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Certified peer specialists (CPS) are mental health professionals who draw their expertise from lived experience with mental illness and mental distress. They tale a nonmedical, nonclinical approach to providing support to community members with mental health difficulties and in doing so, emphasize the role of social environmental factors that ...
E C Frieh
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Certified peer specialists (CPS) are mental health professionals who draw their expertise from lived experience with mental illness and mental distress. They tale a nonmedical, nonclinical approach to providing support to community members with mental health difficulties and in doing so, emphasize the role of social environmental factors that ...
E C Frieh
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Promoting the integration of peer support specialists into the healthcare team
Nursing, 2023Abstract: The 21st Century Cures Act to address the opioid crisis spurred the expansion of the peer support specialist (PSS) workforce. Nurses are in key positions to promote the successful integration of the PSS into the healthcare team. This article describes the role of the PSS, including key functions that overlap with those of nurses and
Tammy M, Slater +2 more
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Peer Support Specialists Can Play Important Role in Patients’ Lives
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Testing assumptions about peer support specialists’ susceptibility to stress.
Psychological Services, 2022Peer support specialists (PSs) have mental health recovery experience and are hired to assist others with similar challenges. This study is among the first to characterize stress among PSs, compared to data on other groups. Seven hundred and thirty-eight PSs working in U.S.
Stephania L. Hayes, Jennifer L. Skeem
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Utilization of Peer Support Specialists as a Model of Emergency Psychiatric Care
Journal of Psychosocial Nursing and Mental Health Services, 2021Individuals with mental health conditions are increasingly presenting to emergency departments (EDs) for mental health treatment and crisis stabilization. Several factors contribute to this trend, including increasing numbers of individuals diagnosed with mental health conditions and limited availability of psychiatric providers. Models of
Michelle, Heyland +2 more
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Experiences of peer support specialists supervised by nonpeer supervisors.
Psychiatric Rehabilitation Journal, 2022This article reports on a qualitative study examining the experiences of peer support specialists (PSS) supervised by nonpeer supervisors (NPS) in adult community mental health settings.Potential participants completed a demographic survey designed to address inclusionary criteria. From those eligible, a random number generator selected participants to
Joanne Forbes +2 more
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Personal and Societal Benefits of Providing Peer Support: A Survey of Peer Support Specialists
Psychiatric Services, 2014Peer-delivered services have burgeoned, and evidence of the effectiveness of peer support is increasing. However, the potential benefits to peer support specialists (PSSs) themselves are not as well understood. The authors conducted a survey of PSSs to examine potential benefits.A survey instrument was developed and refined and sent anonymously via the
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Evaluation of a peer support specialist led group
Mental Health and Social Inclusion, 2018PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to evaluate a Peer Support Specialist (PSS) and NHS practitioner co-produced “Enabling Recovery” group that supports service-users’ recovery whilst providing pathways for appropriate transition from mental health teams.Design/methodology/approachThe sample included 23 service-users (f=10,m=13) with a range of mental ...
Amber Taylor, Gemma Dorer, Kate Gleeson
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2021 IEEE Global Humanitarian Technology Conference (GHTC), 2021
Community of Practice, a community-engagement method that encourages a group of people to interact regularly towards a common goal, may promote satisfying experiences in patient-outcomes research among marginalized populations. Peer support specialists are increasingly being involved in peer-informed mental health research due to their lived ...
Karen L. Fortuna +19 more
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Community of Practice, a community-engagement method that encourages a group of people to interact regularly towards a common goal, may promote satisfying experiences in patient-outcomes research among marginalized populations. Peer support specialists are increasingly being involved in peer-informed mental health research due to their lived ...
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Perceived Educational Needs of Substance Use Peer Support Specialists: A Qualitative Study
Community Mental Health Journal, 2023The opioid crisis is an ever-growing issue nationwide. The role of peer support specialists has received widespread acceptance in the substance use and behavioral health spheres. However, there is a lack of standardization on the training required for peer support specialists to function as competent members of integrated behavioral health teams.
Mercy Ngosa Mumba +6 more
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