Finding Support

A number of sites offer ways to connect with support via the Web. These are some of the best.

	Depressed Anonymous, which offers a 12-step program for depression, refernces to self-help groups, and sells a 12-step guide to depression recovery.
	Grant Me the Serenity—a site that features links to many self-help and recovery groups, as well as on-line support and chat groups.
	Mental Health Net's Abuse Site provides many links to related sites, an extensive, searchable listing of self-help groups, and the on-line text of a psychological self-help guide.
	Support-Group.com allows people with health, personal, and relationship issues to share their experiences through Bulletin Boards & Online Chat. It also has a wealth of links to support-related information on the Internet. Regular chat sessions are conducted on bi-polar disorder and depression.
	WalkersWeb, the site for Walkers in Darkness, Inc., which promotes communication among those afflicted with depression and bipolar disorder. Services include mailing lists, a chat room, and detailed information about principal drugs used in the treatment of depressive illnesses.
	Wings of Madness: A Depression Guide, an award-winning personal web site operated by Deborah Deren, herself recovering from depression, Contains helpful articles, personal experiences, and urls for other useful sites.
	The "Wings of Madness" depression forum and chat rooms are operated from this site.

 If you have comments about this site, or wish to share your ideas about depression and recovery, please contact me.

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