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Newsgroups: alt.support,alt.recovery,alt.transgendered,misc.health.diabetes,sci.cognitive,sci.med,sci.med.nutrition,sci.med.psychobiology,sci.psychology.misc,soc.support.transgendered,alt.answers,misc.answers,soc.answers,news.answers,sci.answers Subject: Psychology & Support Groups Newsgroup Pointer Followup-To: poster Date: 30 Sep 1996 20:19:22 -0400 Organization: Mental Health Net Lines: 279 Approved: news-answers-request@MIT.EDU Expires: Fri, 01 Nov 1996 00:00:00 GMT Message-ID: <52po2a$kp0@bronze.coil.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: bronze.coil.com Summary: Newsgroup subject pointer to psychology & support newsgroups Xref: senator-bedfellow.mit.edu alt.support:13224 alt.recovery:34190 alt.transgendered:35365 misc.health.diabetes:44809 sci.cognitive:13651 sci.med:190359 sci.med.nutrition:53322 sci.med.psychobiology:13852 sci.psychology.misc:9714 soc.support.transgendered:18695 alt.answers:20836 misc.answers:4671 soc.answers:6216 news.answers:83123 sci.answers:5144 Archive-Name: finding-groups/psychology-and-support Posting-Frequency: every 4 weeks Last-Modified: 09/30/1996 Version: 2.05 ________________________________________________________________________ Psychology & Support Groups Newsgroup Pointer Associate Editor: Ross Powell This Pointer will help you find the information you need and get your questions answered much quicker than if you were to simply crosspost to every psychology or support newsgroup in existence. 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