Background. Although mutual support and self-help groups based on shared experience
play a large part in recovery, the employment of peer support workers (PSWs) in mental …

Various types of peer support merit further evaluation. Assessing the impact of peer support
on service users, peer providers and organizations require complex intervention studies …

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

Peer support or mutual support has long been seen to take place wherever service users
come together: on inpatient wards, day centres and drop-ins, in service user groups, and in …

Objectives: Peer support involves people in recovery from psychiatric disability offering
support to others in the same situation. It is based on the belief that people who have …

Peer support is “offering and receiving help, based on shared understanding, respect and
mutual empowerment between people in similar situations”. In this paper we will examine …

The findings suggest that there are many benefits to service users from engaging in peer
support. These include: shared identity; development and sharing of skills; increased …

Peer support within mental health services has a growing evidence base and aligns with
current policies of recovery-oriented care. Despite these advantages, widespread …

We conducted a comprehensive narrative review and used a systematic search strategy to
identify studies related to peer support among adults with mental health difficulties. The …

Background Peer support is being introduced into mental health services internationally,
often in response to workforce policy. Earlier systematic reviews incorporate different …