Community Organizing Tool Box: Creating and Facilitating Peer Support Groups

http://ctb.ku.edu/en/table-of-contents/implement/enhancing-support/peer-support-groups/main

DBSA: Start a Support Group in Your Community

This section of the Depression Bipolar Support Alliance Web site describes how to start your own DBSA support group.

http://www.dbsalliance.org/site/PageServer?pagename=peer_start_group

Consumer/Survivor Self-Help Group Development

The Self Help Connection is a group operating in Nova Scotia. Their publications are very helpful for those starting self-help/support groups and can be adapted for use in the United States.

http://selfhelpconnection.ca/manuals/group_dev.pdf

TU Collaborative: Peer Support - Developing and Facilitating Self-Help Groups

http://tucollaborative.org/pdfs/Toolkits_Monographs_Guidebooks/peer_support_consumer_run_services_peer_specialists/Peer_support_developing_and_facilitating_self_help_groups.pdf