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In a support group, members provide each other with various types of help, usually nonprofessional and nonmaterial, for a particular shared, usually burdensome, characteristic. The help may take the form of providing and evaluating relevant information, relating personal experiences, listening to and accepting others' experiences, providing sympathetic understanding and establishing social networks. A support group may also work to inform the public or engage in advocacy. HistoryFormal support groups may appear to be a modern phenomenon, but they supplement traditional fraternal organizations such as Freemasonry in some respects, and may build on certain supportive functions (formerly) carried out in (extended) families. Other types of groups formed to support causes, including causes outside of themselves, are more often called advocacy groups, interest groups, lobby groups, pressure groups or promotional groups. Trade unions and many environmental groups, for example, are interest groups. The term support group in this article refers to peer-to-peer support. Maintaining contactSupport groups maintain interpersonal contact among their members in a variety of ways. Traditionally, groups have met in person in 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 (see below). Membership in some support groups is formally controlled, with admission requirements and membership fees. Other groups are "open" and allow anyone to attend an advertised meeting, for example, or to participate in an online forum. From Wikipedia under the
GNU Free Documentation License Are there any support groups for siblings of deployed military? Q. My brother just got deployed to Iraq for a year today. I am having a hard time dealing with this. Are there any online support groups for siblings of deployed military? Asked by Kait - Sun Sep 27 21:15:05 2009 - - 2 Answers - 1 Comments A. My brother and his son just both came back from a year tour over there. And yes, the groups that are out there for the families of soldiers are for any family member. I've included one site below that has a place to click on for the support group nearest you. Answered by 'Sunnyside Up' - Sun Sep 27 21:21:36 2009 Are there any support groups for people who are victims of matricide? Q. Are there any support groups for people who are victims of matricide? Who dose the family turn to when matricide trakes place. There are all kinds of support groups for pratically anything, except matricide. Why are we expected to go through this alone? Asked by karmicharmony - Mon Aug 14 23:34:49 2006 - - 4 Answers - 0 Comments A. plenty of stuff for grief man. Answered by gsschulte - Mon Aug 14 23:37:49 2006 Does anyone know of any online autism support groups for parents?
Q. My little boy who is 3, has a school diagnosis of autism. And we go next week to a developmental pediatrician for a medical diagnosis. I am looking for any online support groups for parents. Any ideas? Asked by Baby Isaac is here! - Thu Sep 25 08:57:06 2008 - - 5 Answers - 0 Comments A. Please be encouraged the earlier it is detected the better for your child. Autism is like your child having a brain that files information without having any indexing system to retrieve the information. it is important to help your child find and develop those brain pathways before maturation...the brain is less pliable at that point and it become more difficult to develop new pathways in the brain. There are many ideas out there... infact, Oprah just had a show on an autism foundation created by Jenny McCarthy & Jim Carey... here is the link: (I didn't see it personally, but heard about it, so it may or may not be helpful.) I also want to say, please feel free to email if I can be of more support to you. My heart goes out to you. Ok,… [cont.] Answered by hoovstir - Thu Sep 25 09:29:26 2008 From Yahoo Answer Search: "Support Groups"
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