We examine whether the availability of peer support reduces disparities in service use
among minority youth ages 16–24 with serious mental illness in Los Angeles and San Diego …

Aim To examine whether roles of peer specialists affect service use among Black, Latinx and
White youth ages 16‐24 with serious mental illness (SMI) in Los Angeles and San Diego …

Access to peer advocates is increasingly available to youth and their caregivers who are
receiving services in the public mental health system. This study examines associations …

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 …

Objectives To examine differences in mental health-related service contacts between
immigrant, refugee, racial and ethnic minoritized children and youth, and the extent to which …

Objective: Peer providers are essential to the delivery of recovery-oriented mental health
services, but little is known about their roles in delivering integrated mental health and …

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 …

OBJECTIVE: To investigate racial/ethnic differences in teachers' and other adults'
identification and/or encouragement of parents to seek treatment for psychiatric problems in …

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' …

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 …