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Key components of recovery predict occupational performance and health in peer support specialists. [PDF]

Psychiatr Rehabil J, 2021
Objective: The primary purpose of the study was to explore and identify how components of recovery are associated with occupational performance and health among peer support specialists. Methods: One hundred and twenty-one peer support specialists were recruited from statewide peer certification training programs and the International Association of ...
Brooks JM, Wu JR, Umucu E, Storm M, Chiu CY, Walker R, Fortuna KL.   +6 more
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Peer Support in Coordination of Physical Health and Mental Health Services for People With Lived Experience of a Serious Mental Illness

Frontiers in Psychiatry, 2020
BackgroundEngaging peer support to augment and enhance traditional mental health services presents novel opportunities to improve service engagement and delivery.
Marianne Storm, Karen L. Fortuna, Karen L. Fortuna, Jessica M. Brooks, Stephen J. Bartels   +4 more
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Critical Issues in Leadership Development for Peer Support Specialists. [PDF]

Community Ment Health J, 2020
This paper is a qualitative analysis of perspectives on leadership development among working peer support specialists and highlights the challenges, needs and efficacy these individuals experience in their work settings. Six participants engaged in a 2 h semi-structured focus group.
Jenkins GT, Shafer MS, Janich N.
europepmc   +4 more sources

Peer support specialists' experiences of microaggressions. [PDF]

Psychol Serv, 2019
Microaggressions and their consequences have been observed among people with mental illness. However, little is known about ways in which peer support specialists, those with lived experience who also provide mental health services, experience microaggressions or the impacts of these experiences.
Firmin RL, Mao S, Bellamy CD, Davidson L.   +3 more
europepmc   +4 more sources

Effectiveness of a Digital Peer Support Training Program Designed for Rapid Uptake Among Peer Support Specialists Pilot Study. [PDF]

Psychiatr Q, 2022
Peer telemental health recently became Medicaid reimbursable during the COVID-19 crisis, increasing the need for standardized training on digital peer support (DPS) services. DPS has the potential to reduce barriers to services and expand the reach of peer support specialists.
Fortuna KL, Brooks JM, Myers A, Sivakumar B, Lebby SR.   +4 more
europepmc   +4 more sources

Employment Trajectories of Recently Certified Peer Support Specialists: A Longitudinal Qualitative Analysis. [PDF]

Subst Use Addctn J
Background: Recent work has highlighted the challenges and benefits that certified peer specialists (CPSs) experience in the workforce. While their work can lead to personal fulfillment and financial independence for CPSs, and improved mental health and substance use recovery outcomes for their clients, little ...
Siantz E, Pelot M, Ostrow L.
europepmc   +3 more sources

Relationship of peer specialists to mental health outcomes in South Florida

International Journal of Mental Health Systems, 2018
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 limited and/or equivocal, states are making policy and funding ...
Daniel Castellanos, Mayte Capo, Diana Valderrama, Melissa Jean-Francois, Aniuska Luna   +4 more
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Women's Experiences with a Perinatal Peer Support Specialist Program. [PDF]

MCN Am J Matern Child Nurs
Abstract Purpose: The purpose of this study is to describe the experiences of women with symptoms of perinatal mental health disorders who recently gave birth and participated in a virtual peer support specialist program for maternal mental health during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Renbarger KM, Place JM, Hess C, Burkhart L.   +3 more
europepmc   +3 more sources

What makes a peer? Characteristics of certified peer recovery support specialists in an emergency department-based intervention

PLoS ONE, 2023
Providing brief interventions by certified peer recovery support specialists (CPRSS) in the emergency department (ED) following a drug related visit is a promising method of service engagement and has garnered national attention.
Mia R. Kirk, Ashley D. Dawkins, Xing Wei, Olufemi Ajumobi, Lisa C. Lee, Roy Oman, Stephanie Woodard, Karla D. Wagner   +7 more
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Physical and mental health of behavioural health certified peer specialists in four US states

BMJ Mental Health
Background Little is known about the health and healthcare needs of the behavioural health peer specialist workforce in the USA. This study explored the physical and mental health-related quality of life (QOL) of a US multistate cohort of certified peer ...
Judith A Cook, Jane K Burke-Miller, Morgan Pelot, Jessica A Jonikas, Laysha Ostrow   +4 more
doaj   +2 more sources