Developing peer support worker roles: Reflecting on experiences in Scotland

Mental Health and Social Inclusion

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 36-41

  Bradstreet, Simon ^a   Pratt, Rebekah ^b  

^a Scottish Recovery Network   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Mental health; Peer support; Scotland; Service users

Indexed keywords

EID: 77955910359     PISSN: 20428316     EISSN: 20428308     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5042/mhsi.2010.0443     Document Type: Article

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