Mental Health & Support Groups Resources
​If you are in need of immediate help, please call 911 or go to the closest emergency room / psychiatric hospital in your area.
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Resources for Mental Health and Support Groups. Include: a therapist locator, coping techniques, and support groups information/forums/locators.
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Web MD Article about the relationship between Chronic Illness & Depression
This article discusses how developing a chronic illness could put one at risk of depression.
Click here for Article.
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Self-Help Techniques for Coping with Mental Illness/Stress
This article discusses quick and simple coping mechanisms that can easily be added to daily routines besides exercising, meditating and being more present. Included are: radical acceptance, deep breathing, opposite-to-emotion thinking, the 5 senses, mental reframing and emotion awareness.
Click here for Article.
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What are Support Groups? Information from the Mayo Clinic.
This article has information about support groups and how they can be helpful. Included are information about: the Structure and Benefits of support groups, Possible risks, Pros and cons of online support groups, How to find a support group, Questions to ask before joining a support group, and How to get the most out of a support group.
Click here for Article.
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NAMI (National Alliance on Mental Illness) Support Groups
NAMI support groups are peer-led and offer participants an opportunity to share their experiences and gain support from other attendees. Groups meet weekly, every other week or monthly, depending on location. Many support groups are virtual and attendance is open to everyone across the country.
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Nami Connection is a support group for people with mental health conditions. This program is available in Spanish.
Find programs by state, affiliate and/or city here.
NAMI Family Support Groups are support groups for family members, significant others and friends of people with mental health conditions.
Find programs by state, affiliate and/or city here.
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UCLA Health Support Groups
UCLA Health and its community partners offer a number of support groups, available in-person and by telephone, designed to support and inform patients, families and caregivers coping with a variety of diagnoses, including Alzheimer’s and Dementia, diabetes, heart disease, stroke, Parkinsonian disorders and others.
Click here for Website.
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Online Mayo Clinic Caregivers Support Group and Discussion Forum
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Center for Chronic Illness (CCI) Support Groups
CCI offers support groups for anyone impacted by chronic illness and rare disease in addition to BIPOC & LGBTQIA+ support groups, Support for loved ones, Rare chronic illness support groups, and Health education programs.
All programs are free of cost and professionally-facilitated and may offer psycho-educational tools for coping, but are NOT psychotherapy or counseling groups and are not an exchange for individual psychotherapy.
Click here for Website.