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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Homeschooling resources and groups are not very forthcoming here in WA. I need a support system and can't find any that are secular. GRRR!
Denicalifornia (Deni) Wed, 04 Nov 2009 18:38:53 -0000
Homeschooling resources and groups are not very forthcoming here in WA. I need a support system and can't find any that are secular. GRRR!
Twenty Surgical Groups Say Senate Health Legislation Will Threaten Patient ...: "We strongly support healt.. http://bit.ly/4EIO3u
accessgranted (Access Granted) Wed, 04 Nov 2009 18:30:12 -0000
Twenty Surgical Groups Say Senate Health Legislation Will Threaten Patient ...: "We strongly support healt.. http://bit.ly/4EIO3u
@neenerspb I support equality. They refuse to target all groups opposed, including our President. Too easy to blame white christians...
jamesrhine (James Rhine) Wed, 04 Nov 2009 18:29:30 -0000
@neenerspb I support equality. They refuse to target all groups opposed, including our President. Too easy to blame white christians...
Ataxia support groups link up http://url4.eu/hJIJ
IOWNews (Isle of Wight News) Wed, 04 Nov 2009 18:28:11 -0000
Ataxia support groups link up http://url4.eu/hJIJ
@amboy00 It pains me to say it, but gay rights groups need to stop supporting all Democrats and support the gay ally, even if they're GOP.
dorianwright (Dorian Wright) Wed, 04 Nov 2009 18:22:03 -0000
@amboy00 It pains me to say it, but gay rights groups need to stop supporting all Democrats and support the gay ally, even if they're GOP.
Just got an amazing note from our program officer in Soweto, South Af. about the hospice/palliative care groups we support there. Post soon.
directrelief (Direct Relief Int'l) Wed, 04 Nov 2009 17:54:38 -0000
Just got an amazing note from our program officer in Soweto, South Af. about the hospice/palliative care groups we support there. Post soon.

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