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The use and impact of peer support schemes in schools in the UK, and a comparison with use in Japan and South Korea [PDF]

Peer support approaches, where pupils offer formal support to others, are used in schools as an additional source of pastoral care. Previous research shows benefits for whole school environments, pupils who receive support, and pupil peer supporters, but
James, Alana
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“As soon as I start trusting human beings, they disappoint me, and now I am going to get on an app that someone could hack. I really do not want to take that chance”: barriers and facilitators to digital peer support implementation into community mental health centers

Frontiers in Digital Health, 2023
BackgroundCertified peer support specialists often use technologies such as smartphone applications to deliver digital peer support in community mental health centers.
Karen L. Fortuna, Shreya Divatia, Sudeep Neupane, Pamela Geiger, Andrew Bohm   +4 more
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Core Competencies to Promote Consistency and Standardization of Best Practices for Digital Peer Support: Focus Group Study

JMIR Mental Health, 2021
BackgroundAs digital peer support is quickly expanding across the globe in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, standardization in the training and delivery of digital peer support can advance the professionalism of this field ...
Caroline Collins-Pisano, Juan Velez Court, Michael Johnson, George Mois, Jessica Brooks, Amanda Myers, Anjana Muralidharan, Marianne Storm, Maggie Wright, Nancy Berger, Ann Kasper, Anthony Fox, Sandi MacDonald, Sarah Schultze, Karen Fortuna   +14 more
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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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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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Predictors of Employment Burnout Among VHA Peer Support Specialists [PDF]

Psychiatric Services, 2016
This study evaluated three domains of job burnout (emotional exhaustion, depersonalization, and personal accomplishment) and factors associated with burnout in a national sample of peer specialists (PSs) employed at 138 Veterans Health Administration (VHA) health care systems in 49 states.Data were drawn from an observational study in which ...
Park, Stephanie Grace, Chang, Bei-Hung, Mueller, Lisa N., Resnick, Sandra G., Eisen, Susan V.   +4 more
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Peer Support Workers’ Experience of an Intentional Peer Support Scheme on an Acute Psychiatric Ward [PDF]

, 2010
This paper reports on a study which formed part of a multi-perspective evaluation of an Intentional Peer Support scheme within an adult acute psychiatric inpatient setting. The objectives of the evaluation were twofold. Firstly, to explore the experience
Napier, C, Napier, Clare, Warren, Fiona, Warren, FM, Stone, Nicola, Stone, N   +5 more
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Protecting the Autonomy of Patients with Severe Mental Illness Through Psychiatric Advance Directive Peer-Facilitation

Voices in Bioethics, 2023
Photo by 168502358© Designer491|Dreamstime.com ABSTRACT Psychiatric Advance Directives (PADs) can protect the autonomy of those living with severe mental illness (SMI) and improve their treatment outcomes.
Nicholas Karasik
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Additional file 1 of The impact of peer support work on the mental health of peer support specialists

, 2022
Additional file 1. Additional description of the Setting, Sampling and Interview process.
Poremski, Daniel, Kuek, Jonathan Han Loong, Yuan, Qi, Li, Ziqiang, Yow, Kah Lai, Eu, Pui Wai, Chua, Hong Choon   +6 more
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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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