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

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 …

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 …

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 …

Originally published in February 2004. This guideline is more than 5 years old and has not
yet been updated to ensure that it reflects current knowledge and practice. In accordance …

Purpose Subjective and objective social isolation are important factors contributing to both
physical and mental health problems, including premature mortality and depression. This …

Background Intensive Case Management (ICM) is a community‐based package of care
aiming to provide long‐term care for severely mentally ill people who do not require …

The article defines peer support/peer provided services; discusses the underlying
psychosocial processes of these services; and delineates the benefits to peer providers …

The current state of the literature regarding psychosocial treatments for schizophrenia is
reviewed within the frameworks of the recovery model of mental health and the expanded …