Previous studies seeking ways to help people live longer and to stay healthy, have a better quality of life, or to reverse chronic diseases found that answers were not just medication, surgery, or hospital admission but they were 4 factors as follow;
A Support Group also called as 'Self-Help Group' is a group of people, who have the same problem such as suffering from the same disease or facing the same destiny such as having a disabled son or daughter, etc., coming together and creating a group in order to solve their problem with support. People in the group will support each other without any motivation or force from outside people.
Support group is different from group therapy in which some patients with common disease are grouped to solve problems related to that specific common disease, under supervision from health care professionals such as physician, nurse, psychologist, or social worker who motivates or supervises all activities in order to solve or ease or treat members’ disease in the group. Most of the diseases have a psychological component that requires the interaction between the patients and other people, that affect their healing directly.We will help you understand more about support group by addressing the following points:
How to create self-help groups? Support groups can play an important role in coping with and overcoming problems. Organizing and maintaining a strong support group does take time and effort. It allows you and others access to people going through same things and a chance to share things
The biggest benefit of support groups is helping a people realize that he or she is not alone -- that there are other people who have the same problems. It's an opportunity to discuss their experiences and to share their thoughts on their lives, their feelings, and recovery
Support group brings people together in a group and gives them an opportunity to communicate their feelings and emotions. The support group creates an atmosphere where members are encouraged to vent displeasure or suppressed emotion about destiny that they have faced because all others have the same destiny.
What are the ingredients that help create the ideal support group? There are different types of support groups and each type of group has its own advantages and disadvantages. A facilitator or a moderator can manage and track progression of a Support group.
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