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Peer Support Specialists: SAMHSA's designation raises confusion

Alcoholism & Drug Abuse Weekly
If you are in recovery from a substance use disorder (SUD), a peer would be another person in recovery from a SUD. At least, that's the purist way of thinking, before the word “peer” came into common usage.
Alison Knopf
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Development and Implementation of Web-Based Safety Planning Intervention Training for Firefighter Peer Support Specialists.

Crisis, 2023
Background: Recent findings indicate that firefighters may be at increased risk for death by suicide; however, there has been only limited suicide prevention work in fire service to date.
N. Kimbrel, Natalie A Aho, Lydia C. Neal, Sarah A Bernes, Tiffany A Beaver, Jeffrey A Hertzberg, Alice Lutrey, F. Leto, Willy Ostiguy, Claire M. Cammarata, E. Meyer, Sarah M Wilson, Michelle F. Dennis, P. Calhoun, J. Beckham, Barbara Stanley, S. Gulliver   +16 more
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Utilization of Peer Support Specialists as a Model of Emergency Psychiatric Care.

Journal of Psychosocial Nursing and Mental Health Services, 2021
Individuals with mental health conditions are increasingly presenting to emergency departments (EDs) for mental health treatment and crisis stabilization.
M. Heyland, Mark Limp, P. Johnstone
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Hospital Based Violence Intervention Programs Using Peer Support Specialists: A Concise Review

Journal of Trauma Nursing
BACKGROUND: Interpersonal violence remains a significant public health problem in the United States. The toll of violence has spurred the development of hospital-based violence intervention programs that use peer support specialists or navigators.
Lakyn Webb, Kelly Urban, Natalie Capps
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Personal and societal benefits of providing peer support: a survey of peer support specialists.

Psychiatric Services, 2014
Peer-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
Gene Johnson, Chris Magee, Mihoko Maru, K. Furlong-Norman, E. S. Rogers, Kenneth R Thompson   +5 more
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Peer Support Specialists Have Something to Teach Psychiatrists

Psychiatric News, 2023
Nick Zagorski
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Job satisfaction and burnout among peer support specialists: the contributions of supervisory mentorship, recovery-oriented workplaces, and role clarity

Advances in mental health, 2021
Objective This study evaluated whether supervisory mentorship contributed to peer support specialists’ job satisfaction and burnout via pathways of role clarity and psychological empowerment after accounting for effects of demographic and workplace ...
Kristen M. Abraham, Paige Erickson, M. Sata, Samantha Lewis   +3 more
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4.1 PEER SUPPORT SPECIALISTS FOR ADOLESCENT SUBSTANCE USE

Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, 2019
Brittany Poe
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Certifying Incarcerated Persons as Peer Support Specialists: A Qualitative Exploration of A Prison-Based Program

Alcoholism Treatment Quarterly, 2022
In this innovative program, incarcerated persons are credentialed as peer support specialists and – while still incarcerated – assist other incarcerated persons who have substance use disorders.
D. Dehart, Gregory H. Mason
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Impact of COVID-19 on Peer Support Specialists in the United States: Findings From a Cross-Sectional Online Survey.

Psychiatric Services, 2021
OBJECTIVE Peer support specialists (PSS) are an integral part of the mental health workforce. The purpose of this study was to better understand how the COVID-19 pandemic affected their employment status and day-to-day work.
Wallis E. Adams, E. S. Rogers, J. P. Edwards, Emily M Lord, Lauren McKnight, Maria G. Barbone   +5 more
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