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2. Self-help groups for mental health - Wikipedia

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   Types Mutual support and self-help. Mutual support or peer support is a process by which people voluntarily come together to help each other address common problems. Mutual support is social, emotional or instrumental support that is mutually offered or provided by persons with similar mental health conditions where there is some mutual agreement on what is helpful.

3. List of twelve-step groups - Wikipedia

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   NA – Narcotics Anonymous. N/A – Neurotics Anonymous, for recovery from mental and emotional illness. Nar-Anon, for friends and family members of addicts. NicA – Nicotine Anonymous. OA – Overeaters Anonymous. PA – Pills Anonymous, for recovery from prescription pill addiction. RA – Racists Anonymous.

4. GROW (support group) - Wikipedia

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   GROW (support group) Grow is a peer support and mutual-aid organization for recovery from, and prevention of, mental illness . Grow was founded in Sydney, Australia in 1957 by Father Cornelius B. "Con" Keogh, a Roman Catholic priest, and psychiatric patients who sought help with their mental illness in Alcoholics Anonymous (AA).

5. Support group - Wikipedia

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   Most common are 12-step groups such as Alcoholics Anonymous and self-help groups for mental health. Professionally operated support groups are facilitated by professionals who most often do not share the problem of the members, such as social workers, psychologists, or members of the clergy. The facilitator controls discussions and provides ...

6. Peer support - Wikipedia

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   Peer support can occur within, outside or around traditional mental health services and programs, between two people or in groups. Peer support is increasingly being offered through digital health like text messaging and smartphone apps. Peer support is a key concept in the recovery approach and in consumer-operated services programs.

7. Mental health - Wikipedia

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   Mental disorders. Mental health, as defined by the Public Health Agency of Canada, [7] is an individual's capacity to feel, think, and act in ways to achieve a better quality of life while respecting personal, social, and cultural boundaries. [8] Impairment of any of these are risk factor for mental disorders, or mental illnesses, [9] which are ...