Usenet can be an excellent place to find online support groups. You will need a newsgroup reader (for example, Outlook Express) to access them. You may also read them through Deja.com.

Alt.support.depression
Depression support newsgroup for people with any depressive disorder.

Alt.support.depression.flame
Associated with the alt.support.depression newsgroup, this newgroup is an area reserved for flames.

Alt.support.depression.manic
Manic depression support newsgroup.

Alt.support.depression.recovery
Depression recovery support newsgroup.

Alt.support.depression.seasonal
Seasonal affective disorder support newsgroup.

Alt.support.depression.teens
Teen depression support group.

Alt.support.dissociation
Dissociation support newsgroup.

Alt.support.trauma-ptsd
PTSD support newsgroup.

sci.med
All aspects of medicine including psychiatry.

sci.med.psychobiology
Psychopharmacology and the biological aspects of psychiatry

Soc.support.depression.crisis
Depression crisis support newsgroup.

Soc.support.depression.family
Family support newsgroup.

Soc.support.depression.manic
Manic depression support newsgroup.

Soc.support.depression.misc
Depression support newsgroup.

Soc.support.depression.seasonal
Seasonal affective disorder support newsgroup.

Soc.support.depression.treatment
Depression treatment support newsgroup.

If you sign up for a mailing list you will receive a copy of all letters that are posted to the list. You may choose which you would like to respond to and your response will be mailed to the other members.

depress@soundprint.org
A group of depressed sufferers who listen to each others stories with depression. Subscription is through Majordomo@soundprint.org. Put "subscribe depress" in the body of the email.
Roses and Thorns
Put subscribe rosesandthorns or subscribe rosesandthorns-digest in the body of your letter. Open to anyone with an affective disorder.

Pendulum
The "Pendulum" mailing list is a support group for people who have a cyclical affective disorder (either bipolar or unipolar depression). Put subscribe Pendulum (your e-mail address) in the body of your letter.

PWEPSI
PWEPSI stands for People Who Experience Psychiatritic Symptoms. A mailing list devoted to the empowerment of the patient. Write to PWEPSI@egroups.com to subscribe.

teenPWEPSI
PWEPSI stands for People Who Experience Psychiatritic Symptoms. A mailing list devoted to the empowerment of the patient. Moderated by a teen for other teens. Write to PWEPSI@egroups.com to subscribe.

TRAUMA-TOLOGY
For trauma survivors. To subscribe send e-mail to listproc@mailer.fsu.edu and include SUBSCRIBE TRAUMA-TOLOGY in the body of the message.

Walkers-in-Darkness
Walkers-in-Darkness is a list for people diagnosed with various depressive disorders Put subcribe walkers (your e-mail address) for the mailing list, or subscribe walkers digest (your e-mail address) for the digest.

Support forums, bulletin boards, message boards for depression, bipolar disorder (manic depression) and SAD (Seasonal Affective Disorder).

Depression Forum at About.com
About.com. Hosted by your Guide, Nancy Schimelpfening.

Supportpath.com
Talk to other depression suffers through bulletin boards and online chat.

Depression Support Forum
Mental Health Net depression support message board.

NoSADs
Support group for those with SAD.

Teen Advice Online
Staffed by a world wide team of volunteers from the age of 13 and up to offer peer advice to teens.

Places where you can chat in real time with other depression sufferers.

Depression Chat Room at About.com
Our online support group meets 24/7 in the chat room. Come join us today.

A Light in the Darkness
A peer support group for all those of us suffering from mood disorders, mental illness, and psychological trauma.

Mental Health Net - Our Community
Contains a variety of support group topics.

Mental Health Net
Requires a software "client" to connect to the IRC network. Some commonly used clients include IRCLE (for the Mac) and mIRC (for Windows). (server: www.cmhc.com; port: 6664-6669; channel: #depression)

Supportpath.com
Talk to other depression suffers through bulletin boards and online chat.

Transformations
Requires a software "client" to connect to the IRC network. Some commonly used clients include IRCLE (for the Mac) and mIRC (for Windows). You may use IRC (server: chat.talkcity.com, port: 6667, channel: more support) or Talk City's EZ-talk chat client. For those not familiar with IRC, EZ-Talk is more user friendly.

Undernet
Requires a software "client" to connect to the IRC network. Some commonly used clients include IRCLE (for the Mac) and mIRC (for Windows).
*Alt.support.depression live channel: #asd
*Walkers Suicide Channel: #suicide or #suicidal