Objective: Peer specialists are individuals with mental illness and substance use disorders
trained to use their experiences to help others with similar disorders. Evidence for the …

Objective: Peer specialists are individuals with behavioral disorders who complete training
to use their experiences to help others with similar disorders. Recent analyses have …

Background In recent years the use of peer specialists in the delivery of mental health of
care across the US has increased. Although data on the benefits of using peer specialists is …

The goal of this guide is to provide a range of different stakeholders with information and
best practices for peer support and leadership in early intervention for psychosis (EIP) …

Background To inform the provision and organization of care, and to improve equitable
access to mental health services for children and youth, we must first characterize 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 …

Peer providers are increasingly used by mental health programs to engage transition age
youth (TAY, age 16-24) living with serious mental illness. This study elicited TAY clients' …

Importance Broad efforts to improve access to early psychosis intervention (EPI) services
may not address health disparities in pathways to care and initial engagement in treatment …

METHODS: We examined the effectiveness of 2 mental health quality improvement
strategies: an electronic referral and a social work follow-up protocol. We analyzed the …

Objective: Substance use (SU) is common among adolescents and young adults, including
those experiencing early psychosis. Coordinated Specialty Care (CSC), a community-based …