Existing literature indicates peer support is beneficial for people with mental illnesses and
plays an important role in recovery. While many studies in the mental health field have …

Purpose–In April 2010, Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS trust won Regional Innovation
Funding to recruit, train and employ six peer support workers in community mental health …

Accessible Summary What is known on the subject Peer‐support services was started in the
1970s psychiatric survivor movement in the United States of America (USA) due to the lack …

Topic: This article raises questions regarding defining the role of peer specialists and related
employment practices. Purpose: The questions raised may be used to guide future research …

Purpose–The purpose of this paper is to explore user leadership in peer support practice by
reviewing existing evidence and models of delivery, investigating the recently developed …

Mental health peer specialists develop peer‐to‐peer relationships of trust with clients to
improve their health and well‐being, functioning in ways similar to community health …

ABSTRACT Objective Using Peer Support in Developing Empowering Mental Health
Services (UPSIDES) is evaluating implementation of a peer support worker (PSW) …

Peer support workers are increasingly considered an essential ingredient in recovery-
oriented mental health services. While research continues to point to promising results …

Background The provision of peer support as a component of mental health care, including
the employment of Peer Workers (consumer-providers) by mental health service …

ABSTRACT The Mental Health Recovery Model is an empowering service philosophy which
has been transforming the field of mental health. An important service approach to …