Recovery glossary | Mutual aid groups.
Mutual aid groups (sometimes known as self-help or peer support groups) provide non-professional support to those who identify as sharing a similar problem. Members of mutual aid groups both give and receive support in regular group meetings that supplements or replaces the support offered by professional services. Mutual aid groups are independent, self-governing and institutionally autonomous; they may be local and unaffiliated, or part of a larger organisation. Mutual aid groups do not provide treatment.
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