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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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British Columbia Schizophrenia Society - Site provides basic consumer information about the illness.
British Columbia Schizophrenia Society - Victoria Branch - A non-profit society providing support and resource information to families and their ill relatives. Provides location and contact information for programs and resources in numerous countries.
Caregiver's Roadmap - Schizophrenia - Support guide for family members and friends of people living with schizophrenia.
Cumberland County Chapter of the SSNS - Chapter of the Schizophrenia Society of Nova Scotia.
eGroups Schiz456 - A discussion and support forum for those who have been diagnosed with Schizophrenia, as well as their families and loved ones.
Meta Description: [ Schiz456: Support , discussion, schizophrenia, family members, consumers, mental health ]
Grampian Hearing Voices Network - GHVN is an online community devoted to those who hear voices, their careers and the professional health community. News, articles, poetry, forums.
Meta Description: [ The Grampian Hearing Voices Network was set up to promote and support voice hearers, their families, friends, carers and professionals. ]
Hearing Voices Group - To raise the awareness and offer support to those suffering from voice hearing, visions, tactile sensations and other sensory experiences.Links to resources and related sites and news of future conferences.
Meta Description: [ TO RAISE THE AWARENESS OF VOICE HEARING, VISIONS, TACTILE SENSATIONS, AND OTHER SENSORY EXPERIENCES. TO OFFER AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THOSE HAVING THESE EXPERIENCES TO TALK FREELY
SUPPORT THOSE HAVING THESE EXPERIENCES TO UNDERSTAND, GROW AND LEARN FROM THEM, IN THEIR OWN WAY, IN THEIR OWN TIME
]
Helping Voices - Information and peer-support for people with schizo-related disorders and their loved ones.
Meta Description: [ Information and support for people with schizophrenia-related disorders and their loved ones. ]
Manitoba Schizophrenia Society - A Canadian support group offering assistance to those afflicted with this diagnosis.
Open the Doors - Schizophrenia - World Psychiatric Association website providing in-depth resource information for professionals and resources for individuals and families affected by the disease.
Sane Australia - Online help group designed to help individuals with Schizophrenia as well as other related mental illnesses.
Meta Description: [ SANE Australia, the National Mental Health Charity ]
Schizophrenia and Allied Disorders: Neuroscience Institute of - Well organized site with links to support systems in Australia but also current and past research.
Meta Description: [ The aim of the Neuroscience Institute of Schizophrenia and Allied Disorders is to discover the causes of schizophrenia by multitidisciplinary neuroscience research. ]
Schizophrenia Resources - NAMI - Schizophrenia resources from The National Alliance for the Mentally Ill (NAMI). A grass roots, self-help, support and advocacy organization. Community, state, and regional chapters listed.
Meta Description: [ Consumer resources for today's families.
NAMI is a grass roots, self-help, support & advocacy organization.
NAMI HelpLine 800-950-NAMI. ]
Schizophrenia Society of Alberta- Edmonton Support Centre - Providing support to people in need of information about schizophrenia and other mental illnesses. Services include family meetings and peer support.
Schizophrenia Society of Nova Scotia Cumberland Chapter - Cumberland County Chapter, support and information page of the Schizophrenia Society of Nova Scotia.
Viska or Whisper about Schizophrenia - Support site and whistle-blower for Swedish sufferers with chat, discussion, information and do-it-yourself section. English section with information about schizophrenia news in Sweden.
Voice Hearers Mailing LIst - Email support and information group for people who hear voices. Coping strategies, tips, articles and personal stories.
Meta Description: [ voice-hearers: Voice Hearers ]
Washington Advocates for the Mentally Ill - Addressing the needs of individuals with mental illness and their families through advocacy, public education, information and referral, and self-help support groups.
World Fellowship for Schizophrenia and Allied Disorders - An international education and support network for families and friends of people with schizophrenia and other mental illnesses.
Meta Description: [ WFSAD is dedicated to lightening the burden of serious mental illness for sufferers and their families and to creating public awareness of this disease. ]
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