CopShock: Second Edition
Surviving Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
by Allen R. Kates, MFAW, BCECR
Information on local support or self-help
groups can be found in several ways. Local libraries and hospitals usually
provide handbooks of community resources. Major groups are frequently listed in
the telephone book under social service agencies. National groups can provide
information about local support groups. Self-help does not mean you try to cope
alone. It means you seek help from others.
American Self-Help
Clearinghouse (ASHC)
This organization provides a searchable
online database of over 1,100 mutual aid support groups, and offers materials
and assistance in starting new types of groups. Support groups include those for
crime victims, car accident survivors, abuse victims, alcoholism, abusive
parents and many others.
The website also lists local self-help group
clearinghouses in the U.S. with toll-free 800 numbers, as well as worldwide
groups that provide similar services.
Go to: http://www.selfhelpgroups.org.