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

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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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WISER opening has started! Women's groups choirs singing in support of WISER!
WISERSchool (WISER) Fri, 08 Jan 2010 08:43:11 -0000
WISER opening has started! Women's groups choirs singing in support of WISER!
tyrrellnick: Garrett parroting on about 'support groups,' dodging accusations of inaction on whaling on #730report
OzGovLocalClrs (OzGovLocalClrs) Fri, 08 Jan 2010 08:42:52 -0000
tyrrellnick: Garrett parroting on about 'support groups,' dodging accusations of inaction on whaling on #730report
Garrett parroting on about 'support groups,' dodging accusations of inaction on whaling on #730report
tyrrellnick (Nick Tyrrell) Fri, 08 Jan 2010 08:32:55 -0000
Garrett parroting on about 'support groups,' dodging accusations of inaction on whaling on #730report
@PsychoCoder therapy does not equal support groups. depression, co-dependency, gambling, divorce, those are support groups
supersloth (Joshua Rivera) Fri, 08 Jan 2010 07:48:11 -0000
@PsychoCoder therapy does not equal support groups. depression, co-dependency, gambling, divorce, those are support groups
@mauvedeity Until EC2 adds native support for tags, you can use Security Groups to tag instances: http://bit.ly/Pv78b
ShlomoSwidler (Shlomo Swidler) Fri, 08 Jan 2010 07:44:19 -0000
@mauvedeity Until EC2 adds native support for tags, you can use Security Groups to tag instances: http://bit.ly/Pv78b
@PsychoCoder mentally challenged people don't go to support groups. do you see? do you see how bad you are at this?
supersloth (Joshua Rivera) Fri, 08 Jan 2010 07:41:19 -0000
@PsychoCoder mentally challenged people don't go to support groups. do you see? do you see how bad you are at this?

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