Background: A growing gap has emerged between people with mental illness and health
care professionals, which in recent years has been successfully closed through the adoption …

Background: The coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic has had a significant impact on
society's overall mental health. Measures such as mandated lockdowns and physical …

Social media has become a prominent fixture in the lives of many individuals facing the
challenges of mental illness. Social media refers broadly to web and mobile platforms that …

Treatments have been developed and tested to successfully reduce the symptoms and
disabilities of many mental illnesses. Unfortunately, people distressed by these illnesses …

Objective This review assessed the level of evidence and effectiveness of peer support
services delivered by individuals in recovery to those with serious mental illnesses or co …

Background Little is known about whether peer support improves outcomes for people with
severe mental illness. Method A systematic review and meta-analysis was conducted …

Peer support is largely considered to represent a recent advance in community mental
health, introduced in the 1990s as part of the mental health service user movement. Actually …

In 1981, Toronto activist Mel Starkman wrote:"" An important new movement is sweeping
through the western world.... The'mad,'the oppressed, the ex-inmates of society's asylums …

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 …

Increasingly, people with diverse health conditions turn to social media to share their illness
experiences or seek advice from others with similar health concerns. This unstructured …