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Pillars of peer support: advancing the role of peer support specialists in promoting recovery
Journal of Mental Health Training, Education and Practice, 2012PurposeThis paper aims to focus on The Pillars of Peer Support initiative, an ongoing project to examine and develop the principles of peer support services. These services are differentiated from peer support and define the parameters of a certified workforce that promotes recovery and fosters wellbeing. This process is based upon the lived experience
Allen S Daniels
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Peer support provision and job satisfaction among certified peer specialists
Social Work in Mental Health, 2021Peer support services are an important resource for mental health programs. Despite the growth of peer support services in the United States, there is little knowledge on the characteristics of pee...
Orion Mowbray +2 more
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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 N Mumba
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Personal Well-being and Recovery in Peer Support Specialists Working at Psychiatric Hospitals
American Journal of Health Behavior, 2023Objectives: Personal well-being is a major part of recovery for the many people who experience mental illness. Peer support specialists are mental health professionals who have themselves experienced mental illness and use their recovery experiences to facilitate the healing of others.
Ofra Walter, Batel Hazan-Liran
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The experiences of peer support specialists supervised by non-peer supervisors
, 2020 This qualitative study examines the experiences of peer support specialists (PSS) supervised by non-peer supervisors (NPS) in adult community mental health settings. Participants completed a demographic survey designed to address inclusionary criteria.
Forbes, Joanne L.
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Psychiatric Services
Although certification can raise the status of peer support work, certified peer specialists (CPSs) may continue to face financial hardship that affects their employment choices. This study aimed to explore how wages and financial well-being changed for CPSs over a 3-year postcertification period.This study examined wages, job characteristics, and ...
Laysha Ostrow +2 more
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Although certification can raise the status of peer support work, certified peer specialists (CPSs) may continue to face financial hardship that affects their employment choices. This study aimed to explore how wages and financial well-being changed for CPSs over a 3-year postcertification period.This study examined wages, job characteristics, and ...
Laysha Ostrow +2 more
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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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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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