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Support Groups
The UConn Health Center is committed to enhancing the quality of your life and offers a
wide variety of classes, programs and support groups to help you get well and stay
healthy. The following support groups meet at the Health
Center or other locations with the help of our physicians and staff.
Depression, Bipolar Support Group |
| When: |
Every Wednesday of each month;
7 to 9 p.m. |
| Where: |
Room LG066, UConn Health Center. Please use main hospital entrance. |
| Contact: |
Call 1-800-842-1501, x10. Please call before attending the first time. |
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Diabetes
Support Group |
| For
individuals with diabetes and their caregivers. |
| When: |
Second Thursday of each month; 5 to 6 p.m. |
| Where: |
Dowling South Medical Building, Training Room - First Floor, UConn Health Center |
| Contact: |
UConnLink at 800-535-6232, 860-679-7692 |
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H.E.A.L. – Helping
Endure Infant Loss |
| When: |
Third Thursday of each month; 7:30 to 9 p.m. |
| Where: |
Room LM070,
UConn Health Center |
| Contact: |
UConnLink at 800-535-6232, 860-679-7692 |
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Hepatitis C Support
Group |
| When: |
Second Wednesday of each month;
7 to 9 p.m. |
| Where: |
Room EG013,
UConn Health Center |
| Contact: |
Marty Thayer at 860-628-9750 or email hepcmarty@aol.com |
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Huntington's Disease Caregiver Support Group |
| When: |
Second Tuesday of each month; 6 to 8 p.m. |
| Where: |
Room LM070, UConn Health Center |
| Contact: |
Bonnie Hennig at 860-679-4063 |
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Kidney Disease Education |
| When: |
Upon request |
| Where: |
UConn Dialysis Center,
230 Farmington Avenue, Farmington
(Across the street from the UConn Health Center) |
| Contact: |
Kathy Batten, L.C.S.W., at
katherine.batten@dciinc.org, 860-678-1459. |
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"Life After the NICU" Support Group |
| A support group for parents and
babies. |
| When: |
Third Thursday of each month; 10:30 to 11:30 a.m. |
| Contact: |
Deb Feigenbaum at 860-679-2377 |
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Lupus
Support Group |
| When: |
Every third Wednesday of each month; 6:30 to 8 p.m. |
| Where: |
97 South Street, Suite 110, West Hartford |
| Contact: |
Visit www.lupusct.org or call
860-953-0387 or toll free (in Connecticut) 1-800-699-6967 for other locations and
times. |
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Melanoma Survivor Group |
| A new support group for melanoma patients, their families and friends.
Oncologists, surgeons, nutritionists and psychiatrists will be invited
to speak about the latest treatments and research and answer any
questions. |
| When: |
Upon request |
| Where: |
Dowling South Medical Building Conference Room, UConn
Health Center |
| Contact: |
Call Donald Looney at 860-621-0534 or Jane Grant-Kels,
M.D., at 860-679-4600 |
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NICU Parent Support Group |
| When: |
Second Wednesday of each month; 7 to 8 p.m. |
| Where: |
Neonatal Conference Room, Ground Floor, UConn
Health Center |
| Contact: |
Deb Feigenbaum at 860-679-2377 |
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Parkinson's
Disease Support Group |
| When: |
Third
Tuesday of each month;
2
to 3:30
p.m. |
| Where: |
Hospital
for Special Care |
| Contact: |
Sheila
Therriault at 860-827-4772
or 203-789-3936 for other locations |
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Preeclampsia Support Group |
| This group welcomes anyone whose life has been touched by the
hypertensive disorders of pregnancy – Preeclampsia, HELLP, Toxemia,
Pregnancy Induced Hypertension. |
| When: |
Every third Wednesday of each month; 6:30 to 8 p.m. |
| Where: |
Dowling South Medical Building Conference Room, UConn
Health Center |
| Contact: |
For more information or to find out when
the group will meet next, call Kris Stevens at 860-705-3862 |
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RESOLVE Support Group |
| RESOLVE is a national non-profit, charitable organization that offers referral,
counseling and support groups to people with problems of infertility and
education and assistance to associated professionals. |
| When: |
Third Thursday of each month, 7 p.m. |
| Where: |
Dowling South Medical Building, UConn Health Center |
| Contact: |
HelpLine at 860-523-8337 or visit
www.resolveofgreaterhartford.org for more information |
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Sjögren's
Syndrome Support Group |
| When: |
Four times a year: March, May, September,
November |
| Contact: |
Kathy Heimann at
203-269-0354 |
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Spasmodic Dysphonia
Support Group |
| When: |
Two times a year |
| Contact: |
Laura Joseph at 860-739-0542 |
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