Background: The employment of Peer Support Workers, who themselves have experience of
significant emotional distress, can promote recovery at an individual and organisational …

BackgroundPeer support work roles are being implemented internationally, and increasingly
in lower-resource settings. However, there is no framework to inform what types of …

This study explored the changing views of key stakeholders (peer support workers, their co-
workers, and service users) about peer support services in a non-Western community, using …

The mental health recovery model has become an increasingly influential treatment
philosophy and approach. An important and rapidly expanding recovery intervention …

Purpose The evidence base for peer support work in mental health is established, yet
implementation remains a challenge. The aim of this systematic review was to identify …

Peer support is not new. For as long as people have used mental health services, people
diagnosed with mental health challenges have provided support to each other and peer led …

Providing peer support to individuals with psychiatric disabilities has emerged as a
promising modality of mental health services. These services are delivered by individuals …

The use of peer support for persons with mental illness has been gaining force. While
research has demonstrated the benefits of peer support, few studies have investigated the …

Background: Mental health services continue to develop service user involvement, including
a growth in employment of peer support workers (PSWs). Despite the importance of the …

As peer workers ride over the horizon to the rescue of economically embattled mental health
services we have occasion to pause, take stock and ask ourselves if the peer support that is …