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Self-Help Groups

"Self-Help Groups" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, which enables searching at various levels of specificity.

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Organizations which provide an environment encouraging social interactions through group activities or individual relationships especially for the purpose of rehabilitating or supporting patients, individuals with common health problems, or the elderly. They include therapeutic social clubs.


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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Self-Help Groups" by people in this website by year, and whether "Self-Help Groups" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
Bar chart showing 10 publications over 8 distinct years, with a maximum of 3 publications in 2017
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