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In a support group, members provide each other with various types of nonprofessional, nonmaterial help for a particular shared burdensome characteristic. The help may take the form of providing relevant information, relating personal experiences, listening to others' experiences, providing sympathetic understanding and establishing social networks. A support group may also provide ancillary support, such as serving as a public relations voice or engaging in advocacy.
Maintaining contact
Support groups maintain interpersonal contact among their members in a variety of ways. Most groups have traditionally met in person in group sizes that allowed conversational interaction. Support groups also maintain contact through printed newsletters, telephone chains, internet forums, and mailing lists. Some support groups are exclusively Online_support_groups.
Membership in some support groups is formally controlled, with admission requirements and membership fees. Other groups are "open" and allow anyone to drop in at an advertised meeting, for example, or to participate in an online forum.
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Support Groups :: Society and Culture
Climb Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia UK Support Group - Provides support for those with CAH, as well as their families, and raises funds for research. FAQ's, information pack, publications, events, and stories.
Cumbria Survivors of Sexual Abuse CSSA - Cumbria-based self-help group providing advice, information and support to men and women who have suffered from childhood sexual abuse. Contacts, message board, FAQ, leaflets and library.
Cushing's Syndrome Support Group (Yahoo!) - UK forum for those with 'Cushing's Syndrome' - a hormonal disorder caused by prolonged exposure to high levels of the hormone cortisol. Yahoo! registration required.
Meta Description: [ Cushings: A place for all who suffer or believe they may suffer from Cushing's Syndrome ]
Directory of Self Help Groups - Publisher of printed directory provides links to many self help and support groups.
Meta Description: [ UK Self Help Groups ]
Edinburgh Myalgic Encephalomyelitis Self Help Group - Edinburgh-based ME Self Help Group (MESH) for those with ME, as well as their families and carers. Events, meetings, postal library service, quarterly newsletter, plus forum and members-only pages.
Meta Description: [ Edinburgh Myalgic Encephalomyelitis Self Help Group (MESH) ]
Hop Skip and Jump - Bristol-based day care and supervised play for children with special needs and their families. Extensive facilities - serves all of South West England.
Meta Description: [ Hop, Skip and Jump. A Special place for children with special needs and their families ]
I am Perfect - An Exploration of OCD - Support site for the mental condition Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD). Join the forum, read poetry and order music.
Meta Description: [ Support site run by and for, sufferers of Obsessive Compulsive Disorder(OCD) in the UK. Join the OCD forum, read stories of other Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder sufferers. ]
Immune-System Support Group - Sources of help and support for people connected in some way to diseases affecting the immune system. General advice plus links to web-sites providing more detailed medical information.
Olive PCOS Support Group - A support group for women in Norfolk and Suffolk with Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome. Provides information, empathy and shared experience.
Meta Description: [ Support group for women in Nofolk and Suffolk with Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome (PCOS). ]
SIBS: For family siblings of people with special needs - Support for brothers and sisters of those with special needs, disabilities or chronic illness. Fact sheets, workshops and conferences, plus training for professionals.
Meta Description: [ Sibs is for support people who grow up with a brother or sister with special needs, disabilities or chronic illness. ]
Survivors Swindon - Supporting adult male survivors of child sexual abuse and adult sexual assaults. Training services also offered.
Meta Description: [ Survivors Swindon,
The Agoraphobia Support Network - Provides information and advice for agoraphobics, as well as their friends and family. Self-help support network for members to exchange information and experiences, and gently help each other to cope.
The Mental Health Foundation - Charity improving the lives of those with mental health problems or learning disabilities. Research, service development and information to increase understanding.
Verity 'PCOS' Self Help Group - For women whose lives are affected by Polycystic Ovary Syndrome. Events diary, facts-sheets, web-links and discussion forum.
West Norwood 'breathe-easy' support group - London-based support group for people living with lung disease, and their carers. Help and advice, plus events, meetings, chat forum, and newsletter.
Meta Description: [ Breatheeasy is a support group for people living with lung disease and their carers. It is supported by the British Lung Foundation ]
