In recent years, numerous online self-help options have sprung up on social media, online forums and chat rooms. Often, spaces like these are set up and moderated by established patient organizations in much the same way as classical self-help groups.

NAKOS (the national self-help groups’ support organization) provides an up-to-date overview of COVID-19 self-help groups in Germany and includes a number of links to other opportunities for making contact online.