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 +3 more
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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 +4 more
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Peer Support Specialists and Service Users' Perspectives on Privacy, Confidentiality, and Security of Digital Mental Health. [PDF]
IEEE Pervasive Comput, 2022 As the digitalization of mental health systems progresses, the ethical and social debate on the use of these mental health technologies has seldom been explored among end-users. This article explores how service users (e.g., patients and users of mental health services) and peer support specialists understand and perceive issues of privacy ...
Venegas MD +4 more
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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 +6 more
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Employment Trajectories of Recently Certified Peer Support Specialists: A Longitudinal Qualitative Analysis. [PDF]
Subst Use Addctn JBackground: 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.
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Women's Experiences with a Perinatal Peer Support Specialist Program. [PDF]
MCN Am J Matern Child NursAbstract 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 +3 more
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An exploration of Michigan certified peer support specialists' perceptions on tobacco use and additional future supports. [PDF]
Tob Prev CessatCertified peer support specialists, recovery coaches and community health workers uniquely connect to individuals who smoke through shared experiences. This study examines peers' perceptions of tobacco cessation supports to enhance policy and intervention opportunities in rural and non-rural communities.Peers (n=172) responded to a needs assessment ...
Lothumalla S +9 more
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Applying lessons learned from public health crises to expand peer support specialists in youth mental health services [PDF]
npj Mental Health ResearchCOVID-19 exposed issues in our mental health system, prompting an emergency advisory from the Surgeon General on youth mental health. This Comment offers two lessons drawn from empirically supported aspects of a public health model to guide a ...
Tara G. Mehta +4 more
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Development and pilot study of a suicide prevention intervention delivered by peer support specialists. [PDF]
Psychol Serv, 2019 Suicide rates in the United States have been increasing in recent years, and the period after an inpatient psychiatric hospitalization is one of especially high risk for death by suicide. Peer support specialists may play an important role in addressing recommendations that suicide prevention activities focus on protective factors by improving hope and
Pfeiffer PN +10 more
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National Practice Guidelines for Peer Support Specialists and Supervisors [PDF]
Psychiatric Services, 2022 In 2017, the National Association of Peer Supporters (N.A.P.S.) leadership became aware of growing member concerns about supervision contradicting or conflicting with core peer support values. In response, N.A.P.S. established a work group that revised the association's 2013 National Practice Guidelines for Peer Supporters to include specific guidance ...
Dana, Foglesong +4 more
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