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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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Accordant.com - Free self-help resources for those whose lives are touched by disease.
American Self-Help Group Clearinghouse - Database of over 900 national and international self-help support groups for various health problems. Local self-help clearinghouses worldwide. How-to's on starting groups.
Dream Foundation - Grants wishes to adults battling terminal illness. Provides resources, stories, services, sponsorships, and donation information.
Meta Description: [ The first national organization granting dreams to terminally-ill adults. ]
Fairygodmother Foundation - Volunteer charity that grants wishes nationally to adults facing terminal illness. Provides information about upcoming events, donations, and contacts.
Meta Description: [ Grants wishes (travel, celebrity, Disney, comfort items) nation wide to adults facing terminal illness with one year or less to live. ]
We Recover - Organzation supporting those recovering disease and addictions, and advocating their needs in society.
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