiss or otherwise minimize the break away group by describing it as "self help" since its expertise is not supposedly so significant nor true as the older group.

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Working w an interactive design firm on new problem gambling self-help tools for the web. Can't wait to see what you all think of em!
pgSylvia (Sylvia H) Fri, 18 Dec 2009 23:02:57 -0000
Working w an interactive design firm on new problem gambling self-help tools for the web. Can't wait to see what you all think of em!
Anyone got any self help measures for a tooth ache?
thedlog (thedlog) Fri, 18 Dec 2009 22:58:57 -0000
Anyone got any self help measures for a tooth ache?
@MYNISTA ...WHY ARE WE AS CHRISTIANS TRYING TO BE SEEN?? its CHRIST in u the hope of glory...NOT U!! --man...die to self...help Lord JESUS
Starrjones (Star Jones) Fri, 18 Dec 2009 22:39:00 -0000
@MYNISTA ...WHY ARE WE AS CHRISTIANS TRYING TO BE SEEN?? its CHRIST in u the hope of glory...NOT U!! --man...die to self...help Lord JESUS
@30sleeps - Maybe. Or maybe I deliberately ignored the excess when I used to read more self-help.
ScottHYoung (Scott Young) Fri, 18 Dec 2009 22:37:52 -0000
@30sleeps - Maybe. Or maybe I deliberately ignored the excess when I used to read more self-help.
I don't do self-help books, jus believe evrybody's situation is different so I'll stick 2 th books tht only hav 1 word as th title :)
simplyqwan (NaQwanda Tucker) Fri, 18 Dec 2009 22:37:26 -0000
I don't do self-help books, jus believe evrybody's situation is different so I'll stick 2 th books tht only hav 1 word as th title :)
Our Good News has got a sister site. Proudly presenting: Our Best Self Help ==> http://www.ourbestselfhelp.com #mentalhealth #health #loa
ourgoodnews (Claes Sterner) Fri, 18 Dec 2009 22:34:29 -0000
Our Good News has got a sister site. Proudly presenting: Our Best Self Help ==> http://www.ourbestselfhelp.com #mentalhealth #health #loa

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