Mental Help Net - Self-Help Sourcebook OnLine

"Although the world
is full of suffering...
it is also full of
overcoming it."
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American Self-help Sourcebook Search Term = 'schizophrenia'
Voice-hearers http://groups.yahoo.com/group/voice-hearers Support for people who hear, or who have heard voices. Opportunity to share concerns, ideas and coping strategies for living with voices with others in similiar situations. Message board and e-mail discussion group.
Schizophrenia-parents http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Schizophrenia-parents/ Support group of people who have children (of any age) or other loved ones that have a schizophrenia disease. Warm, supportive, caring and educational environment for sharing experiences, feelings, research and resources.
Schizophrenics Anonymous http://www.sardaa.org/sa_main.html Organized and run by people with a schizophrenia-related disorder. Offers fellowship, support and information. Focuses on recovery, using a 6-step program, along with medication and professional help. Weekly meetings and newsletter. Provides assistance in starting and maintaining groups.
National Empowerment Center http://www.power2u.org/consumerrun-statewide.html Provides contact information on all the mental health consumer/survivor statewide organizations, which in turn should be able to advise people of local self-help groups and other consumer-run services.
Schizophrenia Society of Canada http://www.schizophrenia.ca Information, support and advocacy for families and friends of persons with schizophrenia. Public awareness campaigns, advocacy and fund-raising. Newsletter, guidelines and assistance for starting self-help groups. Information and referrals, phone help, conferences, brochures, handbooks, videos.
North American Society for Childhood Onset Schizophrenia (NASCOS) http://www.nascos.org Provides families of children with childhood-onset schizophrenia (onset before age 13) with access to information, discussion forum, e-mail list and a geographical locator in order to find other members in your region. Families and caregivers of older patients, whose onset was during childhood, as well as interested professionals are welcome to join.
IMPORTANT NOTE FOR MODEL GROUPS: Model groups are not national or international groups. Contact this group only if you are interested in starting a similar group in your area or country. When writing to this group from the U.S.A., always include a stamped, self-addressed envelope. A small contribution toward their copying costs is also helpful. If you telephone, always be considerate of the time of day or night; most of these numbers are home phones.