0 a group of people who have had similar experiences, especially difficult ones, and who provide help to each other:
1 a group of people who meet regularly to give and receive help for a problem by talking about it among themselves
Their surviving parent or parental figure attends a simultaneous support group.
Patient adherence to counselling or support group recommendations and exercise programmes was low.
The effects of a support group on selected psychosocial outcomes of bereaved parents whose child died from cancer.
One commonly investigated method of integration is narration, often in a support group of similar victims.
A care provider with complicated psychological issues can disrupt a support group.
Participation in a support group outside the home may be less acceptable to some patients and could also have logistical problems.
At the end of the friendship programme, the group leaders referred her to a support group for older persons at the university.
Mutual support group, informal exchanges, focused on interpersonal insight and disclosure.