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T1 - So if we like the idea of peer workers, why aren’t we seeing more?
AU - Gordon, Jacki
AU - Bradstreet, Simon
N1 - This article is an open-access article which was selected by an in-house editor and fully peer-reviewed by external reviewers. It is distributed in accordance with the Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial (CC BY-NC 4.0) license, which permits others to distribute, remix, adapt, build upon this work non-commercially, and license their derivative works on different terms, provided the original work is properly cited and the use is non-commercial. See: http://creativecommons.org/ licenses/by-nc/4.0/
PY - 2015/6/22
Y1 - 2015/6/22
N2 - Recovery approaches are widely and increasingly promoted internationally in mental health policy and services. Peer support working is a new professional role in mental health services and provides a tangible example of recovery principles being applied within the context of these services. As a consequence, there is a great deal of interest in emerging evidence around this role, and whether/how evidence might support increased and more effective involvement of peer workers. Our editorial presents findings from research in Scotland and on the basis of these, poses some “big questions” concerning what needs to happen to accelerate progress in not only the employment of peer workers but also in mental health services’ recovery approaches more generally.
AB - Recovery approaches are widely and increasingly promoted internationally in mental health policy and services. Peer support working is a new professional role in mental health services and provides a tangible example of recovery principles being applied within the context of these services. As a consequence, there is a great deal of interest in emerging evidence around this role, and whether/how evidence might support increased and more effective involvement of peer workers. Our editorial presents findings from research in Scotland and on the basis of these, poses some “big questions” concerning what needs to happen to accelerate progress in not only the employment of peer workers but also in mental health services’ recovery approaches more generally.
KW - Peer support
KW - Recovery
KW - Mental health policy
KW - Rope adoption
KW - Workforce development
U2 - 10.5498/wjp.v5.i2.160
DO - 10.5498/wjp.v5.i2.160
M3 - Editorial
VL - 5
SP - 160
EP - 166
JO - World Journal of Psychiatry
JF - World Journal of Psychiatry
SN - 2220-3206
IS - 2
ER -