Support Group

A Support Group is a group whose members share similar concerns or disease and help each other cope by sharing experiences and information.

• Example(s):
  • a Family Support Group such as:
    • MSUD,
  • a Cancer Support Group,
  • a Brain Tumor Support Group,
  • a Mental Wellness Support Group,
  • ...
  • …
• Counter-Example(s):
  • Social Group,
  • Interest Group.
• See: Social Network, Supportive Care, Online Community.

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References

2021a

• (Wikipedia, 2021) ⇒ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Support_group Retrieved:2021-11-14.
  • QUOTE: In a support group, members provide each other with various types of help, usually nonprofessional and nonmaterial, for a particular shared, usually burdensome, characteristic. Members with the same issues can come together for sharing coping strategies, to feel more empowered and for a sense of community. 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.

2021b

• (NIH/NCI, 2021) ⇒ https://www.cancer.gov/publications/dictionaries/cancer-terms/def/support-group Retrieved:2021-11-14.
  • QUOTE: A group of people with similar disease or concerns who help each other cope by sharing experiences and information.

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