Battling Depression? Help Is @ Your Fingertips
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Support groups can be invaluable in helping women recover from depressioneven groups without face-to-face contact. Members who logged on to an Internet support group for at least 10 hours a month were twice as likely to conquer their depression than were less frequent users.
Why choose an Internet group? For women who cant talk about personal issues in front of others, the privacy is priceless.
Importantly, the women used the group to supplementnot replaceprofessional care.
American Journal of Psychiatry, Vol. 159, No. 12