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Peer support among persons with severe mental illnesses: a review of evidence and experience
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Peer support is largely considered to represent a recent advance in community mental health, introduced in the 1990s as part of the mental health service user movement. Actually, peer support has its roots in the moral treatment era inaugurated by Pussin and Pinel in France at the end of the 18th century, and has re-emerged at different times throughout the history of psychiatry. In its more recent form, peer support is rapidly expanding in a number of countries and, as a result, has become the focus of considerable research. Thus far, there is evidence that peer staff providing conventional mental health services can be effective in engaging people into care, reducing the use of emergency rooms and hospitals, and reducing substance use among persons with co-occurring substance use disorders. When providing peer support that involves positive self-disclosure, role modeling, and conditional regard, peer staff have also been found to increase participants' sense of hope, control, and ability to effect changes in their lives; increase their self-care, sense of community belonging, and satisfaction with various life domains; and decrease participants' level of depression and psychosis.
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“In this study, a focus on consumer-operated services was adopted as these peer services were more likely to incorporate similar routines, roles and ideology to those found in mutual support groups (Davidson et al. 2012).”
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“This literature, which has investigated how family contexts interact with community, organisational, and other contexts in childhood obesity, has found that parents who experience chronic stress and lack of social support have reduced ability to support their children in adopting healthy eating, physical activity and…”
BackgroundThe impact of peer support work on the mental health of peer support specialists
Poremski, D., Kuek, J. H. L., Yuan, Q., Li, Z., Yow, K. L., Eu, P. W., & Chua, H. C. (2022) · International Journal of Mental Health Systems · doi:10.1186/s13033-022-00561-8 · Cited by 31
Umbrella review on peer support in mental disorders
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“In recent decades, peer support has emerged as a form of treatment for mental health conditions, complementing that provided by traditional healthcare professionals (Davidson et al., 2012).”
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“Hope, which is closely linked to motivation [45], has been identified as an important aspect of recovery in mental illness generally [46, 47] and eating disorders specifically [11, 16].”
BackgroundStrategies Used to Support Peer Provision in Mental Health: A Scoping Review
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“Rather than focusing on the peer providers’ clinical status, Davidson (2012) highlighted that supervision should be based on trust, to tackle problems arising and developing the peer provider’s skill set.”
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“Therefore, patients easily lack sufficient confidence in treatment [34].”
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A critical discussion of Peer Workers: implications for the mental health nursing workforce
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“It is therefore important to find a good working relationship between peers delivering the physical activity sessions and participants attending them, and an acknowledgement that each individual (both peer and participant) has their own mental health issues to manage and control (Davidson et al., 2012).”
BackgroundInfluentialFinding the right connections: Peer support within a community‐based mental health service
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Online social support networks
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“In the 1920s patients who had recovered from psychotic episodes were employed in inpatient units in the USA (Davidson et al., 2012).”
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“In particular, Davidson et al. (2012) highlight there are often negative beliefs about a peer support worker’s ability to cope, manage administrative tasks and follow policy.”
BackgroundExamining the Impact of a Peer-Led Group Program for Veteran Engagement and Well-Being
Abadi, M. H., Barker, A. M., Rao, S. R., Orner, M. B., Rychener, D. L., & Bokhour, B. G. (2021) · The Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine · doi:10.1089/acm.2020.0124 · Cited by 28
“12 In this way, participants have an increased sense of engagement and control over the issues they face daily.”
InfluentialMental health service use among young adults: A communication framework for program development
Munson, M. R., & Jaccard, J. (2018) · Administration and Policy in Mental Health and Mental Health Services Research · doi:10.1007/s10488-016-0765-y · Cited by 28
“…trials comparing programs provided by peers versus non-peers have tended to find few differences in outcomes as a function of this source characteristic and thus do not yet suggest there is a clear advantage to employing peers over non-peers (see Chinman et al. 2015; Davidson et al. 2006, 2012).”
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“Lived experience roles in mental health services: consumer-workers As early as the eighteenth century previous users of mental health services have been engaged to provide support to current users (Davidson et al., 2012).”
BackgroundBrasier, C., Roennfeldt, H., Hamilton, B. E., Martel, A., Hill, N., Stratford, A., Buchanan‐Hagen, S., Byrne, L., Castle, D. J., Cocks, N., et al. (2021) · Emergency Medicine Australasia · doi:10.1111/1742-6723.13848 · Cited by 30
“Our participants suggested that PSWs are an important solution as they could mitigate this through equitable relationships built on respect and hope, as noted in the literature.(27) The Australian Fifth NationalMental Health and Suicide Plan(28) recognises the essential role of support persons and acknowledges the fru…”
BackgroundSelf-citationDubreucq, J., Gabayet, F., Godin, O., André, M., Aouizerate, B., Capdevielle, D., Chéreau, I., Clauss, J. M. E., Coulon, N., d’Amato, T., et al. (2021) · Schizophrenia Bulletin · doi:10.1093/schbul/sbab114 · Cited by 27
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Metadata
- Authors
- DAVIDSON, L., BELLAMY, C., GUY, K., & MILLER, R.
- Affiliations
- Yale University (US)
- Venue
- World Psychiatry
- Publisher
- Wiley
- Published
- 2012-06
- Volume
- 11
- Issue
- 2
- Pages
- 123-128
- ISSN
- 1723-8617 (ISSN-L)
- 2051-5545
- PMC
- PMC3363389
- OpenAlex
- W2100229021
- Cited by
- 913
- References
- 44
- Citations by year
- 2026: 61 · 2025: 89 · 2024: 68 · 2023: 66 · 2022: 97 · 2021: 137 · 2020: 80 · 2019: 67 · 2018: 66 · 2017: 63 · 2016: 51 · 2015: 30 · 2014: 25 · 2013: 11
- FWCI
- 37.54
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- bronze
- doi.org
- Locations
- World Psychiatry (publishedVersion)
- PubMed Central (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Health Sciences › Health Professions › General Health Professions › Mental Health and Patient Involvement
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Psychiatric care and mental health services
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Family Caregiving in Mental Illness
- Keywords
- peer support, severe mental illness, moral treatment, community mental health, engagement in care, emergency department utilization, hospitalization, co-occurring substance use disorders, self-disclosure, role modeling, hope, self-care, community belonging, depression, psychosis
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