Online Support Groups

Top support groups on the Web. These healing-centered social networks pecialize in helping users deal with a host of medical conditions, including depression, bipolar disorder, schizophrenia, as well as traumatic situations such as divorce and death. There are even support groups for people who simply want a compassionate outlet online full of like-minded people, including Christian support groups and those intended for use by the LGBT community.

A social network is defined as an online service, platform or website which is focused largely around uniting individuals and allowing them to communicate and interact. Facebook currently is the world's largest and most popular social networking platform, having supplanted previous champions such as MySpace and Friendster. Support groups online may take a similar form, but are likely more concerned with anonymity and selective sharing of updates, as well as uniting people who are working through similar issues or situations.

This list gathers together the largest support group sites, for coping with everything from anxiety disorder and OCD to dementia. It is an open list, so if you have a favorite self-help themed social network that isn't featured, enter it below to make sure it's included on the list.