title: Support groups for patients with Graves' disease and other thyroid conditions.
abstract: Thyroid foundations and associations provide free information and support for thyroid patients in countries throughout the world. Their efforts save physicians time and increase patient understanding and compliance while reducing anxiety. Personal responsiveness to a patient's concerns is important but costly. Physicians can help by referring patients to local groups, accepting patient referrals from these organizations, and encouraging thyroid patients and organizations to help with financial support.
authors.affiliation: Thyroid Foundation of America, Inc., Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
authors.forename: L C
authors.initials: LC
authors.lastname: Wood
mesh_terms: D005128:Eye Diseases / Q000209:etiology / Q000523:psychology; D006111:Graves Disease / Q000150:complications / Q000523:psychology* / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D012657:Self-Help Groups; D013959:Thyroid Diseases / Q000523:psychology* / Q000628:therapy