title: Strategies for organizing and maintaining successful support groups.
abstract: Nurses often become involved in organizing and leading support groups either through needs in their institutions or at the request of consumers interested in forming self-help groups. Nurses without formal training in group therapy may find it difficult to organize and maintain support groups. Successful strategies, based on group therapy techniques and project management skills, can assist group leaders in organizing a group "from scratch" or in revitalizing existing groups.
authors.forename: S P
authors.initials: SP
authors.lastname: Heiney
authors.forename: L M
authors.initials: LM
authors.lastname: Wells
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D008389:Marketing of Health Services; D009937:Organizational Objectives; D010934:Planning Techniques; D011209:Power, Psychological; D011615:Psychotherapy, Group; D012657:Self-Help Groups / Q000458:organization & administration*