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Your support provides peer-based, wellness-oriented support and empowering services by
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- Support Groups. Both in-person and online support groups provide peers and their loved ones with a safe, welcoming space to share experiences, discuss coping skills, and offer each other hope.
- Peer Specialist Training. A Peer Specialist is a professional with lived mental health experience who is trained and certified to provide support, guidance, and encouragement to others on their wellness journey.
- Awareness & Advocacy. We champion personal advocacy and seek opportunities to position peers at the forefront of determining needs and best practices for mental health services. We raise awareness about depression, bipolar disorder, and the complexities that accompany these conditions.
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DBSA aims to address the gap in access to mental health care by providing peer-led support groups, holding more than 20,000 support group meetings annually.
In research conducted by Pepperdine University, DBSA support groups showed that participants reported higher levels of understanding and acceptance of their mental health condition, confidence about their treatment, optimism and control over their future, and self-esteem.
In addition to our general support groups, we offer online cultural and identity-focused groups
Designed to be welcoming and supportive spaces, these groups offer participants the chance to discuss shared experiences and find community with others walking a similar path to wellness, including parents and caregivers of children who live with a mood disorder, and friends and family groups.
