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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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Any Dialysis support groups in hyderabad which i can suggest my Dad which can help in his emotional support
Amireddy (Amireddy) Mon, 04 Jan 2010 09:48:48 -0000
Any Dialysis support groups in hyderabad which i can suggest my Dad which can help in his emotional support
Calendar: Events, screenings, support groups and more ... http://bit.ly/6OdZjL
avongirl1 (Avon Girl) Mon, 04 Jan 2010 08:41:27 -0000
Calendar: Events, screenings, support groups and more ... http://bit.ly/6OdZjL
@antitheistangie - yes, I think that recognising that there are many support groups and discussing them could be a feature in a project?
podblack (Kylie Sturgess) Mon, 04 Jan 2010 07:31:27 -0000
@antitheistangie - yes, I think that recognising that there are many support groups and discussing them could be a feature in a project?
Things we love December 2009 | Venus Clubs: Exult are here to support community groups in their fundraising, marketing http://url4.eu/138Nw
sponso_RING (sponso RING) Mon, 04 Jan 2010 07:24:34 -0000
Things we love December 2009 | Venus Clubs: Exult are here to support community groups in their fundraising, marketing http://url4.eu/138Nw
If you need pet loss grief support but cannot come to our groups, you can find help on our ning site. Take a look... http://bit.ly/6HP1Zm
pause_pets (Vet Social Work) Mon, 04 Jan 2010 05:12:02 -0000
If you need pet loss grief support but cannot come to our groups, you can find help on our ning site. Take a look... http://bit.ly/6HP1Zm
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Divine Support for Human Kind - IVRS-based HelpLine service by BrahmaKumaris Spiritual Organisation running in cities across India and Nepal. Helps people to convert their suicidal-thoughts into love-for-life, stress into success, pressure into pleasure and burden into blessings.
Meta Description: [ Om Shanti Help Line is an IVRS-based service by BrahmaKumaris Spiritual Organisation. Here, we help people to convert their stress into success, tension into attention, pressure into pleasure and burden into blessings. ]

Hotline - Emotional support, help and resources for the suicidal person and for suicide survivors. Phone and email crisis hotline.
Meta Description: [ Suicide information, support and hotline, how to help a suicidal person and help for survivors. ]

Support Group - Nonprofit organization supporting suicide prevention, intervention, and response.
Meta Description: [ Community for Hope of Greater Oshkosh, a nonprofit organization supporting suicide prevention, intervention and response. ]

ACROSSnet - Australians Creating Online Support Systems - ACROSSnet provides access to information, education and support regarding suicide and its prevention, particularly for rural and remote Australians.

American Association of Suicidology - AAS run suicide support centers across the whole of the USA. Lists emergency numbers for their centers.
Meta Description: [ The American Association of Suicidology promotes suicide prevention and a better understanding of suicidal people. AAS supports research, information about mental illness and suicide, education and training, crisis workers, crisis centers, hotlines, and suicide survivors. ]

Apocalypse Suicide Site - To provide support for those planning suicide, or those trying to help a suicidal person to live. Information on what to do and how to cope. Includes depression chatrooms and hosted support groups.
Meta Description: [ Help for people who are planning suicide and those trying to help a suicidal person to live. If you're planning your own death, to kill yourself, read this first. ]

404 Befrienders International Online - Suicide and crisis support in over 40 countries. The site features a comprehensive list of helplines and pages in many languages.

Byron Peter Foundation For Hope, Inc. - Non-profit foundation formed to provide opportunities of hope for at-risk youth.
Meta Description: [ Non-profit foundation formed to provide opportunities of hope for at-risk youth, including those at risk due to depression, illegal drug use, or possible suicide. ]

C.A.S.T.S - Caring for All Suicide Trauma Survivors - UK based voluntary agency provides help, support and counselling (both on and off-line) for those bereaved by suicide.
Meta Description: [ Caring for All Suicide Trauma Survivors...counselling and support for those bereaved by suicide. Help available online and off. Contact for details. ]

Canterbury Bereaved by Suicide Support Group - Provides support and assistance to people who have been bereaved by suicide and to people that support them.
Meta Description: [ The website provides support to people bereaved by suicide and to those who wish to help them ]

Child Suicide - Support for families who have suffered the loss of a child to suicide. Resources on depression, suicide, healing and life after death.
Meta Description: [ A supportive site for anyone who has experienced the tragedy of child suicide. Link up with other parents, grandparents, brothers and sisters who have suffered the indescribable loss of a loved one to suicide. ]

Community Lifeline - A suicide prevention association located in Ontairio. Includes links for people in crisis, and description of their services and workshops.

Distress Centre Peel - Round the clock confidential support for suicide, depression, and crisis for residents of Mississauga, Brampton and the Town of Caledon.

Fresno Survivors of Suicide - A group dedicated to supporting survivors of suicide loss and to educating the community about suicide.
Meta Description: [ To support survivors and educate our community about suicide. ]

404 Give to Live Foundation - Dedicated to increasing public awareness about suicide while working to help suicidal people choose to continue to live.

Healing After Loss - Peer support for those who have lost a loved one to suicide.
Meta Description: [ grief and bereavement support group ]

404 Healing the Hurt - Global online support group for those bereaved by suicide, offering discussions, memorials, message boards. Operated by survivors of suicide.

500 Here For Life - Prevention of youth suicide. Involved in a range of community based programs, and are in constant need of volunteers as well as monetary donations to help curb the youth suicide rate in Australia.

500 Hollow Tree: A Survivors Inspirational Poetic Story - Story of the lives of a child and a tree as they attempt to survive.

IFOTES - International Federation of Telephonic Emergency Services. Helplines in 31 countries, mostly in Europe.

information for suicide survivors - The site has two sections, information and cyber support for survivors and a memorial section.

Journey Through Suicide Grief - Online suicide support group for those who have lost a loved one to suicide.
Meta Description: [ Website for those who have lost a loved one to suicide. It also includes an online email support group. ]

Journey Through Suicide Grief - Email support group for those who have lost a loved one to suicide.
Meta Description: [ JourneyThroughSuicideGrief: Journey Through Suicide Grief ]

Lifeline - South-West Queensland. Provides counselling services to anyone experiencing an emotional or personal problem or crisis. Telephone sessions available.

Lifeline International - Counselling and support in 15 countries mostly in the Southern Hemisphere.

Living Matters - Youth Suicide Resources - Bev Cobain's information about child, teen, and adolescent (youth) depression, bipolar illness, youth suicide prevention, intervention, and training workshops.
Meta Description: [ Bev Cobain's youth suicide resources and information about child, teen, and adolescent (youth) depression, bipolar illness, and youth suicide prevention, intervention, and training workshops. ]

500 LOSS - Loved Ones Suicide Survivors - Chat rooms for survivors of suicide attempts and their loved ones.

Maithri for depressed and suicidal - Maithri is an organisation working for suicide prevention. Awareness information and support contacts in India.

Make A Noise - Youth Suicide Prevention in the Greater Murray Area, NSW, Australia. A project for young people, run by young people.
Meta Description: [ Information on health from the Make A Noise website. ]

Maytree: A Sanctuary for the Suicidal - For those in a suicidal crisis, Maytree offers short-term accommodation with befriending in a confidential, supportive and non-medical environment.

No More Suicide - Support group for both suicidal people and those who have lost a loved one to suicide.

Nothing to Lose - Provides a simple attitudional shift in perspective to help people to cope with problems feeling overwhelming at the moment.
Meta Description: [ Peace of mind. See how to save a hopeless situation. ]

PAPYRUS - Prevention of Suicides - National charity in the UK offering information to young people, parents and professionals working in suicide prevention.
Meta Description: [ PAPYRUS is a national charity in the UK working in suicide prevention ]

Parents of Suicides - An email support group for any parents who have lost a child to suicide, and memorials to these children.

Philadelphia SOS, Inc. - Support groups and information for suicide grievers in the greater Philadelphia, PA area.

Samaritans of Singapore - Suicide prevention and support group in Singapore.

SOS Help - Suicide help listening service for English speakers in France.
Meta Description: [ SOS Help is a listening service for English speakers in France. Whatever the problem, we are there to take your call every day from 3 to 11pm. ]

Suicide Awareness - Suicide awareness, information, memorials, and links to suicide hotlines. Volunteers providing those in need,with support and help.
Meta Description: [ Suicide Awareness.Information,memorials,and links to suicide hotlines.Poetry page you can submit your poems to.Memorials for lost loved ones.Citizens providing those in need, with support and help. ]

Suicide Memorial Wall - A memorial to those who died by suicide, sponsored by the Friends and Families of Suicides email support group. Visitors may submit names to be placed on the wall.

Suicide Support from Befrienders International - Suicide and crisis support information in 10 languages. Includes a list of helplines around the world.

Suicide.com - Offers hope through stories of people who have been there, discussion boards, help lines, and help chats.

Suicide: Gateway to Peace? - Christian support group for those who are thinking of suicide.
Meta Description: [ Why do people commit suicide? What does the Bible say about suicide? What are some helps for those tempted to commit suicide? ]

SuicideForum.com - A free international peer to peer support forum for people in crisis.
Meta Description: [ Suicide Forum is a non commercial support forum for people in crisis ]

500 Sumaitri - A crisis intervention centre for the Suicidal and depressed in New Delhi. A voluntary NGO. Contact information.
Meta Description: [ Sumaitri is A Crisis Intervention Centre for the Suicidal & Depressed. Feeling Depressed / Distressed / Suicidal ? Call Sumaitri. Sumaitri is a voluntary NGO that tries to help people undergoing a crisis by talking to them & sharing with them their pain. It is the New Delhi, India branch of... ]

Survivors Of Bereavement by Suicide - SOBS (Survivors Of Bereavement by Suicide) is a self-help, voluntary organisation. Many of those helping have, themselves, been bereaved by suicide.
Meta Description: [ Survivors of Bereavement by Suicide (SOBS) is a self-help, voluntary orgnisation. Many of those helping have, themselves, been bereaved by suicide. ]

Survivors of Someone's Suicide - Online support group of people who are copping with the loss of someone to suicide.
Meta Description: [ survivorsofsomeonessuicide: Survivors of Someone's Suicide ]

Survivors of Suicide - Time heals all wounds is not necessarily true for survivors of suicide. Time is necessary for healing, but time is not enough. Shared feelings enrich and lead to growth and healing. Online Support group for survivors of suicide.
Meta Description: [ Survivors of Suicide - Time heals all wounds is not necessarily true for survivors of suicide. Time is necessary for healing, but time is not enough. Shared feelings enrich and lead to growth and healing. The grief of suicide survivors is unique. Grief following a suicide is always complex. The... ]

Survivors of Suicide - Support group in Albuquerque, New Mexico for those who are suffering the loss of a loved one by suicide.
Meta Description: [ A support group in Albuquerque, New Mexico for those who are suffering the loss of a loved one by suicide. ]

Survivors of Suicide (SOS) - Support for those who are bereaving a loss to suicide. Includes healing poetry, resources and referrals.

Survivors Road to Healing - Focused on suicide survivors support groups and helping survivors heal. Also includes resources and information for disorders connected to suicide. Christian-themed.
Meta Description: [ Best site on the net for suicide survivors, information, grief help, meetings, online Christian support groups, book referrals and more. ]

The Black Dog - Supportive virtual resource centre for men who suffer from depression or experience suicidal thoughts. Offers alternative problem solving techniques to suicide.
Meta Description: [ help for men in ireland who suffer from depression,anxiety and suicidal thoughts, suicide prevention ]

The Kelty Patrick Dennehy Foundation - Education and program support to help reduce depression-related teenage suicide.
Meta Description: [ The Kelty Patrick Dennehy Foundation provides education and program support to help reduce depression related teenage suicide. Based in Whistler, BC, Canada ]

The Samaritans - Available 24 hours a day to provide confidential emotional support for people who are experiencing feelings of distress, despair or suicidal thoughts. A registered charity based in the UK and Republic of Ireland.
Meta Description: [ This is the website for Samaritans. Providing confidential, emotional support online. ]

The Samaritans Hong Kong Suicide Prevention Service - Multilingual voluntary support service in Hong Kong.

The Samaritans of Fall River and New Bedford - Non-religious charity that provides support and suicide hotline.
Meta Description: [ The Samaritans are non-religious charity that provides confidential emotional support to any person, irrespective of race, creed, age or status, who is despairing or suicidal; and to increase public awareness of issues around suicide and depression. ]

Walking For Life - Fundraising site contributing money to education and prevention. Annual sponsored walk registration and pictures.
Meta Description: [ Walking For Life ]

When a loved one commits suicide - Information resource and discussion group for people grieving the loss of a loved one to suicide.
Meta Description: [ Support group for those who have lost a loved one to suicide ]

When A Loved One Commits Suicide - A message board support group for those who have lost a loved on to suicide. This is the new site for the old MSN group.

With One Voice - A musical dealing with issues that commonly lead to suicide, and an affiliated training program for prevention. Designed to foster widespread awareness about suicide.
Meta Description: [ Musical Drama/Crisis Program that educates on suicide, depression, child abuse, drug abuse and other painful issues ]

Yellow Ribbon Suicide Awareness Campaign - Strives to reduce the number of incidents of suicide and suicide attempts in the Alberta community through education and awareness activities.
Meta Description: [ Yellow Ribbon Suicide awareness in Camrose, Alberta. ]

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