Support groups provide safe opportunities for people to share personal experiences, feelings, and coping strategies in an effort to better deal with their stressors.
TYPES OF SUPPORT GROUPS
Support groups can address a variety of conditions and disorders or provide support both for sufferers and for those around
them:
- Illness/Conditions: Depression or anxiety, psychosis, fibromyalgia, trauma, addiction.
- Situational crises: Death of loved ones, divorce, single parenthood.
- Family support: Parents, children, siblings, caregivers of individuals with mental health difficulties.