title: The Rowdy Reactors: maintaining a support group for teenagers with diabetes.
abstract: A successful support group for teenagers with type I diabetes requires more than informational lectures and discussions. Active learning by doing and the client's feeling of being in control are important. Attempts at gaining control require development of self-image, group solidarity, and the ability to communicate with nondiabetic peers and parents. Here is how one group did it.
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Crowe
authors.forename: J I
authors.initials: JI
authors.lastname: Billingsley
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D003142:Communication; D003922:Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1 / Q000523:psychology* / Q000534:rehabilitation; D006801:Humans; D010353:Patient Education as Topic; D010379:Peer Group; D012649:Self Concept; D012657:Self-Help Groups; D012933:Social Identification