Who talks? The social psychology of illness support groups.
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...We hope this article proves valuable in raising awareness for mental health issues in meteorology and helps to convey the importance of destigmatizing and openly discussing mental health; even simply discussing these topics among peers has been shown to improve mental health (Davison et al. 2000; Vogel et al. 2007)....
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...They emphasized that patients who understand their disease are able to talk to friends, families and professionals more comfortably.(11) Among patients of the SG, the issue mentioned above must be considered again, because all of them were part of the Dermatologic Outpatient Clinic at HCPA, which adopts the practice of explaining the disease to patients and families....
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..., in 2000, emphasizes that patients that understand this relation feel more comfortable when talking to friends, relatives and professionals because they become more self-confident.(11) In order to try to understand which emotional factors could interfere in the disease development, some authors describe personality traits that they find to be more common in atopic patients....
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...The researchers posited that this might demonstrate an advantage of the anonymous format of online interactions (Davison et al., 2000)....
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...In a similar vein, Yalom (1995) has asserted that self-help groups offer a unique venue for growth, social experimentation, and change....
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