The involvement of youth peer workers (YPSWs) in child and adolescent mental health
services (CAMHS) stimulates hope, destigmatization, and more culturally and …

The socio-relational focus of youth peer support workers (YPSWs) poses a challenge when
YPSWs are embedded in medical oriented contexts common to child and adolescent mental …

Youth peer support workers (YPSWs) are young adults with lived experience of mental
illness during childhood or adolescence who support young people receiving treatment in …

Peer support, defined as the social and emotional support offered and received by
individuals with a shared experience of mental health difficulties, is gaining popularity in …

Peer support for youth and young adults who experience serious mental health conditions
(SMHCs) is rapidly growing in popularity as an addition to the mental health service array in …

Increasingly, US community mental health settings are integrating professional near-age
youth peer support providers to improve youth service engagement and outcomes. Youth …

Methods For this HTA, we engaged youth advisors (peer support users and workers) who
shared their perspectives with the research team at various stages of the project. We also …

This scoping review synthesizes published and unpublished information on Youth Peer
Support Services (YPSS), where young adults with current or prior mental health challenges …

Purpose The purpose of this study was to identify and understand the barriers and enablers
to the implementation of youth peer support in a clinical mental health service. The …

Despite the emerging body of literature on the benefits of youth peer support, there is also
evidence that peer support can have unintended negative impacts on peers themselves. It is …