title: Alopecia areata: Support groups and meetings - how can it help your patient?
abstract: Many people with alopecia areata find the fellowship of the support groups provides them with the help they need to cope. They find that they are not alone, how others have coped, what doctors and treatments have been tried, and what the results have been. The National Alopecia Areata Foundation offers support groups throughout the world to refer patients.
authors.affiliation: National Alopecia Areata Foundation, San Rafael, California 94903, USA. vicki@naaf.org
authors.forename: Victoria D
authors.initials: VD
authors.lastname: Kalabokes
mesh_terms: D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000506:Alopecia Areata / Q000523:psychology*; D005582:Foundations / Q000458:organization & administration; D006801:Humans; D012649:Self Concept; D012657:Self-Help Groups / Q000458:organization & administration*