
Depression and Bipolar Support Alliance (DBSA) | |
55 East Jackson Avenue, Suite 490 | Toll-free: (800) 826-3632 |
Chicago, Illinois 60604 | Fax: (312) 642-7243 |
Basic Self-help Principles
What are self-help groups?
- Share experiences, information, and strategies for living successfully with mood disorders
- Peer-led
- Safe & non-judgmental
- Confidential
- Everyone has a chance to talk, if desired
- Meet regularly
- Free of charge
What they’re NOT
- Not therapy or treatment
- Not a place to diagnose
- Not a “pity partyâ€
- Not an expert giving a lecture
- Not a replacement for professional care
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